I have a spreadsheet in ods.
Suddenly the top cell in every column has acquired a little arrow pointing down. How do I remove them?
It may be that you have activated autofilter; go to Data | Filter and see if the Autofilter icon is active - it will look raised. If so, simply click Autofilter.
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