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HCockburn
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4 years ago
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Having problems with Word/Excel files Save As PDF uploading into Dropbox

Hi, I have regularly created word and excel files on my iPad, saved them in Dropbox. I’ve then used the Export facility in Word and Excel to save them as PDF on the same Dropbox folder. Last time I s...
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  • HCockburn's avatar
    HCockburn
    4 years ago

    Thank you to Walter for all your help.

    As suggested by your engineer, I contacted Microsoft and they confirmed the problem is with the MS apps for iPad and will be fixing it in the next version of the apps due in the next 2-3 weeks (mid-June 2022)

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Jay
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4 years ago

Hi HCockburn, do you see the 'Locations' button in the iOS Files app? If you tap that, you should be able to disable, and then enable Dropbox.

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HCockburn
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Sorry I was too quick - it looked like it worked. but the same thing happened. It created a zero byte file in dropbox

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    Walter
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    4 years ago

    Thanks for keeping us in the loop HCockburn

     

    I'm not sure if this will help, but can you try the suggestion outlined here and let us know if it improves matters for you?

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      HCockburn
      Helpful | Level 6
      4 years ago

      Thanks Walter.

       

      I cleared the Dropbox cache, removed the Dropbox app and re-installed it. But still the same issue. I don’t have any trouble creating PDFs and saving them into another online file system. Very frustrating.

      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
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        4 years ago

        Hi HCockburn! 

         

        Can you send me a screenshot of the error message you see when trying to create a PDF file? 

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