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emlan
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Some files are black

I am trying to open a spreadsheet saved on Dropbox but the file has some text showing and the majority of the page is black. Why is this?
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Jay
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8 years ago
Hi there, are you previewing the file on the Dropbox site, opening it in Excel Online, or on your local copy of Excel on your machine?
 
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