# Building an Excel spread sheet on UNIX and displaying it in WIndows **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-an-excel-spread-sheet-on-unix-and-displaying-it-in-windows/177016 "2009-10-09T20:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rubina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@rubina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubina)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-an-excel-spread-sheet-on-unix-and-displaying-it-in-windows/177016/1 "2009-10-09T20:41:50Z")
Hi, I have a flat, text file of size (row,col) where row \> 50 and col \> 10. The file is created in a UNIX server. Is there any way to create an Excel spread sheet while in the UNIX server, with the flat file, and then be able to use it on Windows from Excel? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![rubina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@rubina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubina)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-an-excel-spread-sheet-on-unix-and-displaying-it-in-windows/177016/2 "2009-10-09T23:50:20Z")
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Ruby S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > > I have a flat, text file of size (row,col) where row \> 50 and col \> 10. > The file is created in a UNIX server. > Is there any way to create an Excel spread sheet while in the UNIX server, > with the flat file, and then be able to use it on Windows from Excel? there was a thread about this just recently, check the archives [http://rubyforge.org/projects/spreadsheet](http://rubyforge.org/projects/spreadsheet) [http://surpass.rubyforge.org/](http://surpass.rubyforge.org/) martin