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sellenwright
6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Why can't I open Microsoft files on my mobile device?
I updated my iPad Pro & now I can't open Dropbox files in Microsoft apps. I can see Dropbox, and I can open in other apps (Adobe, for instance), but Word, Excel, etc. tell me that the server is gone ...
- 6 years ago
Hey fellas - apologies for any inconvenience this might have caused so far and thank you for alerting us to this.
Our engineers are already aware of the problem and are investigating.
I'll make sure to circle back here to let you know more as soon as I have an update to share.
For the affected users noticing these errors when trying to access their Microsoft files (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) I'd suggest that you logged a ticket with our team so we can look into this and help further with all of our tools at our disposal.
Thank you all for your diligence and have a great rest of your day.
- 6 years agoHello to all!We appreciate your patience so far & we have good news to share as this is now resolved so there should be no further issues. Please try again and you should find that this functionality works correctly.If there is anyone still facing a discrepancy, please do let me know here & I’ll touch base with you asap. I'm also working on updating all the tickets you've submitted, so you can expect a reply soon.Thanks again to everyone for your reports & sticking with us on this discussion!
ErinAnne
Helpful | Level 5
My iPad isn’t on my cell plan so there’s no cellular in the settings. It worked this morning to pull up documents from Dropbox into word to edit them, and now it won’t work and just keeps giving me the error message “No network connection”. However, it is connected to the network, all the other apps work, and I’m able to save things from online TO Dropbox, and view them on Dropbox. I just can’t open them in word. HELP! I got this dang iPad to do schoolwork, and now I can’t.
Gabychisco
6 years agoNew member | Level 2
Same here but with every single office app in my iPhone. It seems the connection between Dropbox and MS office apps is down
- ErinAnne6 years agoHelpful | Level 5That makes me feel better at least. Maybe I’ll check back later to see if it’s up and running. 😰
- Wikifield6 years agoNew member | Level 2One reply suggested that Dropbox have withdrawn support for for I phone apps. Another suggested it’s the same for Office365. How can I find out if it’s a glitch being fixed or a decision to stop supporting the App. I tried the Dropbox support service but that doesn’t seem to be working either.
- Kara S.16 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Same here, hopefully they fix it soon
- Bmandigo6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Having the same problems, network error connection between dropbox and all office365 apps. Just started over the last few hours.
- Kara S.16 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Just talked to Dropbox support. Microsoft has withdrawn support for accessing and saving to Dropbox from within their iOS apps. You can copy a file from Dropbox to Microsoft but not save it back.
Very frustrated.
- KPike6 years agoNew member | Level 2I’m having the same problem
- drnishanth6 years agoNew member | Level 2same issue
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