advice for "answers"

Hi

Originally Posted by MrShorty

I'm not sure it is 100% true in every case. If this were true, every Excel themed forum would allow Excel file uploads, and I understand that there are some very successful Excel forums that do not allow users to upload spreadsheet files with their posts/questions......

Originally Posted by AB33

......I hardly answer a question with no attachment. From my experience in this forum, I go around the circle sometimes wasting hours only for the OP to attach a file after I am about to give up on the thread and then BINGO! I wish the OP had attached the sample right from the post one, I would not have wasted all these hours.

I guess it is partly a swings and roundabouts thing: Over at MrExcel probably the most popular Forum currently ( with no Upload Facility ) , Excel file upload is an endless discussed theme and most Mods there are against it. - just a few threads picked at random on that
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/about-b...l?#post4199896
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/about-b...-wish-list.htm
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/about-b...es-review.html
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/about-b...read-post.html
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/about-b...sh-list-2.html
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/about-b...ml#post4325576


But there is the possibility to use a File sharing facility, so effectively many people can upload a file when necessary....
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The point i mean about swings and roundabouts....

Screenshot tools can allow you to give a lot of info as an alternative to uploading a file. But that requires a lot of space in a Thread. At Mr excel I have never managed ( despite my best efforts ) to reach a limit to the size of a Thread I Post . On the other hand, As with most Forums that allow Uploads, the size of a post at ExcelForum is limited.
But you can split the Post into several posts. So just like with the File Sharing option, you can usually get around limitations. ( I appreciate some user at work are not allowed to use such sites )

I personally like both, - As much detail in the Thread, including good screen shots, and also a file. I would like it to be a Forum Guideline to post as much as possible in the Thread, then, if necessary also a File upload.

I try to do that. But that is just a personal preference, and it does involve extra work for someone answering. The OP on the other hand, IMHO, should be encouraged to give as much detail as possible.

Alan