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| Thread ID: 64805 | 2005-12-28 23:13:00 | spreadsheet in 16mg flash card | Thomas01 (317) | Press F1 |
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| 416308 | 2005-12-28 23:13:00 | I have a 16mg flash card and I came up with the bright idea that seeing it is now no longer wanted I could use it for carrying my medical requirements (dicky heart!). I use MSWorks spreadsheet but of course not everybody does. So I thought I would put an old copy of MSWorks on the flash card - not enough room. So I need a free spreadsheet program - very small - that will read my Works spreadsheets and can fit on the flash card. Any suggestions please! Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 416309 | 2005-12-28 23:21:00 | Your after the Excel Viewer (www.microsoft.com) But at just under 10 megs, its a little weighty and needs to be installed onto a Windows PC. | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 416310 | 2005-12-29 01:11:00 | Bob Doe Naw I don't think this would work - Excel itself will not read the files produced by MSWorks. I suspect some shareware device somewhere will do the job - if I can find it. I suppose I ought to try Google but I often end up with heaps of unwanted info when I go that route. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 416311 | 2005-12-29 01:28:00 | Why not just put the details into a plain old text file? Most all progams/computers can cope with those. | Helplesss (272) | ||
| 416312 | 2005-12-29 01:29:00 | save the spreadsheet to the flash card as a CSV file then it'll be read by any txt capable program such as for example, notepad...or if it's only a single page spreadsheet take a screen shot and save as jpg that'll be read by anything too. | drcspy (146) | ||
| 416313 | 2005-12-29 04:26:00 | Yep, I agree with drcspy. CSV text, tab delimited text, or HTML. I don't think a medical technician would think to look on a USB drive. You may want a medi-alert bracelet, or "dog tags" on a necklace. |
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| 416314 | 2005-12-30 01:22:00 | have both and note that further info is included on the usb thumbdrive | Mirddes (10) | ||
| 416315 | 2005-12-30 03:29:00 | My main concern would be that you pass out, and everyone rushes off to find a PC, then then they virus scan the drive before trying to determine just what files it contains and how they would access them. Bear in mind they may only have access to an Apple computer and not Windows PC, so even if you could find an application that fitted on the drive it would not display the spreadsheet in both. In the meantime you may have died. A paper document in your wallet may be of more immediate (and prompt) assistance. |
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| 416316 | 2006-01-11 01:09:00 | Thanks for the interest and replies everybody. I have also discussed my idea with my Doc. He reckons these days in NZ anyway there is very little problem finding out the medical requirements of people like myself. The medical profession hasn't quite got to the point when a doctor etc can look up a National database to find the information (they are working on it), but my idea - good though it may be - is completely pointless and unneccessary. I get the feeling that even the medi alert bracelets are becoming redundant. Most people seem to think that carrying a piece of paper is the best, safest and quickest method - and I have been doing that for years anyway. Tom Sorry for the delay - I was poorly recently and the doc had to come out - the first thing he did was ask for my piece of paper just to check my drugs regime. |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 416317 | 2006-01-11 01:37:00 | After all, the only computer readable item they are interested in is your credit card. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
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