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How can we do basic spreadsheet editing on a mobile device?
The other main cloud storage providers both have spreadsheet editing software. And they apparently no longer support Dropbox. My only option to have a shared spreadsheet stored in the cloud with easy...
I've gotten it to work on my android using Excel. In Excel you need to tap the 'Open' tab at the bottom then '+Add a Place', then you can pick Dropbox and sign in (again of course --I signed in a half dozen times already in this app). Then it just works. Everything works after that.
At least that's the solution for today. Who knows after the next update.
Hopefully these screenshots came in order. It requires the Excel app (1). Then it opens a blank tab and nothing else (2). Then I try to open from Excel using the browser button. (3) There it is "book (1).xlsx". (4) So I opened it successfully in Excel here, but it said "read only. Make a copy to edit". So I saved a copy in the Dropbox folder. It named it "book (1)_263748286382.xlsx. Ok whatever. I then peeked into my Dropbox and found it there. I clicked on this new file and it brought me right into Excel again. Of course I'm obviously signed in to that Dropbox account but it says I'm not.(5) Now it throws an error. (6). I've wrestled with this yesterday and even had chatgpt try to help me. It kept sending me back to the login page for Dropbox within Excel.
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey idwds! Can you follow these steps and make sure that only one of your Dropbox accounts is currently connected to your Microsoft Excel app (the one that the file(s) you're trying to open are currently saved in)?
It is only the personal account that is active and has storage listed.
- Hannah
Thanks for the updates and the screenshots, idwds.
If I understand correctly, this happens when trying to edit Excel files from a shared link someone sent you, right?
Does the same thing happen with files already saved in your Dropbox account and not ones you save from a shared link?
Actually no I haven't tried to share it with myself using a link until you mention it. But that does exactly the same thing. I even created the files on Excel and saved it to Dropbox but then it opens as read only. Weird.
