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Jun 07, 2019

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Word, on my Pixel2 XL STILL does not show where I left off.

Word Version 1.0.1 (16.0.11718.20002) One Drive Version: 5.32.1 Phone: Google Pixel2 XL It doesn't matter if I edit the document on my phone, tablet, or PC, Word, on my phone, does not ask if I...

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George_D
Jun 30, 2019
My tablet, Nvidia Shield running Android 7.0 also has Word installed. Word version 1.0.1 (16.0.11824.20002) and it has now stopped tracking where I left off!
Word on my PC, version 1905 (Build 11629.20246 Click-to-Run) no longer "sees" where I left off with my phone OR my tablet.
Look, developers, this isn't good. It's forcing me to work on my documents in different ways. I might as well be using Google Docs at this point. I need your feedback. Are you going to fix this or not?

George_D

Brass Contributor

Jul 16, 2019

Another bit of info for the developers, the non-communicative programmers who don't fix bugs or communicate with users. This morning the One Drive app on my phone updated to version 5.35. Later this morning at work, I opened my current chapter and "where you left off" worked! Holly nutballs! it worked. Unfortunately it only worked the one time, Another bit of info: even though I used word on my phone several times today. At home when I opened desktop Word, it thinks the last time I edited the file was yesterday. It's like Android Word isn't reporting my last place. I hope this helps. Mot that you'll do anything about it, you're too busy adding collaboration tools.

George_D

Brass Contributor

Jul 17, 2019

This morning, another update for One Drive. This time to version 5.35.1. No change.

My Windows laptop doesn't see the file changes from Word on my phone.

Since this is so hard to fix, I'm assuming you're actually working on it, how about giving me a button to tap that loads the location from wherever it's stored.

BTW, how does this function work? Is the location stored in the .docx file? Or is it in somewhere else. I think One Drive is required for "Where you left off" to work. Is this correct?