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Jim_Strange
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Oct 07, 2020
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Document section references while editing in Teams? And why isn't my doc synching changes?

Hi folks,   Q1: I'm editing a Word document within Teams, and I want to insert a reference to another section within the document - so the number changes if I add other sections, for example. This ...
  • Andrew Hodges's avatar
    Oct 08, 2020

    Jim_Strange 

     

    This isn't an issue with Teams itself, the editing interface is provided by Word Online.  Unfortunately due to what is possible in the browser some features that are available in Word desktop client are not available or do not work in the online version. Our advice to users is to use the desktop client when making a lot of edits and just use the browser for minor edits, and if they come across something that doesn't work or render correctly use the desktop client. 

     

    Check there is a green tick by the file in the local copy, if there is no error the most common issue I see with this is users editing another copy of the file and not the original. 

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