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SBabiche
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3 years ago
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Can’t edit Excel .xlsx in iphone (app is updated)

Hi, I hope someone can help me out. My iphone app version is 322.2.2 And I am trying to edit through ny iphone app an excel document (which I created on my Mac and is saved as an .xlsx. I click ...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    Hi SBabiche, we appreciate the feedback on this matter. As my colleague said, ti isn't possible to edit Excel files natively in the Dropbox mobile app. The files would need to be opened in the Excel app to be able to edit them.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Thanks for getting back to me, SBabiche.

 

I'm afraid you can't edit an Office file just through the Dropbox app; you'll need the Excel app to edit it and any edits you make, will save to Dropbox as well.

 

Are you having trouble editing the file when following the steps I gave you in my previous reply?

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SBabiche
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
thanks Hanna 🙂
the thing is I must grant permission in excel to open drobox and than means whenever I open excel, my dpx files are available without password for entering app. As in dpx app i hace a password so i can access app
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    3 years ago

    Hi SBabiche, we appreciate the feedback on this matter. As my colleague said, ti isn't possible to edit Excel files natively in the Dropbox mobile app. The files would need to be opened in the Excel app to be able to edit them.

  • Winston W.1's avatar
    Winston W.1
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    SBabiche -

     

    See my reply to Hannah's instructions above. If you open the file from the Excel app you should not have to link Dropbox to Microsoft.

     

    Not sure how this works if you have a password set to open the Dropbox app each time. That could block Excel from opening it. Give it a try and post back if you can.

    Thanks.

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