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MCCA
New member | Level 2
6 years ago
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Can't open Microsoft Online files from Dropbox online

Everytime I try to open a doc from Dropbox Online into Microsoft Word Online it just opens to a blank page. I'm on a Dropbox Team. I have a Microsoft Office Online account through my university (...
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  • MCCA's avatar
    MCCA
    6 years ago

    Thanks Lusil - I restarted my computer and then it worked again. But will experiment with your suggestions next time this happens as it happens quite often. thanks

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SCBC treasurer
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

I want to work on a Microsoft Access file on Dropbox and have the changes automatically saved back to Dropbox. My only option appears to be to download the file, modify the data then upload it again. Is there a simpler process?

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    Mark
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    4 years ago

    Hi SCBC treasurer 

     

    It depends, how are you opening the file? If you install Dropbox on your machine it will create a folder structure and you can open and access the files there and it'll auto save to others however you MUST MUST MUST make sure that nobody else has it open or editing it while you do or you'll get conflicted copies (i.e. 2 versions of the file with different data sets in)

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      SCBC treasurer
      New member | Level 2
      4 years ago

      Thank you, That answers my question. I was accessing the file on Dropbox from the web browser not the app. All good now. 

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