I dl'd the image maker and ran it in XL 2010, but got a compile error message and nothing happened
What do you mean by "image maker"? do you mean Excel Jeanie? if yes then for a basic post all you do is (once installed in your Excel add-ins) select your cells, click add-ins, click EJH4e, click Excel Jeanie in the dropdown, click the Forum Standard button and paste directly in the thread (it'll come out as HTML code), select all the code and paste again, then post your thread.
You can test it
Here
I also dl'd the zipped html maker but that needed an activation code
If you mean the MrExcel HTML maker then I am afraid that I can't remember any activation code being needed and didn't get one as far as I got with installing it again (obviously it stopped once the already installed version was recognized as being open).
For a few more instructions read
Post #2 Here (but don't try the link as it isn't currently working)
I can't remember needing one for Jeanie but if there is then it would be there in the installation / activation instructions (which is on the left hand side on the front page in the link).
By the way I have updated the link to Excel Jeanie in my signature to the latest English page (thanks to Peter SS for providing the new link in another thread)
Borders-Copy-Paste only works with Internet explorer.
Hope there is something there to get you further.