Hello,

My name is Mike Whitehouse and I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I have recently purchased an iPad2 and am learning how to use it.

At the moment I am struggling with an excel spreadsheet file I downloaded through Dropbox. The first column of the file has some corruption which is not in the original file on my Windows's 7 - 64 bit computer and which did not appear on my Android smart phone when I downloaded the file to the phone through Dropbox.

My Question is what program does the iPad use to open an excel file when downloaded with Dropbox and how can I open this file with Docs To Go which I have installed to view the spreadsheet in a different excel viewer?

It is my understanding that Apps in the iPad don't share files?

Looking forward to some enlightment ...

Kindest regards,
Mike whitehouse

Hi there Mike and welcome.

Use the following to choose which app to open a file in when it is in Dropbox.......



You are correct that generally speaking apps don't share files but you can use Dropbox and other similar apps to allow you to move files between apps (BTW, I generally use Quickoffice for Excel files as I find the convertion to be pretty accurate).

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The Archangel

Thank you - I really appreciate the time you took to answer my question. I have downloaded the app for the forum and will look into Quickoffice as I am not that impressed with Docs to Go. One thing I like about the Dropbox is that it gives me the opportunity to password protect my files before I open them - do you know if Quickoffice offers this feature? O.K., O.K., I will look it up myself - thanks again for your time.
Kindest regards,
Mike Whitehouse

Originally Posted by Lifeisaction

Thank you - I really appreciate the time you took to answer my question. I have downloaded the app for the forum and will look into Quickoffice as I am not that impressed with Docs to Go. One thing I like about the Dropbox is that it gives me the opportunity to password protect my files before I open them - do you know if Quickoffice offers this feature? O.K., O.K., I will look it up myself - thanks again for your time.
Kindest regards,
Mike Whitehouse

I'm not certain if Quickoffice offers this feature.....I seem to recall reading somewhere that it does but if it does then I can't find it!

The Archangel