Title: [Plugin: Google Doc Embedder] Embedding xls file
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Google Doc Embedder] Embedding xls file

 *  Resolved [jbierman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbierman/)
 * (@jbierman)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-xls-file/)
 * I seem to be running into problems viewing excel sheets in the viewer. PDfs are
   showing up fine but I keep getting “Sorry, we are unable to generate a view of
   the document at this time. Please try again later.”
 * [http://66.147.242.183/~vvsleagu/?p=383](http://66.147.242.183/~vvsleagu/?p=383)
 * Is this a message generated by the plugin or google? I’m pretty sure I’ve embedded
   the files correctly since my PDFs worked.
 * Any insight or advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-document-embedder/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-document-embedder/)

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 *  [k3davis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k3davis/)
 * (@k3davis)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-xls-file/#post-2920575)
 * I don’t see the plugin being used on that page.
 * The message you mention is Google generated, but the plugin may come in to play
   along the way – I’d have to see the URL and error message to know for sure. You
   can post here or use the “Support” link in your plugin list or the footer of 
   the settings page.
 * Kevin
 *  Thread Starter [jbierman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbierman/)
 * (@jbierman)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-xls-file/#post-2920587)
 * Sorry Kevin, I’ve activated the plugin again and turned on the the error checking
   and display error inline settings to see if there was anything but there wasn’t.
   If you could take another look, I’d appreciate it. Thanks!
 * [http://66.147.242.183/~vvsleagu/?p=383](http://66.147.242.183/~vvsleagu/?p=383)
 *  [k3davis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k3davis/)
 * (@k3davis)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-xls-file/#post-2920606)
 * Hi jbierman,
 * The issue here is that the file you’re linking to, while it ends in XLS, is actually
   an HTML document. When I open it in Excel, it warns me of this (extension doesn’t
   match file type). I save it as a native XLS document, and it embeds normally 
   using GDE, with no (obvious) loss of formatting.
 * Hope this helps!
 *  Thread Starter [jbierman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbierman/)
 * (@jbierman)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-xls-file/#post-2920631)
 * You are indeed correct.You are indeed correct. I wold never have figured that
   out. The file was saved from an online app. I never questioned it once and uploaded
   it as is and assuming it was what the file extension said it was.
 * Appreciate the help very much. And thank you for you good work.

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 * Last reply from: [jbierman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbierman/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-xls-file/#post-2920631)
 * Status: resolved