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Researchboy
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Editing Word document on Android mobile

I am able to edit Excel files stored in Dropbox; however, Word documents say Read Only and state I need to say a copy of my original file to be able to edit it.  I can't see anything different in the...
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    Jay
    4 years ago
    Thanks for the update, Researchboy, if you experience this issue again, please let me know.

    Enjoy your week!
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Researchboy
Explorer | Level 4

Hi, Jay.

 

I ended up creating all new Word documents to replace the ones I had in Dropbox.

 

I am not sure what was the issue with the original files, but the new ones can all be edited now.

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Jay
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4 years ago
Thanks for the update, Researchboy, if you experience this issue again, please let me know.

Enjoy your week!

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