Handy tips and features for the message board.

[ChingLizard]

Thanks a bunch ERic!!!

I appreciate your finding it and fixing it!

[TBender]

Yep. That fixed it, Eric.

Nice work on the new board Larry!

[ERicJ]

Here is a useful link to bookmark that shows you all the threads updated in the past day:

http://hfds.org/vbull/search.php?do=getdaily

ERic

[DPdiscer]

I tried to open the HFDS ratings summary, but it is in xlsx format. I don't think that format is as internet compatible as the xls format. Try uploading the xls format and I think it will work better. At least for me.

[ChingLizard]

I'll look into it Chuck. XLSX format is from the Office 2007 version of Excel. It can be saved in Excel 2003 format or lower and then the file extension is just .xls

I'll check on it and see if I can get it saved in regular format tonight.

[Miller]

You can also download this free viewer from Microsoft that will read any Excel file.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

You can also use OpenOffice which is a free (and legal) application suite that can open 99.9% of Microsoft Office's files.

http://www.openoffice.org/

[ERicJ]

.XLSX is the wave of the future Chuck.

Originally Posted by Miller

You can also use OpenOffice which is a free (and legal) application suite that can open 99.9% of Microsoft Office's files.

http://www.openoffice.org/

OpenOffice is a great free alternative to Micro$oft apps.

[ChingLizard]

Originally Posted by Larry at Work

I'll look into it Chuck. XLSX format is from the Office 2007 version of Excel. It can be saved in Excel 2003 format or lower and then the file extension is just .xls

I'll check on it and see if I can get it saved in regular format tonight.

The better alternative to a downloadable file link is to just get the pages saved as HTML files then folks don't need to have Excel to view them.

It is pretty tricky getting it to save just right though...some forms of Microsoft's HTML don't work without frames and we don't run frames on this site.

[Miller]

You can also save/"print" it as a pdf file which is also easily viewable. Then you don't have to worry about frames.

[nickster]

chuck, i sent a PM last night and had already converted it to xls. I'm thinking PDF is going to be the better solution also.