Why won't Excel on my Lumia 1520 open some documents?

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Excel on my Lumia 1520 wont open some documents

The excel on my lumia won't open some excel documents. I get a pop up that states "this version of Microsoft can't open workbooks with graphical objects on header or footer".

How can I solve this please help

 

[Sagar Limaye]

Re: Excel on my Lumia 1520 wont open some documents

You're out of luck.

 

[enthuz]

Is there a difference between the "free" version and the one through Office 365 for mobile?

 

[ajayden]

Re: Excel on my Lumia 1520 wont open some documents

The excel on my lumia won't open some excel documents. I get a pop up that states "this version of Microsoft can't open workbooks with graphical objects on header or footer".

How can I solve this please help

From what I can deduct from your post, you are opening an excel sheet with company logo or some kind of graphic in the header or footer of the file. Currently that feature does not work on Excel for phone.

The solution would be as follows:
1) Open your excel file on desktop (on a computer)
2) Copy the content of the header and footer to the top and bottom of the file. (that is, if you need it on the file)
3) Remove header and footer from the file.
4) Save the file.
5) Now open the saved file on phone.

Hope this helps.