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Happy 2022!
A couple days ago, I opened a spreadsheet (that I update, daily), & discovered that the Formula Bar had moved to the bottom of my screen. It still does what it's supposed to, but this positioning makes life difficult in multiple ways (details below).
I can't find an update to the Excel app, or Android OS, that seems recent enough to be responsible, though the Excel screen did seem to become set, approx the same time, to match phone's day/night color schemes.
I can't find any mention, or images – online, on Microsoft.com, in tech pubs/blogs, or community forums – of this behavior, or of any way to move the Formula Bar.
Can anyone provide insight into what happened, or how to fix it?
NOTE : System + app versions follow screenshot, along with "difficulties caused" – mentioned above.
Many thanks for any solution(s?) &/or insights❗
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UPDATE: This morning [22-May'22], I opened Excel, on my Android phone, & MS "asked" whether I've enjoyed the "Updated Feature: …Has your editing experience become easier having the Formula Bar at the bottom?" {see add'l att}
BINGO ❗ IT'S A FEATURE, NOT A BUG
[Does not explain why an MS rep would request info, trying to replicate the "Feature"]
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PHONE : Samsung Galaxy S21 (5G)
OS : Android version 12
: One UI version 4.0
: Android security patch 1-December'21
EXCEL (for Android) : V 1.0.1 (16.0.14729.20146)
PROBLEMS
• Decades of Excel habits, using Formula Bar at top.
• Pop-ups, while typing (suggestions, option selection, etc.), display on top of toolbar, making click/select errors – that clear all content from formula/data entry field – inevitable.
• Enlarging the Formula Bar covers bottom (typically more important) rows of spreadsheet, + makes them trickier to access.
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I just opened excel on my tablet, but only after disabling my WiFi. It said updating, then Done, which would be hard with the WiFi off?
Anyway that excel still has the formula bar at the top, so will need to remember not to use it before switching off the WiFi each time. :-)
I just had my 365 subscription reminder come through. I took the opportunity to provide feedback about the issue.
Also, I pressed the "cancel subscription" button and was automatically offered 2 months free subscription. Try it!
You should see the mess they have made with the latest version of windows office 365, in particular Access.
Nothing gets tested anymore to any great degree, just chuck out to the public and let them test it. :-(
I cannot believe the 'majority' of people asked for this after all thse years? :-(
Bit like one person complaining about a comedy show in an audience of several hundred, and they bow to that one persons closed views.
As I've posted before, I've spoken to Microsoft Business 365 Support about this and was told this was a deliberate change, not a glitch, so no-one is working on a "fix". I asked why the ridiculous change had been made and was told "some people had asked for it" I drew their attention to this thread and was told "a handful of people have complained to us. If enough people tell us they're unhappy then we may look at it again".
I said "at least give us the option to have the formula bar at top or bottom".
We all need to complain more directly to Msoft!!
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
Glad to hearI'm not alone in this mess! I hope the engineers are actually working on finding the issue and get us a fix! And fast!!
It is frankly unbelievable that Microsoft appear to have instigated this change without apparently consulting users. The change is extremely aggravating and should be changed back as soon as possible.