Image 4: In the OneDrive app on iPad, the date is also yesterday. Image 3: The date in OneDrive in Safari is also from yesterday, but it differs from the date in the Files app. Image 2: However, in the Files app on iPad, the save date is yesterday. Image 1: In the Excel app on iPad, it is confirmed that the file has been saved just now. When I open the Excel document from the Files app, I get the version I just modified (although the date in the Files app is also yesterday). When I open the Excel document file from Safari or the OneDrive app, I get an old version. Here is an example for the Excel file „Vergütungen 2022-2023“, which I opened from the Files app and then modified it in the Excel app. Has anyone else experienced such problems? What can I do about this? It seems that I am not the only person who saw this or related problems: Although saving files reliably is very important, it has not been properly addressed. I have experienced these problems for a long time and I have filed several bug reports both to Apple and Microsoft. I also experienced that a different (older) version was shown after opening an office document in the Word or Excel apps on iPad after closing it. The problem also impacted me when duplicating a file, e.g., for a backup, i.e., an old version was duplicated. While this may work in most situations, there are times when I actually want to send a copy to a colleague and not a link. ![]() Easily drag and drop objects from OneDrive or from one. It was suggested to not send Office documents by attaching them to an email but rather send a link. Now you can pull in content with ease on your iPad with drag and drop support in Office and OneDrive. It is a nightmare to work like this on iPad and highly frustrating and embarrassing: I sent an Excel file (by attaching it to an email) to a colleague, which did not reflect my recent changes and was therefore completely wrong. Unreliable saving of office documents also happens in other apps like Word. Sign in with your Microsoft account, or Microsoft 365 work or school account and then tap Next. The opened version was not the version I closed. Set up individual Office apps on iPhone or iPad STEP 1: On your iPhone or iPad, open any standalone mobile Office app (for example, Excel). I edited an Excel document by tapping on it in OneDrive on iPad, closed it, and opened it.
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