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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!
Kara S.1
Helpful | Level 5
Same here, hopefully they fix it soon
Bmandigo
6 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 Microsoft has withdrawn support for accessing and saving to Dropbox from within their iOS apps.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.
- ErinAnne6 years agoHelpful | Level 5Are you serious..? 😖😭
- Kara S.16 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Apparently, I assume it is to push people into using one drive.
- SallyK6 years agoNew member | Level 2
It seems odd that Dropbox is blaming it on Microsoft, because the only app that has been updated on my iPhone or iPad since yesterday (when I could access my files) is the Dropbox app. MS apps have not been updated.
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