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kiwifagan
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1 year ago
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.DOC files in Dropbox load with 0 item, when they should be 1.2.

Have word DOC's loaded into Dropbox with table content with a column containing ITEM numbers, these show in Dropbox OR when printed from Dropbox as:    when they should be 1.2 etc. If you sav...
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  • kiwifagan's avatar
    kiwifagan
    1 year ago

    Thank you everyone, the solution, in my case/screen setup, required right click on the document.

    Again thank you for your assistance.

    Terry

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Mark
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1 year ago

The Dropbox website only displays a preview, like all web services this isn't always perfect. 

 

However, what happens if you open it in Excel for web on the Dropbox site?

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    kiwifagan
    Helpful | Level 5
    1 year ago

    Tks Mark,

    Are you referring to O365 for the excel, I don't see excel on DB. I don't use O365

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      Rich
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      1 year ago
      kiwifagan wrote:

      Are you referring to O365 for the excel, I don't see excel on DB. I don't use O365

      Mark is referring to the option of opening a document within Word for the web.

       

       

      • kiwifagan's avatar
        kiwifagan
        Helpful | Level 5
        1 year ago

        Thank you everyone, the solution, in my case/screen setup, required right click on the document.

        Again thank you for your assistance.

        Terry

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