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ogoosh
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2 years ago

I hid a column in Excel on my laptop, but it showed up on my Android and iPad.

Dear community   I am able to hide a column on the web excel using my laptop. After refresh, on my laptop the hidden column is hidden away. Same goes when i view the spreadsheet on a shared user'...
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ogoosh
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2 years ago

Hi Jay

 

After editing on the wed excel, the format is fine on the screen above. 

 

However, on a mobile device, android in this case it becomes like this

 

The green background is supposed to be hidden column. Some of the hidden columns had their data overlapped. I tried on multiple android and also ipad, same issues

 

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Jay
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2 years ago

Thanks for the info, the preview in the Dropbox app is not 100% accurate. Does the file preview normally in the Excel app on the phone?

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    ogoosh
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    2 years ago

    No, preview on phone is abnormal as well

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      Jay
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      2 years ago

      If you download the file and open it in the native app, does it appear normally?

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        ogoosh
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        2 years ago

        when i download from dropbox the shared excel sheet, and open in a native app in the mobile device, it displays the way it was intended with the columns hidden from the origin

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