[silversid2]

How do I transfer an Excel spreadsheet from my laptop to my Nokia Lumia 820?

[EasyOn]

Connect your phone to the laptop using the normal cable, then copy the excel into the document folder of your phone. That's about it.

[silversid2]

Thanks that worked ok, but it wont let me edit the spreadsheet.

[Loco5150]

On WP, excel cant edit .xls files, they need to be in the newer .xlsx format.

This is how Microsoft handles its own products. The editing of .xlsx is also very limited.

[silversid2]

So the only way to add data is on a laptop and then transfer to phone?

[Loco5150]

Or save them in .XLSX, the newer format. Then you can at least edit somehow.