problem opening .xlsx from Dropbox on Android

J_B

As per title

I have a password protected .xlsx file in my (up to date) Dropbox folder.

It opens fine on my PC but on my phone, it just comes up saying "File type not supported. Couldn't download file. Please try opening in another app"

All other .xlsx files open fine on the phone.

Any clues as to what's up?

debitcardmayhem

What app do you normally open them in?

J_B

debitcardmayhem said:

What app do you normally open them in?

I'm not sure sorry - I just tap on them and they open ...

How would I tell?

km1500

if you are using Office online (?) it doesn't support password protected files

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/cant-open-password-protected-documents-online/d56e29b7-fb36-4b84-85e6-1d4b4ad4844f

J_B

It used to work, but now doesn't!

How can I make it work?

MattMattMattUK

Do you have a 365 license? You can install Excel onto the phone if you do.

J_B

MattMattMattUK said:

Do you have a 365 license? You can install Excel onto the phone if you do.

I have one I bought off eBay a while back.

It works fine on my PC but don't want to upset the system by using it elsewhere ;-)

It's only a simple database - is there a free 'libre type' app I can use?

MattMattMattUK

There must be one, but I use Excel on my phone and the only other option I have installed is (Google) Sheets which cannot open password protected .xlsx files unfortunately. 

km1500

J_B said:

MattMattMattUK said:

Do you have a 365 license? You can install Excel onto the phone if you do.

I have one I bought off eBay a while back.

It works fine on my PC but don't want to upset the system by using it elsewhere ;-)

It's only a simple database - is there a free 'libre type' app I can use?

It may a simple database butt the problem is it is password protected. You need an Excel licence to open those.

J_B

km1500 said:

J_B said:

MattMattMattUK said:

Do you have a 365 license? You can install Excel onto the phone if you do.

I have one I bought off eBay a while back.

It works fine on my PC but don't want to upset the system by using it elsewhere ;-)

It's only a simple database - is there a free 'libre type' app I can use?

It may a simple database butt the problem is it is password protected. You need an Excel licence to open those.

Most odd - how long has this been happening? It used to work fine.

Newcad

I was interested in this because this week I got an xls file that i couldn't open.

Eventually I managed to open it on an old machine running  Office 2000 on Windows 98. (But still didn't make sense at first look)

 

It appears that the .xls file I got has company specific macros embedded in it, and so if you are not on the company network ......