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Kave's avatar
Kave
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago
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Edit Office files on dropbox inside Microsoft Teams app

I have had this working a week ago but now it won't work at all. I have tried PC, Mac, two different Dropbox Teams with same problem. All web browsers on the clients can edit excel and word files r...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    2 years ago

    Hi Kave, can you locate the file you need to open, and then click the "...", and then choose "Open>" that has the dropdown, and make sure you're clicking the option "Edit in Teams"? 

     

    In case you don't see that option, feel free to send me a screenshot of the options you see on your end. 

Kave's avatar
Kave
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

1. Launch browser, Edge on Windows, go to dropbox.com.

2. Click on an excel file, this will open in Excel online since it is setup that way in Drobox settings, make edits, see how it is saved to file

3. Open Microsoft Teams App

4. Go To Files, Go to Other Locations, Dropbox

5. Go to same excel files as in 2. above, it will open in preview only and not edit mode

I am attaching a screenshot of number 5.

Note that this worked fine a week ago on 5 Macs and two windows PCs and two different teams with Dropbox Buisness Advanced and Miceosoft Buisness Premium licenses.

 

Megan's avatar
Megan
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Hi Kave, can you locate the file you need to open, and then click the "...", and then choose "Open>" that has the dropdown, and make sure you're clicking the option "Edit in Teams"? 

 

In case you don't see that option, feel free to send me a screenshot of the options you see on your end. 

  • Kave's avatar
    Kave
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    Great, this worked fine. It has now defaulted to this option.

     

    Very strange this happened to two customers at the same time.

    I will notify them how it works now.

    Thank you

    • Megan's avatar
      Megan
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      2 years ago

      Thanks for the update, and we'll always be one post away Kave! 😎

      • Kave's avatar
        Kave
        Helpful | Level 5
        2 years ago

        DO you have any information when it will work with the new Teams launched in preview?

        They have removed Cloud storage from Files and added "apps" instead.

  • Kave's avatar
    Kave
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    Now I have tested on more computers, both Mac and PC.

    The option to open in Teams is not there at all, this is from Mac OS but it is the same from another Dropbox Team on Windows.

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