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How to open word desktop in the online version
I open my document in microsoft word online version of Dropbox and I would like to edit it using my desktop app. How can I do this? There is no function for opening it in word desktop version.
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Hi Sherly, thanks for reaching out to us here!
Through the Word Online app, there wouldn't be an option to open the file locally for editing.
To open your files in the local Microsoft apps for editing, you can use the Dropbox desktop app to sync your files locally to your computer. You can check out more info about the desktop app here.
It will create a local Dropbox folder on your computer which will sync any changes with your account online. This will allow you to open the files in local apps for editing and the changes you make with sync with your Dropbox account.
Let me know if this helps!
When someone emails me a video file with a dropbox link, I click it and it opens a window in my browser (Chrome). I can preview the video. Up in the top left, there are two buttons, Share and Open. Both have a drop down arrow. For Open, I used to click the drop down arrow and I would see "Open in File Explorer" or something like that. When I clicked it, it opened the folder with the file location in Windows 10 File Explorer.
It is now gone. All I have are "Connect Apps".
The Dropbox app is running on my system. I'm logged into the browser and the app with the same DB account. I restarted the system.
Thoughts?
Good morning, I am getting the exact same issue on the Mac - we have a cross-platform company, so we are constantly sharing files via "dropbox links" so we can find the right file in the right location. I used to click "show in Finder" and it is no longer there, it has broken our workflow as the item just disappeared. I have updated my dropbox to v106.04.368 and I am on the latest chrome Version 85.0.4183.121.
Would love to get some help on where this valuable feature has moved to.
- Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Hey Josh M. - thanks for joining us on this discussion, and it's great to hear from you again.
Are you not getting the "Open" option for all files or specific ones?
For those that you can't see the button for, do you see them locally on your computer?
Keep me posted!
Hi,
We're still having the same issues, and we're not getting the ability to open in the desktop app for any of our Office suite documents.
They are still visible in the desktop app, but you can't search by link in the app so (with our very complicated file structure) they are hard for us to navigate to.
Thanks!
- Lusil
Hi there missionstudios, thanks for checking in with us.
Out of curiosity, is the video file sent to you as a shared file, in a shared link, or as part of a shared folder?
Looking forward to hearing back from you!
