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Embed: Let people type into cells (their changes will not be saved)

xLito

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Hello,

I embedded my Excel on the website but I'd like to allow people to save their changes. Is possible to do it?

Thanks :)
 
How did you embed an Excel file on the web site?

If you have the Excel file on the server then simply provide a <a> link to it, when the user clicks on it they will download it to local copy.

To allow the user to make changes to an Excel file by accessing through a web site you need server-side support for shared content editing, like SharePoint.
 
Hello,

thank you so much for your help.

I have my file on OneDrive, I’m using the free plan, I simply clicked on “</> Embed” -> “Customize how this embedded workbook will appear to others”, I thought it was possible to allow the user to make changes on it through my WordPress website, but since what I understood I need a Microsoft’s paid plan to do that. Is SharePoint the easiest way?

Thanks again :)
 
I am not familiar with coding for WordPress, but you can share a file on OneDrive. You should be able to set permissions on a OneDrive file to allow external users to update the file but I don't know how you make it available on a WordPress page. I do the same thing with Dropbox and just post a link.

 
I would like to allow the user to edit and save changes on the Excel file from my WordPress website, so unfortunately I guess a link doesn't work for me. I'd need the right embed code from OneDrive.
Thank you :)
 
Oh, you actually want to display the worksheet on a web page and have users edit it right there? To do that you either need to make sure your user have web-based Excel or you basically need to write your own version of Excel. There is no easy way to do this.
 
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