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Can't copy and paste iPhone images from Dropbox to a Word document
We have started having issues with iPhone images not be able to be copy and pasted into word documents, you can only drag and click them which is slow and painful and not practical.
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There are automatic file renamers available for Windows. Most likely there is an incompatible character in the filename, perhaps the comma, or the spaces.
You could even use the Dropbox automation to rename the files on the site itself so when it syncs to the computer the name is slightly different, and seeing if that helps out.
Wow that actually worked. how would we rename hundreds and hundreds of these JPG's on a daily basis though?
ok I have worked that out and don't need a response.
Thanks Jay , really appreciate the help.
Cheers Blair.
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
There are automatic file renamers available for Windows. Most likely there is an incompatible character in the filename, perhaps the comma, or the spaces.
You could even use the Dropbox automation to rename the files on the site itself so when it syncs to the computer the name is slightly different, and seeing if that helps out.
Hi I am experiencing a similar problem, when i try to drag images to word it just comes up with a link in writing instead of the actual image. I tried changing the name to test.jpg but it did not make a difference, can you assist?
