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Using formulas in Excel files saved in Dropbox
This issue is very recent, and happened a couple of days ago when I noticed that I was not able to build certain formulas in my Excel files shared in Dropbox. When I start to build a formula (usually...
Hey JSEURO,
Thanks for getting in touch on Community, please let me clarify!
Just as an initial troubleshooting step, I would advise you to downgrade to the latest stable build.
Secondly, please note that the external location referenced within an Excel is a link to your HD drive, so when your workbook is downloaded onto another's computer, the locations that your formula points to are no longer there. The link in the workbook is looking for a specific place, for example "/JaneMacBookPro/Jane/File", and that location is no longer accessible from a different computer.
Hope this helps you clarify!
If you need to ask anything else about it, please reply to this post, I'd be glad to follow-up.
Kind regards,
JaneA
Jane
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey JSEURO,
Thanks for getting in touch on Community, please let me clarify!
Just as an initial troubleshooting step, I would advise you to downgrade to the latest stable build.
Secondly, please note that the external location referenced within an Excel is a link to your HD drive, so when your workbook is downloaded onto another's computer, the locations that your formula points to are no longer there. The link in the workbook is looking for a specific place, for example "/JaneMacBookPro/Jane/File", and that location is no longer accessible from a different computer.
Hope this helps you clarify!
If you need to ask anything else about it, please reply to this post, I'd be glad to follow-up.
Kind regards,
JaneA
Hi JaneA.
Thank you very much for your suggestion. This was actually the solution to my problem since I was running a Beta version. I also received help from Dropbox Support, since I tried to downgrade my software from your post, it kept installing the latest (beta) version which kept the issue.
Dropbox Support guided me to review in my settings (at the Dropbox website) and uncheck the "Include Me in Early Releases" box. This allowed me to downgrade to the latest stable version and the issue was resolved.
Thanks again.
Thank you very much for your suggestion. This was actually the solution to my problem since I was running a Beta version. I also received help from Dropbox Support, since I tried to downgrade my software from your post, it kept installing the latest (beta) version which kept the issue.
Dropbox Support guided me to review in my settings (at the Dropbox website) and uncheck the "Include Me in Early Releases" box. This allowed me to downgrade to the latest stable version and the issue was resolved.
Thanks again.
Thank you for this!
I was looking everywhere for this solution.
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