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boomklever
Aug 27, 2020Copper Contributor
Word app (IOS) connects to OneDrive Personal instead of Basic
I have a free OneDrive account which occurs as OneDrive Basic in my Excel app on my iPad. I see my folders and files there. However, when I start Word app on my iPad I do not see my files. It took m...
boomklever
Aug 27, 2020Copper Contributor
I am glad I found the explanation myself. It appears that all Office apps only show files which they support. So only .docx files for Word, etc.
Only the OneDrive app shows all files.
I was not aware of this behavior even though I know the Windows apps do the same. But they have a filter option which you can set to *.* so that you can see all files, even when using Word or Excel.
Would be nice if a user is warned that there a more files than just the supported file type.
Only the OneDrive app shows all files.
I was not aware of this behavior even though I know the Windows apps do the same. But they have a filter option which you can set to *.* so that you can see all files, even when using Word or Excel.
Would be nice if a user is warned that there a more files than just the supported file type.