Editing an Excel file on my iPhone. Is this possible?

Hey floater1, welcome to our Community! 

 

Does this happen with all your Excel files, or just this specific one? 

 

Also, if you open the Excel app on your iPhone, and try to ope and edit the file through it, do you have any results? 

 

Let me know more, and we'll take it from there. 

I only have one excel file within Dropbox. It is this file that whenever I open it either through Dropbox of directly using the Excel app it only allows me to cut and past. I cannot edit

Hi floater1, is this a read-only file? What is the exact file extension for the file?

 

A screenshot showing what you're seeing in the Excel app would be great.

The file type is an xlsx file type.

When I open the file in Excel a message at the top states ‘ To edit and save, sign in with a subscription’. Does this help you in understanding what is wrong

Hey floater1 - sorry to jump in here, but have you ensured that you're logged into a Microsoft account on the Excel app?

 

A screenshot of the exact error would be extremely helpful as Jay pointed out. 

Hi Walter, I went back to the file in Excel and clicked on sign in and that took me to registering for Microsoft Premium 365 . I thought it was free to use Excel in Dropbox

Also you asked for a screen shot of the error. How do I do that?

You can attach a screenshot to your reply through the camera icon (insert photo option) within your reply's box floater1 

 

If you're using a web browser on a mobile device and not seeing it, try requesting the desktop version of the web-page.

I have tried copying the screen shot into this box, but it does not work. Where am I going wrong