SharePoint Excel Spreadsheet Displaying Symbols Instead of Text

Summary

Open the Excel file in the Excel application, not Excel Online.

Body

Issue/Question

My Sharepoint Petty Cash Log is displaying random symbols in place of letters and numbers when everyone else in the department is not having this issue.

Environment

  • Windows 10
  • SharePoint
  • Microsoft Excel

Cause

The Arial font in spreadsheets display as symbols when opened in Excel Online

Resolution

  1. Open the spreadsheet in Excel desktop application

Details

Details

Article ID: 8192
Created
Mon 2/27/23 9:42 AM
Modified
Mon 7/24/23 11:16 AM
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