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Tory2
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6 years ago
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Adding Microsoft Office Online to Connected Apps

How do I add Microsoft Office Online to my connected apps to dropbox so that I can open dropbox files with Microsoft Office Online? Do I need a business account do access this feature?
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    6 years ago

    Make sure that the documents you're trying to open in Word online are in .docx format. The older .doc format is not supported by Microsoft's Online apps. The same holds true for Excel and PowerPoint.

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Tory2
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

I have not, but was wondering the same thing. I'll try that next, thanks!

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Rich
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6 years ago

Make sure that the documents you're trying to open in Word online are in .docx format. The older .doc format is not supported by Microsoft's Online apps. The same holds true for Excel and PowerPoint.

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    Tory2
    Explorer | Level 3
    6 years ago

    THANK YOU!! The Word documents I was trying to open were in .doc format and now that they are in .docx format, I can open them via dropbox in Microsoft Word Online. I am so releived. Thank you to both Rich and gregoc!

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