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ogoosh
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8 months ago

I hid a column in Excel on my laptop, but it showed up on my Android and iPad.

Dear community   I am able to hide a column on the web excel using my laptop. After refresh, on my laptop the hidden column is hidden away. Same goes when i view the spreadsheet on a shared user'...
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Jay
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Hi ogoosh, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Just for clarification, is this visible on the Dropbox preview page, or the Excel app on the mobile devices?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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ogoosh
New member | Level 2
7 months ago

Hi Jay

 

After editing on the wed excel, the format is fine on the screen above. 

 

However, on a mobile device, android in this case it becomes like this

 

The green background is supposed to be hidden column. Some of the hidden columns had their data overlapped. I tried on multiple android and also ipad, same issues

 

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    Jay
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    7 months ago

    Thanks for the info, the preview in the Dropbox app is not 100% accurate. Does the file preview normally in the Excel app on the phone?

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      ogoosh
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      7 months ago

      No, preview on phone is abnormal as well

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        Jay
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        7 months ago

        If you download the file and open it in the native app, does it appear normally?

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