{"id":119,"date":"2010-02-06T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debradalgleish.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/06\/please-dont-send-your-giant-files\/"},"modified":"2010-02-06T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T17:28:00","slug":"please-dont-send-your-giant-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debradalgleish.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/06\/please-dont-send-your-giant-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Don’t Send Your Giant Files"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just like you, I get a fair amount of spam and other junk in my email inbox every day. There are regular requests for Excel help<\/a> too, that I\u2019ve written about before.<\/p>\n

Some of those Excel help requests come with a file attachment, but most files are fairly small \u2013 in the 50-200 Kb size. I\u2019ll admit to opening some of them, if the help request is interesting, and the problem is well described.<\/p>\n

Today I got an email with a 2 Mb Excel attachment, from someone I\u2019d never heard of, let alone had any prior interaction with. He was offering me an \u201cinteractive workbook\u201d that I could put on my Sample Excel Files<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Through careful research, he learned that my name is \u201cHi\u201d, so that impressed me. (Many people believe that my name is \u201cSir\u201d, so \u201cHi\u201d is an improvement.)<\/p>\n

I deleted the email immediately, so I can\u2019t quote it exactly, but it had only a short paragraph with a vague description of the attachment. There were no details about sender or the file that made me want to take a look.<\/p>\n

Sharing Your File<\/h2>\n

There are some files on my Sample Excel Files page that other people have created. You can learn amazing things by taking a look at someone else\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

Both Ron Coderre<\/a> and Roger Govier<\/a> have generously provided so many sample files that I created separate pages for them. Dave Peterson has contributed several files too, like his popular Navigation toolbar<\/a>. But even they wouldn\u2019t send a random 2 Mb file without asking if I\u2019m interested. <\/p>\n

If you have an Excel workbook that you\u2019d like to share on my website, please let me know. Maybe it would be perfect for my website visitors. <\/p>\n

If we haven\u2019t met, or emailed, before, tell me a little about yourself, and the kind of file that you\u2019ve created. I try to keep the sample files pretty small, so they\u2019re quick and easy for people to download, so I probably won\u2019t be able to use your file if it\u2019s too big.  <\/p>\n

Does This Happen to You?<\/h2>\n

Do you ever get giant Excel files that you didn\u2019t ask for, and weren\u2019t expecting? How do you handle that?<\/p>\n

_________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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