CVByrne Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Right, I never use Google docs. But the fact it's a cloud based resource means it's helpful for something I'm trying to set up. I was told to set up a spreadsheet that many people can access. It's to be a database for information on horses. Mainly quotes from trainers, injury updates etc. So has anyone any experience in setting up a spreadsheet that many people can access? Is it possible / easy. I'm hoping it's straight forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2012 Does the spreadsheet already exist? i.e. have you already got it in excel format? If so, just go to google docs (or google drive as I think it's now called) and hit upload. Choose your file, make sure conversion is turned on, and there you go. One google doc. You can then share it using the share options. I don't have much experience using it to create spreadsheets, but from what I've seen it's pretty straight forward. Just hit create --> spreadsheet, and have at it. Works in much the same way as Excel or other spreadsheet programmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Yeah I've an excel template, I want to make it shared so we can all update it. Multiple contributors means more data. I'll try it out this evening and see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2012 If you've already got an excel version it's a piece of piss mate. As I said, just make sure you've got converter switched on when you upload it and it'll be done in seconds (without converter it'll upload it as a pdf sort of file so you can't edit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 9, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 9, 2012 Is there a size limit on files to be uploaded to Google? I have a spreadsheet that is 36570 rows long for work and the ability to stick it up there would greatly increase my productivity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 I don't think there is, you download Google Drive to your PC and you can use that to sync to docs. You could always use dropbox if there was a file size limit. You have a dropbox account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted October 9, 2012 Administrator Share Posted October 9, 2012 Is there a size limit on files to be uploaded to Google? I have a spreadsheet that is 36570 rows long for work and the ability to stick it up there would greatly increase my productivity You could have tried it in the time it took to write this :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 9, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 9, 2012 You could have tried it in the time it took to write this :-) No I couldn't I'd have had to drive ten miles to get access to the file! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Google Docs is amazing. Open a doc and share it writeable with someone else, then get them to make changes at the same time as you're editing it. Magic! It gets really impressive when you do the same thing on a phone at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted October 9, 2012 Administrator Share Posted October 9, 2012 No I couldn't I'd have had to drive ten miles to get access to the file! In that case, what Conor said. Why don't you have a dropbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 10, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2012 I shall investigate this dropbox witchcraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 What phone do you have? Dropbox is a bit crippled in iOS. But it's still one of the best applications I've ever used. I've 50gb of the thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 10, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2012 What phone do you have? Dropbox is a bit crippled in iOS. But it's still one of the best applications I've ever used. I've 50gb of the thing iphone but having looked it involves download witchcraft and that's something our head of IT will just have kittens about, very fat lazy kittens if they are anything like him. Checked out Google Dos and it seems to be the perfect solution. In fact its something the fat lazy one should have been using for a collaborative project we're doing because a team of 6 of us are working on the same project on different shifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynchie Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Google Docs is amazing. Open a doc and share it writeable with someone else, then get them to make changes at the same time as you're editing it. Magic! It gets really impressive when you do the same thing on a phone at the same time. Agree with Darren on this one, I use Google Docs all the time both for work and personal use, I love Googles suite of goodies . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looking for a bit of advice please chaps! I've just started using Google Docs for things like my CV. I'd obviously like to download the document as a .docx file but the format becomes messed up when opening it within Word. I thought it would then be best to download it as a .pdf document. Unfortunately, when I open it within Adobe Reader the format has changed (what was the bottom of page 1, now leaks onto page 2). Am I doing something wrong? or is that just how it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted March 26, 2013 Administrator Share Posted March 26, 2013 Check your page settings in both the Google Doc and your PDF reader. I'm going to guess that one is set to "letter" and the other to "A4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) Just don't use it. Libre Office is free, cross platform, has vastly superior compatibility with MS Office if that's important to you, and you run no risk of being left with no office suite at all if the developers decide to tell you to **** off, like Google has done to Reader users recently. Edited March 26, 2013 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) Check your page settings in both the Google Doc and your PDF reader. I'm going to guess that one is set to "letter" and the other to "A4". Just checked and they're both set to A4. It's really strange. EDIT: Actually limpid, you may be onto something. After looking closer, it seems that Adobe Reader displays the document in 8.26 x 11.68 inches, while Google Docs is 8.27 x 11.69 inches. I'm guessing it's that slight difference that's causing the problem. I can't seem to find where I'd make the change in Adobe Reader though. Edited March 26, 2013 by DCJonah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 27, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) Can you not just adjust the margins on one or both? Edited March 27, 2013 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted March 27, 2013 Administrator Share Posted March 27, 2013 You may want to try a better PDF viewer. Acrobat Reader is a huge mess of bloat, bugs and vulnerabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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