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rjoyce87
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7 years ago

Opening files from Dropbox on Pages/Numbers/Keynote iPad apps

I have the latest Dropbox App installed on an iPad Pro 2018 running iOS 12.1.4, as well as on my 2012 MacBook Pro. When trying to open Numbers/Keynote/Pages files in those iPad apps from my Dropbox,...
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Jay
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6 years ago
Hi Michael V.33, welcome to the community. Are you able to export the file to Keynote directly instead of opening it via Keynote or the iOS Files app?
 
As you’ve mentioned this is happening for large files, I’m assuming that smaller Keynote files work fine? How large are the files that you’re experiencing the issue with?
 
Keep me posted!
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Felipe Jodar
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6 years ago
I'm having the issue here.
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    Mahendra V.
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    5 years ago

    Same problem. But, keynote files open from iCloud Drive.  Hope it helps!

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