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LRBH
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

iOS Dropbox app won’t acknowledge Microsoft Word app

I’m on Dropbox version 274.2 and Microsoft Word version 2.60. Today I started having an issue where trying to open a Word doc in my Dropbox app prompts me to install Word, despite the app being insta...
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Gazlaz
Explorer | Level 4

Everything has worked as it should until recently. Now when I try to open an excel file in My Dropbox on iPhone I get a message saying I need to install excel.

I’ve tried reinstalling both apps (Dropbox and excel) and that resolves the issue until I try again a day later and I get the same issue again.

Anyone else seen a similar issue before?

Thanks

Zoltan 's avatar
Zoltan
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
Same problem with both excel and words. They need to fix that quick, can not use Dropbox without those 2

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