Drop downs

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plarwood
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Drop downs

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I rum Mac OS Yosemite
I have just downloaded OO 4.1
My issue is that the dropdowns behind an excel spreadsheet are not coming in or accessible when I download the sheet,
It was suggested to get OO and try again but the dropdowns are still not there.
Is this a privacy setting ? Any thoughts please ?
Open Office 4.1 on MacOS 10.10
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Villeroy
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Re: Drop downs

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Nobody can tell anything without seeing any document.
Please, edit this topic's initial post and add "[Solved]" to the subject line if your problem has been solved.
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Re: Drop downs

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excel spreadsheet
There is NOT 100% compatibility between the native ODF fileformat and the foreign, non standardized MSO fileformats.

Please upload your example file here.
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Please, edit the initial post in the topic: add the word [Solved] at the beginning of the subject line - if your problem has been solved.
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Re: Drop downs

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From my memory...

Excel dropdowns can be created by
  • A cell validation setting. This is mostly handled by Calc, but not 100%. (Some Excel validation settings are not easily portable.)
    Inserted form field. Form fields connected to cell value tend to be OK. Database connections (external sources) will be broken.
    Inserted "independent field". Microsoft "simplified" the field/form approach with MSO2013, IIRC. This solution is not compatible with anything other than Excel.
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