Update: So I guess this case is officially closed. I created the thing I need using my ancient Sharepoint Services 3.0 server. It works great. Haven't nailed down the permissions yet but otherwise it works just as we need. Going to also setup Sharepoint Foundation 2013 and see if I can import and maybe the newer version will have better stuff in it. But this is waaaaaaaaaay better than trying to use this clunky Excel way of doing it.