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Android Office Mobile Excel 365 Will Not Open File

Anonymous
2015-07-28T08:30:40+00:00

Excel will not open an Excel file on my Galaxy Note 4. It was opening fine, but now I get a window/message saying that it cannot open a file that uses Active X or Form controls. It is the same file I have been using for months. I only enter data. I have done nothing new to initiate active x or form controls. It is basically just tabs of manually produced monthly calendars/journals. No web links, inserts, formulas, nothing special. Why would Excel no longer open the file? It opens all my other similar files that I have tried just fine. I have been using Softmaker Planmaker for years without any issues whatsoever. I wanted to give Excel another try, especially when I realized I can now insert new lines in cells. That is a severe LIMFAC that Planmaker has they they told me would be fixed about a year+ ago.  I have reset Office back to original settings and prior to opening the file MIcrosoft made me update Excel before it would open the file. Could there be a bug in the update? Please assist.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-01T16:15:39+00:00

    I have the same issue and is really frustrating, but I found a loophole. First go to Settings, Applications, then to Default Applications, look for the Excel app and press the clear option on the right; then save the excel file to your cellphone, download the OfficeSuite app and use it as a default app to open excel files. It worked as a charm for me, good luck.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-29T01:39:37+00:00

    I have now ran the PC version of Excel compatibility checker on the file and it says that Active X and Form Controls are not in use for this particular file. Why won't Excel Mobile open this file? Why is it saying that Active X or Form Controls are in use when they are not!?!?!? This is my every day planning/journal file. I need to be able to access/edit it from my Samsung Galaxy Note 4. It worked fine. Now it does not after one of your updates. MICROSOFT, WHAT IS GOING ON!?!?!? PLEASE RESPOND!!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-08-04T09:11:53+00:00

    Although latest download says it can open ActiveX files it does not. Google Sheets works fine and opens Excel files. Buzarre.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-01T17:55:11+00:00

    Why does the iPhone version of Excel open ActiveX but not the Android and MICROSOFT phone versions?? Time for an iPhone!

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-08-29T02:09:14+00:00

    I have now re-saved the file as a xls and Windows 95 xls to remove any odd formatting that could be causing this fiasco. I still get the same response that Active X or Form Controls are in use and Excel Mobile refuses to open the file. MICROSOFT, PLEASE RESPOND!!!!!!!

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