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Grahame3
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3 years ago
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How can I open files in Excel, not Excel for the web or GSheets?

I have just downloaed Dropbox and uploaded some files but my Excel files wont open in Excel but some weird version Excel for the web, which is awful or Google sheets, neither are any use to me. How c...
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  • Grahame31's avatar
    Grahame31
    3 years ago

    Hi Hannah, all comments are welcome. I don’t know what’s happened but I deleted Dropbox everywhere intending to look for an alternative, but it was suggested I download it again, create a new account and when I clicked on a file it said open with and Excel was an option. That wasn’t there before, so far it seems ok but…………….

     

    Thanks for jumping in

     

    Grahame

Jay's avatar
Jay
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3 years ago

So what exactly what is happening now when you open an Excel file on the iPad?

  • Grahame31's avatar
    Grahame31
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

    Same as on the PC, it opens in Excel for the web instead of Microsoft Excel which it was created in and has been no problem before

    • Hannah's avatar
      Hannah
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      3 years ago

      Sorry to jump in here, Grahame31!

       

      I understand you're interested in opening your Excel files in Dropbox directly through Excel on your desktop, instead of Excel for the web.

       

      Is the Dropbox application running on your computer? What do you see when you hover over your Dropbox icon?

       

      Also, if you go to your All files page and locate an Excel file, then click on the "..." (ellipsis) button, then on "Open in", do you see a "file explorer" option?

       

      This should allow you to open the file locally.

      • Grahame31's avatar
        Grahame31
        Helpful | Level 6
        3 years ago

        Hi Hannah, all comments are welcome. I don’t know what’s happened but I deleted Dropbox everywhere intending to look for an alternative, but it was suggested I download it again, create a new account and when I clicked on a file it said open with and Excel was an option. That wasn’t there before, so far it seems ok but…………….

         

        Thanks for jumping in

         

        Grahame

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