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Shared Links not working in Word or Publisher
I recently upgraded to Windows 11 and am using Office 2010. Shared links used to open when I inserted them in Word or Publisher documents. They no longer work. Links that I uploaded before the upgrad...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Leon1452, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
As you mentioned you're using Office 2010, which is no longer supported by Microsoft, other users have reported similar issues in this Community.
Since the shared link works normally outside of the Office program, this would indicate that the issue doesn't lie with Dropbox itself, but the Word/Excel/Publisher app preventing the shared links from opening properly.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
