Unable to edit word documents on iPad / Microsoft word

I'm having the same problem, as of January 1, 2022

Please help!  I already disconnected word and DB, uninstalled both and re-installed.  Was having no problems on dec 31 2021

Thanks Walter for responding!

Yeah, nothings changed on my end in a while -- except now I suddenly can't edit Dropbox word file using Word - it's asking suddenly for a one drive subscription

I'm

Word 2.56 (21120700)

Dropbox 262.3.2

iPad 9th gen OS 15.2

was working fine all last year.  Now when I open a docx file in the Dropbox app, it loads fine, as always, but when I then "open with Microsoft word," it opens the document in the iPad Word app, then asks for a 365 subscription to edit or save.  I log in using my non-365 account, as I was doing all last year, and that doesn't work.  Still says "to edit and save, sign in with a subscription "

any idea what's going on?

Hi Ronins, when did you first start using Word to edit files on the app?

In general, tablets larger than 10 inches require a Microsoft 365 subscription in order to edit files. 

Hey jay - thanks for your response, but this is not true.

Because of the dropbox-microsoft agreement, all dropbox users can edit word files, regardless of the size of the tablet.  I've been editing, without owning a 365 subscription, all throughout 2021

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-edit-your-microsoft-office-files-via-dropbox/

SOLUTION!!!  Turns out you have to go into the iPad SETTINGS / Word

and RESET WORD

oddly, reinstalling Word and Dropbox did nothing,

but resetting word in the ipad settings did the trick.

must be a **bleep**ty cookie out there....  not that I understand cookies...