Uploading A Word Table Into The Cache Page

[+Hollandhunters]

Ok, we're pretty new at this, and pretty computer illiterate... so please keep your responses in as simple English as possible.

 

We have created a crossword puzzle cache and we are having trouble copy/pasting the puzzle into the cache page. The puzzle is a Word table. I think I even tried saving the Word document in .html format and then copy/paste, but all that appeared were the numbers from the puzzle boxes and no visible box lines. Any hints or suggestions? Thanks!!

[+GSVNoFixedAbode]

Apart from re-doing it by hand in html, you could perhaps take a screen shot of the Word document then trim it and post it as a graphic (.jpg)?

[+AtoZ]

Check out my Cache Cache Word Puzzle, http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...4d-6f91a452dbb0

What you have to do is create the crossword puzzlw as an image and then past this into your cache page wsing HTML. I tied to create the crossword puzzle aa a Word table but the problme is the cache pages have to much pre definded style elemets to over write. So I finally use some program to create the crossword puzzle and then captured it as an image and then just pasted it on the page. Let me know if you need any more help.

cheers

Edited February 15, 2005 by AtoZ

[+Prime Suspect]

Ok, we're pretty new at this, and pretty computer illiterate... so please keep your responses in as simple English as possible.

 

We have created a crossword puzzle cache and we are having trouble copy/pasting the puzzle into the cache page. The puzzle is a Word table. I think I even tried saving the Word document in .html format and then copy/paste, but all that appeared were the numbers from the puzzle boxes and no visible box lines. Any hints or suggestions? Thanks!!

You're probably better off doing a screen capture, cropping the image and using that instead.

[+rusty_tlc]

Word should allow you to "Save As" HTML.

I just tried it out and it loks like it should work for you.

From the "File" menu click "Save As" in the pop up window click the pull down next to file type, scroll down to HTML.

[+Hollandhunters]

Check out my Cache Cache Word Puzzle, http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...4d-6f91a452dbb0

What you have to do is create the crossword puzzlw as an image and then past this into your cache page wsing HTML.  I tied to create the crossword puzzle aa a Word table but the problme is the cache pages have to much pre definded style elemets to over write.  So I finally use some program to create the crossword puzzle and then captured it as an image and then just pasted it on the page.  Let me know if you need any more help.

cheers

This is exactly what I want to do! Thank you!!

 

OK... so... I've saved my puzzle as a .jpg (and even uploaded it as an attached image). But how did you paste your puzzle to the main page?? Something about .html... I'm sorry, you lost me there.

 

Also, how do I make the words "The cache is not at the above coordinates!!" red and large font (in the short description)??

 

Thank you again!!!

[+Ladybug Kids]

I just posted information that will answer some of your questions in this thread: Inserting Graphics.

 

To make your text bold, enclose the text between <b>Text you want bold</b>.

 

<b><font color="Red"><font face="Arial" size="4">

Text you want bold, red and different font</font></b>

 

will give you bold, red, Arial font, large (14 pt) text.

 

The commands with the /'s turn off the styles you turned on.

 

Edit: to fix red/blue colorblindness

Edited February 15, 2005 by Ladybug Kids

[+fly46]

You're probably better off doing a screen capture, cropping the image and using that instead.

Since you brought it up, how the heck do you do a screen capture?

[+Ladybug Kids]

You're probably better off doing a screen capture, cropping the image and using that instead.

Since you brought it up, how the heck do you do a screen capture?

On an IBM keyboard, do a Control-PRTSC (while holding down the Control Key, press the Print Screen key). Open your photo editor, MSWord, MSFrontpage or other application, and do an Edit, Paste, and the screen image will be pasted into your document. The advantage of pasting into a photo editor is that you can then crop the part of the image that you really want (because a screen capture captures EVERYTHING on your screen) and save it as a jpg, gif, tif, or other graphics file of your choice.

[+AtoZ]

Well you can not do many of the thing mentioned above because it will not carry over to the HTML of the web page. SO here goes when you are creating you web page check the box that says USE HTML. In the Long Description your need to put the following line, well mostly.

 

<img src = "http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/b22f93d0-905e-4d42-a879-f0382f1fa76f.jpg" BORDER=0>

 

http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/b22f93d0-...0382f1fa76f.jpg

upload an image to your cache page and then click on it to open the page now do a right click and see the line where it says the source copy this and insert in in stead of http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/b22f93d0-...0382f1fa76f.jpg between the quotes in the above line.

 

There are some good tutorials in the forum just do a search on HTML and see what you come up with. It is kind of complicated if you are not use to it. What I did was make a dummy cachepage and play with it. Again email me if you have questions.

[+Hollandhunters]

I just posted information that will answer some of your questions in this thread:  Inserting Graphics.

 

To make your text bold, enclose the text between <b>Text you want bold</b>.

 

<b><font color="Red"><font face="Arial" size="4">

Text you want bold, red and different font</font></b>

 

will give you bold, red, Arial font, large (14 pt) text. 

 

The commands with the /'s turn off the styles you turned on.

 

Edit:  to fix red/blue colorblindness 

This worked! Yipee! Your "inserting graphics" link was VERY helpful and worked perfectly. Thank You! My cache is in the approval que.

 

PS Your bar code cache looks very fun!

[+yodadog and corvus 2]

On an IBM keyboard, do a Control-PRTSC (while holding down the Control Key, press the Print Screen key). Open your photo editor, MSWord, MSFrontpage or other application, and do an Edit, Paste, and the screen image will be pasted into your document. The advantage of pasting into a photo editor is that you can then crop the part of the image that you really want (because a screen capture captures EVERYTHING on your screen) and save it as a jpg, gif, tif, or other graphics file of your choice.

 

The Ladybug Kids have done it again--how absolutely cool to learn how to do a screen capture (I used Adobe Photo Deluxe). Oh, the possibilities..... Thanks!

[+Team yGEOh]

Hoversnap works very well for capturing screen shots or just the desired portions of the screen you want to save.

 

You can find it a little over halfway down the page at this URL:

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm