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Holly J.1
10 years agoNew member | Level 2
No Download Option
Hello, I use to be able to download my folders by right clicking and choosing the download option or choosing the download file option when the folder is open. I no longer am given the option to down...
- 7 years ago
You can download files that are sync'd you just need to tap on the ... first.
See:
That is for an Excel spreadsheet which IS downloaded locally. I clicked on the file which opened it in Excel online and then clicked on the ...'s to get that menu. Not very user friendly I agree though.
OR
If you want to download multiple files click on the tick boxes and then tap 'download' (a word of warning with this one though, if its a file which can be edited online [e.g. Office] you get a different menu and need to follow the above):
A K.8
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
This causes confusion. I just spent 10 minutes trying to figure out why I couldn't download a file. I was viewing files in a web browser because DB wasn't synching (although it showed everything was "up to date".)
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