Recently kept track of expenses between a group of us. To settle the scores, I emailed an exported HTML table from an org file. This was simple enough and required no external viewer from recepients. The org table, in all its textful glory, looked as follows…
| Date | Item | Charge |
|------------------+----------------+----------|
| [2015-06-18 Thu] | Cash | 20.00 |
| [2015-07-11 Sat] | Lucky 7 | 42.97 |
| [2015-07-13 Mon] | Santa Maria | 32.00 |
| [2015-07-12 Sun] | Tayyabs | 46.00 |
| [2015-07-13 Mon] | The Brass Rail | 39.00 |
| [2015-07-13 Mon] | Underground | 10.00 |
| [2015-07-10 Fri] | Cash | 20.00 |
| [2015-07-13 Mon] | Cash | 20.00 |
| [2015-07-14 Tue] | Cash | 20.00 |
|------------------+----------------+----------|
| | total | £ 249.97 |
#+TBLFM: @11$3=vsum(@2..@10);£ %.2f
…while the exported HTML below could be easily pasted on to an email.
Date Item Charge
[2015-06-18 Thu] Cash 20.00 [2015-07-11 Sat] Lucky 7 42.97 [2015-07-13 Mon] Santa Maria 32.00 [2015-07-12 Sun] Tayyabs 46.00 [2015-07-13 Mon] The Brass Rail 39.00 [2015-07-13 Mon] Underground 10.00 [2015-07-10 Fri] Cash 20.00 [2015-07-13 Mon] Cash 20.00 [2015-07-14 Tue] Cash 20.00 total £ 249.97
#+TBLFM: @11$3=vsum(@2..@10);£ %.2f