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megx
8 years agoNew member | Level 2
Issues editing Word documents with Dropbox
Hi
I have for ages had the practice of going outdoors and editing word documents stored in dropbox on my phone or tablet with Microsoft Word app
This has always worked like a dream, any chan...
- 8 years ago
Hi all,
As Sanchez mentioned, as the problems are occurring from within the Microsoft applications this sounds like an issue on their side. We'd still like to help get this one resolved, so to try and fix sync issues I'm going to ask those affected to try unlinking and relinking their Dropbox account from the Microsoft Office mobile app:
https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/microsoft-office-faq#unlink/relink
To unlink a Dropbox account from an Office Mobile app:
- Open the Office Mobile app.
- Tap the folder icon.
- From the list of places, tap and hold Dropbox.
- Once you've held your finger on Dropbox for a few seconds, a trash can icon will appear in the top right corner of the screen. Tap the trash can to remove Dropbox from the Office Mobile app.
To re-link a Dropbox account to an Office Mobile app:
- Open the Office Mobile app.
- Tap the folder icon.
- Tap Add a place.
- Tap Dropbox.
- Tap Allow next to the Dropbox account listed (if you're already signed in to the Dropbox app). Or, to link a new Dropbox account, tap Use a different account. You'll be directed to a browser window where you can enter the credentials for the Dropbox account you'd like to connect.
Let me know if this helps to resolve any issues with syncing files to Dropbox from within the Microsoft Office app!
Frank
Eja99
8 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Whenever I work on Microsoft word files offline then re-connect to the internet I get an âupload failedâ error message in Microsoft Word for IPad Pro. I usually have to save a new copy to get it to sync to Dropbox and then half the time it wonât save changes in the new copy and Iâll have to create another one. Any help on this would be awesome.
Sanchez
Dropbox Community Moderator
8 years agoHey Eja99, welcome to our community!
Has this just started happening? Can you make sure that your iPad is running the latest version of its supported OS (11.2.5 for newer devices), and that youâre on our latest app, version 80.3?
I would also see if thereâs an update for your mobile Office suite.
Have a look at the above, and let me know how it goes.
Thanks!
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