# Google Spreadsheet only showing as link

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-spreadsheet-only-showing-as-link/54700
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [23.Декабрь.2016 11:56:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-spreadsheet-only-showing-as-link/54700 "2016-12-23T11:56:29Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [23.Декабрь.2016 15:53:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-spreadsheet-only-showing-as-link/54700/2 "2016-12-23T15:53:34Z")

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Correct, it was a dire mistake to load the entire spreadsheet inside Discourse. See

> [@Google docs onebox gem requires a "published" document](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-docs-onebox-gem-requires-a-published-document/33649/12):
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> Apologies for repeating myself, but I’m getting quite a bit of flak about this from my community. The Google Docs onebox is [kind of half-baked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficult-to-find-way-to-open-oneboxed-google-doc/44191) and I would very much like to be able to turn it off. The only workaround I’ve found is to run the link along with the previous paragraph of text. (I.e., not putting it on a line of its own.) I found this by trial and error and I’m pretty techie. It’s not really feasible to instruct users We refer to Google Docs a lot, and I’ve gotten into the habit of e…

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