Originally Posted By: kevs
So you go to a public computer to see.. but even on my home mac, icloud.com I could only see excel files if I did the forced download to desktop. I guess even all public computers you could safely delete the file… and empty trash?

Ok but have point.. you can't count on every computer to be able to open or view my excel files ok?.. Ah.. then just keep trying different devices, ask hotel others...

I don't think I am communicating accurately or maybe I miss your meaning. What do you mean be "seeing" the files? I have no difficulty "seeing" the files themselves on iCloud.com by clicking on the iCloud Drive icon then navigating to the folder containing any file. If I double click on the file itself, it opens in the browser using Numbers for iCloud (which is resident on iCloud not the local device) and I can see the content. This can be done from any Windows, Unix, or Mac Computer, or any Pad or smart phone with a full featured internet browser and Javascript enabled (NOTE that is JavaSCRIPT, Java is not required. ) I just tried it and it works perfectly.

If you download the file you will need Excel, OpenOffice, Numbers or any other Excel format compatible spreadsheet application on that device to open and see the contents of the file.

NOTE: Numbers is capable of handling most major features of Excel, but not all of the more esoteric features. For those you will need a computer with a compatible version of Excel installed on it or on iOS devices the Excel app. (I have no experience with the Excel app so I don't know what its capabilities and limitations are.)

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