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megx
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Issues editing Word documents with Dropbox

Hi  I have for ages had the practice of going outdoors and editing word documents stored in dropbox on my phone or tablet with Microsoft Word app   This has always worked like a dream, any chan...
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    Frank_S
    7 years ago

    Hi all,

     

    As Sanchez mentioned, as the problems are occurring from within the Microsoft applications this sounds like an issue on their side. We'd still like to help get this one resolved, so to try and fix sync issues I'm going to ask those affected to try unlinking and relinking their Dropbox account from the Microsoft Office mobile app:

     

    https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/microsoft-office-faq#unlink/relink

     

    To unlink a Dropbox account from an Office Mobile app:

    1. Open the Office Mobile app.
    2. Tap the folder icon.
    3. From the list of places, tap and hold Dropbox.
    4. Once you've held your finger on Dropbox for a few seconds, a trash can icon will appear in the top right corner of the screen. Tap the trash can to remove Dropbox from the Office Mobile app.

    To re-link a Dropbox account to an Office Mobile app:

    1. Open the Office Mobile app.
    2. Tap the folder icon.
    3. Tap Add a place.
    4. Tap Dropbox.
    5. Tap Allow next to the Dropbox account listed (if you're already signed in to the Dropbox app). Or, to link a new Dropbox account, tap Use a different account. You'll be directed to a browser window where you can enter the credentials for the Dropbox account you'd like to connect.

     

    Let me know if this helps to resolve any issues with syncing files to Dropbox from within the Microsoft Office app!

     

    Frank

     

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