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Is it possible to embed an Excel or Google Spreadsheet into a post WITH editing option for Readers? I just created a Google Spreadsheet and was able to embed it into my post. However, I want readers to have the option to enter in various data, so they can see how the numbers look for their particular situations, and it doesn't give that option.

You can only highlight items, but can't make any changes. On Google, the spreadsheet is set as "Public on the Web", "Anyone invited as a collaborator (no protection)" is set as the protection option, and the page has been published on the web.

It's not just in WordPress either, I sent the link to my wife and she can't edit it from her Google account!

I want this post to go live tomorrow morning, can someone help me in the next few minutes?

Just a little bump. Hoping someone sees this and can point me in the right direction.

Hey Chris, here is what I want to do. In this post http://knsfinancial.com/401k-a…..ree-money/ I give an example of what a typical paycheck might look like with and without a 401k contribution. I also look at how much money we lose if we do not contribute enough to get the employer match. In order to do the calculations, I made a little spreadsheet. I would like to embed this spreadsheet into the post so that readers are able to enter their specific information and see the results.

Is this possible?

Thanks for your help!

Chris Johnson said:

This is not something that you are going to be able to do with an embeded Google Spreadsheet.  If you want to give your users the ability to do mathematical calculations like this, you are probably going to have to resort to creating something with Javascript or (not as ideally) PHP.  If you are not able to do either of those things, perhaps you can give your users the spreadsheet as a Zip file that they can download and use on their local computer, opening it up in MS Excel.  Sorry that I cannot be more helpful.

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Yeah, I was afraid of that. I guess I can attach the spreadsheet to the post. I may do that!

Thanks, Chris!

The Financial Blogger said:

I actually use a wordpress plugin for this.

 

this is what it looks like (but the readers can't download it):

http://www.thefinancialblogger…..nd-stocks/

 

name of the pluging:

WP-Table Reloaded

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Thanks for the suggestion Mike! I just used it in my November stats/roundup post: http://knsfinancial.com/novemb…..-11-22-10/

 

It doesn't give the reader a chance to perform calculations, but it does present a nice table that they can play with a little.