Any way to create a table?

[vagreys]

Is there any way to create a table in a post?

[KatzNK9]

I'd like to see that option added myself.

[tessa_s212]

I'm just curious.. what would hte purpose be?

[KatzNK9]

Easier to make & especially easier to edit charts of whatever info you want to pass along.

[Taeric]

Unfortunately, there's no easy way to do a table. What we've done in the past is create tabular data in Excel, do a screen capture, and insert the jpeg. It's a bit of a hassle, but there's no easier way to do it that we've found with the current system.

[skunkstripe]

I wanted a table for a post on how much chocolate of which type would be potentially toxic to dogs of different weights. I ended up pdf-ing it and uploading that. It is kind of yucky because you can't see the table, just the Adobe icon.

[vagreys]

hmm...thanks folks. i'm working on a post to show people how to calculate an estimate of how many calories their dogs need to maintain weight, adjusted for life stage and lifestyle. The question has come up, a couple of times, recently. Maybe I'll just do it with text and a list. Back to the writing board...

[KatzNK9]

hmm...thanks folks. i'm working on a post to show people how to calculate an estimate of how many calories their dogs need to maintain weight, adjusted for life stage and lifestyle. The question has come up, a couple of times, recently. Maybe I'll just do it with text and a list. Back to the writing board...

Regardless of how you have to get this info to us, I'm very much looking forward to seeing it.:)

[skunkstripe]

OK how about this:
1) Open Word, create table
2) Print as pdf file
3) Open pdf file, use snapshot tool to capture table
4) Open Paint, paste captured table into paint
5) save as gif

Gifs can be uploaded.
It is a pain but it seems to work.

[Taeric]

OK how about this:
1) Open Word, create table
2) Print as pdf file
3) Open pdf file, use snapshot tool to capture table
4) Open Paint, paste captured table into paint
5) save as gif

Gifs can be uploaded.
It is a pain but it seems to work.You could cut out a step or two -

1) Open Word (or Excel), create table
2) Hit Print Screen button
3) Open Paint, paste captured table into paint
4) save as gif (or jpg)

Either way will certainly work, though not everyone has software that permits them to print as pdf (I think only the newest version of Office has that as a built in capability). There are freebie pdf writers out there, though I've found that the file sizes are considerably larger than what the Adobe software produces.

[skunkstripe]

Taeric, you are right of course. I do not have the Gadwin print screen program running all the time (one of those things that runs in the background and I am trying to kill as many of those as I can!) so the pdf is more convenient for me. I use the pdf 995 freeware, it is not bad. The gif I created is only 10 kB so I am not being a file size pig.

[Taeric]

I'll have to check that one out. The one I have at home works pretty well, but some larger Word documents produced really bloated pdfs. Here at work I have Adobe Pro, so I generally handle all of the pdf writing I need to do with the high dollar software.

As for killing unnecessary background tasks, there's an easy way to do it the administrative tools feature. If you're not familiar with that, let me know, and I'll brief you on it.

I think posting up a picture (gif or jpeg) of a chart with the [img] code is the best option for now. It can also be done as an attachment, but the [img] code puts it directly in the thread at full size, so it'll be easier to view.

[KatzNK9]

hmm...thanks folks. i'm working on a post to show people how to calculate an estimate of how many calories their dogs need to maintain weight, adjusted for life stage and lifestyle. The question has come up, a couple of times, recently. Maybe I'll just do it with text and a list. Back to the writing board...

Hey, I have an idea of how to show off your work ... check out this (new from Google Docs & Spreadsheets):

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&ltmpl=homepage&nui=1

Hope this helps.