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[OBJ] inserts into word doc (one drive online) and deletes text, help!
I see all these OBJ inserts suddenly where there should have been text in my word doc. Collaborating online with 2 others using office 365 and in one drive. See the same both on word online and in my word app. anyone else have this problem??
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rajkmehta I have exactly the same issue. Seems to be caused by editing the same Word file on OneDrive from PC and from Mac. I've seen people report this to Microsoft since 2020 but I don't think they are doing anything with it. They prefer to just ignore the issue and let people loose the data in their documents. My favourite case was a PhD candidate who lost a few months of work because of this issue...
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/obj-box-deleting-sentences/88d1dea8-6547-4252-a879-b91bf4f98412Report the issue directly to Microsoft by using the Feedback facility in your version of the program (for more, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-365-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11).
