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miriamjoyjones
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

I am getting a permission sharing error and can not save documents frommicrosoft word on my computer

I am getting a permission sharing error and can not save documents from Microsoft word on my computer to dropbox Word cannot complete the save due to a file permission error. It only started happ...
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Philmartin57
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Hi Lucil,

It only seams to hapen with Word but TBH I use a lot of Word docs and not much else.

It only seams to affect docs in Dropbox.

Its subornly refusing to do it when I wan it to. I'll get back to you when I have a screenshot for you.

Regards

Phil

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Lusil
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6 years ago

No worries, Philmartin57. :grin: Thanks you!

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