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I have a problem with a spreadsheet that is located on OneDrive. It's read-only on my phone.

It started after I updated my phone from 7.5 to 7.8. If I create a new document on my phone, I can edit it without any problems, but when I edit it from OneDrive, it becomes read-only on my phone.

I have searched through the OneDrive options but I couldn't find a solution. Has somebody encountered have this problem before? How can I fix it?

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  • I have the same problem. As soon as Windowa Phone 7.5 upgraded to 7.8 all documents created on my WP7.5 would not open. Same goes for Word and PowerPoint docs.
    – user1425
    May 27 '13 at 11:47
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It sounds like you're trying to edit a non-Office Open XML document. If this is the case, you'll need to upgrade the document to the Office 2007+ format.

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  • Ok, is there a setting which set it? How can I change it for my whole skydrive?
    – Mateusz Rogulski
    Feb 9 '13 at 9:36
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    I mean it sounds like the spreadsheet was created with Excel 2003 or earlier. You can only edit Office 2007 or later documents on Windows Phone. Here is a SuperUser question asking how to convert old documents to the new format. If one of these answers works for you, you could do it on your SkyDrive folder.
    – Louis Waweru
    Feb 9 '13 at 9:42
  • Unfortunately, WP and Skydrive doesn't create spreadsheet in Excel 2003 format.
    – Mateusz Rogulski
    Feb 9 '13 at 9:59
  • @MateuszRogulski are you files .xls or .xlsx?
    – Louis Waweru
    Feb 9 '13 at 11:13
  • It is .xlsx format.
    – Mateusz Rogulski
    Feb 9 '13 at 11:35
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I faced same problem. But doing below my problem resolved.

Take your spreadsheet and copy everything you want into a new .xlsx but be very careful not to include ANY cells with drop down menus.

My workbook contained Drop down menu, Formula (Function Cell). Also I tried with MACRO enabled file i.e .xlsm. But I was not able to edit those.

You can edit .xlsx here :) ....

Rest if you want to make your excel file more usable with diffrent editing, I will suggest you to quest for those tricks.

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