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Thread ID: 101553 2009-07-19 01:00:00 spreadsheet on free web page Mike S (1766) Press F1
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792856 2009-07-19 01:00:00 I'd like to put a spreadsheet onto the web for viewing by selected individuals by password(s) only, at zero cost. So first I need to get a genuinely free web page, and secondly I need to be able to simply upload said spreadsheet (protected from casual access/view/alteration).

I have no knowledge of http or FTP, nor any prior knowledge of web page construction. How can I achieve my objective?
Mike S (1766)
792857 2009-07-19 01:14:00 Email it, save the hassle Speedy Gonzales (78)
792858 2009-07-19 01:23:00 Google Spreadsheets, or Zoho, are two options to consider. somebody (208)
792859 2009-07-19 02:20:00 Maybe upload to a free server, possibly with your ISP, or a free host site, e.g. HotLinkFiles (www.hotlinkfiles.com/), or Boxstr (http:), e.g for sharing. But I think your recipients would need the URL link, an account, folder storage name, etc with those sites, etc. But as Speedy mentioned it might be better to email the file direct. Free servers might be ok if you intend to share plenty of files to several selected people... kahawai chaser (3545)
792860 2009-07-19 02:33:00 Google Spreadsheets, or Zoho, are two options to consider.

If you have to password protect it, I wouldn't touch Google Docs.
Cato (6936)
792861 2009-07-19 02:36:00 If you have to password protect it, I wouldn't touch Google Docs.

Why?
somebody (208)
792862 2009-07-19 03:06:00 ' sounds like a good question! Otherwise Google Docs looks like the answer. Mike S (1766)
792863 2009-07-19 04:16:00 www.officelive.com

Something like that perhaps?
Blam (54)
792864 2009-07-19 11:09:00 Google Docs has had security issues in the past.

Google/Gmail/GoogleDocs/Google* stores and records everything. EVERYTHING. Am I the only one with any concern on this?

Everything will exist years after you delete and think it's gone. And it could jump up and bite you in the backside.

Maybe I'm just a bit too paranoid. The chances of Google fracking up and showing your document to the world is VERY VERY VERY low. But still if it is seriously confidential, I wouldn't take the risk.

If it's too good to be true, it probably is. That's how I see it.

/paranoia
Cato (6936)
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