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How do I unsync Dropbox from Ms Word so documents don't automatically download into Dropbox?
How do I unsync Dropbox from Ms Word so documents don't automatically download into Dropbox? I contacted Dropbox in frustration but they wouldn't help me as they said it was an "MS Word problem." How...
Hi jennikeast, It seems to me that you using MS Word on Windows or Mac, and saving the files inside Dropbox folder. Note that anything you save inside your Dropbox folder will be synced. The default location for Dropbox in windows is C:\Users\UserName\Dropbox. In case you are using a Mac, it is /Users/UserName/Dropbox. If you do not want to sync certain files, you should save them in a different location than the Dropbox location.
Jane
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Tried it. But it's not a solution for reasons too complicated to post here. Too much minutiae and I don't have the time. Anyway, I'm done—going to have to just buy the latest version of MS Office and have them help me. Seems I have no other choice.
So I'm afraid I can't mark any of these posts as "Accept as Solution" only because I didn't find one. But hey, you all tried. :)
Hi jennikeast, if you have some more patience, can you please try this? Apology: I do not have a 2011 version of MS Word, and I found these information from the internet.
Go to Preference menu in Word
Then go to File Locations.
There, I think, you shold see Dropbox path in the Location filed corresponding to Documents, chage it to another directory (say, ~/Documents). Hope this helps you.
