You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Can I use OneDrive MS Office Collaboration within the Dropbox folder?
I am a huge fan of Dropbox and trust them with my files. I am currently using Dropbox as a real-time backup for my file server and users access these documents over the network. Some of us users collaborate at the same time on Excel documents using the antiquated Shared Workbook feature. This collaborative process needs to be replaced with MS Co-Author feature that's built into OneDrive. I don't trust OneDrive with my files as it is not truly backing up my files in real-time. I believe OneDrive caches file changes in a Temp folder and then uploads whenever it wants to, sometimes never. I have had a number of documents that were manually saved 50 plus times even with the auto-save feature enable, closed out of these files. A day later I ran a Temp file cleanup using a utility. Then later on that day or next day opened my documents and they had reverted to their original state. There was no file change history either that I could revert back to. On a standalone computer, can I install Dropbox, then install OneDrive inside of that folder. Then I can share documents from/to the OneDrive account on the Standalone computer to other users and my separate work computer's OneDrive account? This way I can get the Co-Author feature my team needs, while having Dropbox save true backups of my teams files as they make changes?
Can't see "Show Dropbox as a save location in Microsoft Office"
I have installed Dropbox and Microsoft Office 365 on a new Windows 11 laptop. The option to 'Show Dropbox as a save location in Microsoft Office' is not shown in the Preferences - General settings box as it should be. I have a couple of older machines, Windows 10 and Windows 11, and the option is shown in those. Any suggestions as to a fix will be most welcome.New Computer - all Word Docs Corrupt
I have set up a new computer. Downloaded the Dropbox desktop app, same as previous computer. I am running Office365. Now all Word documents that are stored in DP are showing corrupted. I can login to DP directly and open the document but when I try to open through my DP shortcut on file explorer. Word docs will not open directly. The solution has been to open the document from DP and then re-save it on the computer in DP. So I still have access to the docs but it's very inconvenient. Is there a solution that would allow my documents to all update at once and be available again from the file explorer shortcut?
The Dropbox Badge does not appear on MS Word files on certain computers with Windows 10 Pro.
In my company, on most computers running Windows 10 Pro with Dropbox version 212.4.5767 and various Office packages, the blue badge does not appear when opening Word files. I haven’t been able to determine if the issue is caused by Windows, Office, or Dropbox. However, it affects most computers. Please help me find a solution to resolve this issue, as my colleagues actively use this feature. Thank you.
Unable to open Excel files on Android Dropbox mobile app - Office login loop
Hi, I have a free dropbox account and have used it for years to store a few basic excel spreadsheets that I use daily. I have a paid Microsoft 365 account that I use on my android phone and lenovo laptop. For some reason the last few days, I am unable to open my dropbox excel spreadsheets on my phone. When I try to open the spreadsheet I get a log in page saying "Log in or sign up to Dropbox to link with Microsoft Office Integration". I log in using my dropbox user and pw and it just sends me to my onedrive. I have tried deleting the dropbox and 365 apps on my phone and re installing and logging in. I have tried to open the dropbox files by going into excel first and then trying to open the dropbox spreadsheet. Just always sends me to the log in page. It all works fine on my laptop, and after saving, my dropbox android app shows the newly updated spreadsheet. Dont know what has happened. Please help.
I can't edit my Microsoft files on the mobile app.
hello, i'm having a trouble with file editing and modifying issue i can edit my word file when i use dropbox with desktop and laptop computer however, when i use dropbox with smartphone, i cannot edit or modify my word file. therefore, i only see word file contents when i use smartphone. even if i want to edit it. i use basic plan. is this a problem of editing issue? please help me!! thank you.
Excel gemeinsam mit anderen Nutzern bearbeiten plötzlich nicht mehr möglich
Hallo! Ich habe seit Anfang Mai mit in verschiedenen Excel-Dateien in der Dropbox gemeinsam mit anderen Nutzern arbeiten können. Die Dateien hat mein Chef angelegt, und uns allen Bearbeitungsfreigabe gegeben. Wir konnten darin gleichzeitig in der Web-Version arbeiten, haben gesehen wer gerade ebenfalls die Datei geöffnet hat, und wer wo was gerade bearbeitet. Speichern erfolgte automatisch. Seit ein paar Tagen kann ich nun plötzlich nicht mehr bearbeiten, wenn andere Benutzer in der Datei sind, sondern nur anzeigen lassen. Ich weiß nicht was auf einmal passiert ist, habe schon diverses ausprobiert (Updates, Neustart, Deinstallation und Neuinstallation der Apps, Cookies löschen, Cache leeren, die Datei mit einem anderen Browser öffnen), es ist immer das gleiche. Immer die Fehlermeldung, dass gerade eine andere Person die Datei bearbeitet, was ja bis vor ein paar Tagen gar kein Problem war, da wir alle gleichzeitig dran arbeiten konnten. Hat jemand Ideen dazu, woran das liegen könnte und was ich dagegen tun kann? Danke!
