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Parth_90
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Previewing file throws error

Hi, I've tried opening an Excel file from a shared folder in Dropbox and getting the error stating the file is too large to open and options available are download a copy, move to dropbox. and the file which I am trying to open is 40MB. could anyone help me!?

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    Rich
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    Parth_90 wrote:

    Hi, I've tried opening an Excel file from a shared folder in Dropbox and getting the error stating the file is too large to open and options available are download a copy, move to dropbox. and the file which I am trying to open is 40MB.


    The file is likely just over 40MB, and 40MB is the limit for previewing Excel files.

     

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