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igloo1010
2 years agoNew member | Level 2
When I download a Word document from the web, and open it in Word, formatting looks off.
I wanted to share a concern I'm facing with a document I created using the Dropbox Word Web app. When I download the document to my desktop and open it in the Word app on my computer, the formatting ...
- 2 years ago
igloo1010 wrote:
When I download the document to my desktop and open it in the Word app on my computer, the formatting goes haywire. The images end up overlapping, and some of the text gets cut off.
Word Online is just a slimmed-down version of Word, meant for basic edits, and the formatting options between the two are different. Why your document is behaving like that is a question only Microsoft can answer, but it's likely a result of those differences.
Rich
2 years agoSuper User II
igloo1010 wrote:
When I download the document to my desktop and open it in the Word app on my computer, the formatting goes haywire. The images end up overlapping, and some of the text gets cut off.
Word Online is just a slimmed-down version of Word, meant for basic edits, and the formatting options between the two are different. Why your document is behaving like that is a question only Microsoft can answer, but it's likely a result of those differences.
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