Comment on Ask HN: report system, Excel or HTML?Comments−yannis16yFor reports (people like to print them), I normally use(a) pdf (b) HTMLIn that order!If anyone needs excel I give them comma delimited for import!−michael_dorfman16yA nice hack: if you give them comma delimited, but name the file ".xls", Excel will silently import it. and they'll never know the difference.−nfnaaron16yYears ago I submitted a resume to an HR dept. It was plain text, with a .txt extension.They said "we only accept Word files for resumes."So I changed the .txt extension to .doc and resubmitted it.I got the job.
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For reports (people like to print them), I normally use
(a) pdf (b) HTML
In that order!
If anyone needs excel I give them comma delimited for import!
A nice hack: if you give them comma delimited, but name the file ".xls", Excel will silently import it. and they'll never know the difference.
Years ago I submitted a resume to an HR dept. It was plain text, with a .txt extension.
They said "we only accept Word files for resumes."
So I changed the .txt extension to .doc and resubmitted it.
I got the job.