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		cwalv on Dec 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects i... This blows my mind. I thought excel had "save as -> html". Whether it does or not, nice work finding this niche

york2k on Dec 24, 2021 | [–]

Try to save simple Excel file as HTML, and see how many files Excel generates. Also, Excel-generated HTML files are very hard to embed anywhere, too much garbag

jonwinstanley on Dec 26, 2021 | [–]

Save as HTML in all the MS Office products are absolutely hideous. The code they generate is awful.

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