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Why do I need a license to edit Word and Excel files now?
So this just happened today. I can't create new Word or Excel files, nor can I edit existing ones. There is now a paywall that says I need a commercial Office 365 version.
Um what?
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Fiona
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey there acoolaccounts. Have a nice week!
Any updates on the matter? Does the issue persist?
If it does let me know and I will send you an email to escalate the issue to specialists of my team for investigation.
Thanks in advance!
Hi Fiona
The admin of the Dropbox account, bought a business license for 1 account and now my colleague can use Excel Online. The other accounts have a domestic license and it isn't the correct license to use Excel Online and we can't change it until the license expires.
Then, the rest we will work by downloading dropbox on the computer, when the license expires, we will change to a business license.
It's the only solution we have thought. Almost the cheapest one. The other is, buy the new licenses and lose the domestic license, but we renew the last month and would pay double this year.
Have a nice week.
- Fiona
Thank you for getting back to me about this acoolaccounts. I am happy to know there is no technical difficulty for us two to work on :gear:. The alternative you mentioned is the one I would offer. Might not be ideal but it will work and I can't thank you enough for sharing this case on this thread.
If there is anything else you need, we are always here for you. :slight_smile:
Thanks for using Dropbox!
