Apologies in advance - I’ve tried searching but couldn’t find anything in here.

I’ve joined a community that provide updates and documentation via Google Sheets, Docs, etc. but when I try to open them on the browser on my iPhone (either Safari or Brave), I can’t edit them. As soon as I click on the Edit icon, I get a prompt to download the app.

I don’t have a Google account, nor do I use any of their services (consciously), so would like a way to open the documents in the MS Office equivalent (Word, Excel, etc.) so I can edit the documents successfully.

TIA.

  • BrikoXEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    It looks like mobile view forces it to render in htmlView mode which has limited functionality. If you browser has an option to render a page in desktop mode try that.

    • schmurnan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yep, tried that. On both Safari and Brave, all it seems to do is remove the ‘Edit’ button from the top-right corner.

      • BrikoXEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Try cleaning up the URL then. It should look like https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/long-string-here/. because it still shows you the htmlView after you enable the desktop mode.

        • schmurnan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Thanks, that did the trick. A combination of removing /mobilebasic from the end of the URL and requesting the desktop version of the site opened the full document. Doesn’t really work well on a mobile screen, but in the odd occasions where I need to update a document quickly and on-the-go, this will work. Thanks a lot!