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dhjohnson49
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Access privileges to Word files that I created and stored in Dropbox are denied.

I have been using Dropbox for years with no problem until now. I recently acquired a new iMac desktop, but when I opened Dropbox on it I discovered that it will no longer let me edit Word (.docx) fil...
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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey dhjohnson49, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Can you please send us a screenshot of the message you're getting, so we can investigate further?

 

Just make sure to hide any personal info on the screenshot.

 

Thanks in advance!

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