I am unable to copy and paste from Google Sheets to SB+. I keep getting a Clear your Cache error. I cleared my cache with no luck. I can copy and paste from Google Sheets to Word then paste to SB+. However, we completely lose all of our formating and hyperlinks. I have quite a few that I use. …

@AkashSingh - google docs may be a better choice as spreadsheet format has encoding that will conflict with text format [image] Scoutbook Plus Email My Scouting Tools I was using the legacy scoutbook email platform (with the BBCode) until the very end. Looks l…

I should have clarified I am using googles word version not the spreadsheets of the document. I use it so i can share the drive with other leaders plus integrate sign up sheets to share for events.

@AkashSingh - the issue is that the hidden formatting conflicts with the formatting in the message body. Pasting into notepad will strip those hidden formatting marks and you can then use the formatting tools in message itself. As far as legacy scoutbook that is being retired so turning that feature…

When we were on Legacy, we had to put in the old code with [/b] and the [url] codes and it did work on Legacy. The sheet that I send out is long at least 5 pages, it outlines the plan for the remainder of the year so parents can plan accordingly. It contains links for sign ups so on. If I were to…

@AkashSingh The #1 request over the years for messaging has been a WYSIWYG editor. Scoutbook Plus provides this. One of the downsides of a WYSIWYG editor is hidden characters produced by the plethora of editors do not always work because there is no standard for which hidden characters should be …

If they don’t want us to be able to use the older protocols that is fine. But at least allow us to copy and paste and have it adopt the format versus completely erasing the native format. I have several friends that develop sites and my own website. It isn’t that hard to do that. As for the othe…

Thank you for sharing I will test tomorrow and see if I can make it work. I don’t mind the goofiness in the code and the injtial time to set it up as long as I know what to do and can make it work and only cost me 5 to 10 minutes a week.

@AkashSingh - it seems like you are creating a newsletter which is not the intended use of the message system. You are better off adding it to a unit website.

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@AkashSingh - google docs may be a better choice as spreadsheet format has encoding that will conflict with text format

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