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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
Frank_S
Dropbox Staff
8 years agoHi SandersKev,
When opening a support ticket at http://www.dropbox.com/support you'll get a reply via email, which you can attach screenshots to when replying. Alternatively you can place screenshots in your Dropbox account, create shared links and then include those links on the email form when submitting initially.
I've followed up internally on this and our engineering team are already in the process of talking to Microsoft about this issue, so no new support tickets are required for us to investigate this. As soon as we have an update on a fix for this issue we'll update this thread.
Thanks!
Frank
SandersKev
8 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Thanks for clearing that up Frank, in that case I'll refrain from sending in a ticket for this for the time being.
Have a great day,
Kevin
- KitchenMagic8 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Thank you, Dropbox!
We really apprciate you following up with Microsoft on this. Their support team is less than helpful and this issue is very important to many of us. - Eja998 years agoHelpful | Level 6
After the last Microsoft Word update mine is now syncing again. I'll update here if that changes.
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