Hi! Is it possible to edit files stored on my iCloud drive from my iPhone (not just view them)? For example, when I try to open a MS word document, it opens as "read-only" and offers me to make a copy on my iPhone if I want to make changes. But that's not the idea... Does anyone know if the same thing happens on iPad? Thanks!
iPhone 5s, iOS 11.0.2
I’m editing a document now. When will my changes upload to iCloud?
When you'll see your changes depends on the app you're using. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote upload files to iCloud regularly to make sure you don’t lose any changes. Other apps upload your files to iCloud only after you save them to the iCloud Drive folder. To see your saved files on a Mac, go to Finder > iCloud Drive. On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to the iCloud Drive app. On a PC with iCloud for Windows, go to File Explorer > iCloud Drive.
If you still don't see the latest changes or you see an "in-progress change" icon or the iCloud Drive icon in the notification area (system tray), try to save a new document to the iCloud Drive folder. Then check the iCloud Drive folder to see if the changes appear.
Word doesn't seem to have access to iCloud. I can see and open files from OneDrive and other cloud services but again, I can't make changes to them (they always open as read only). Am I the only one who is having this problem?
Hi, I have the same problem when trying to edit on my iPad a Word file stored in my Mac's iCloud Drive folder. (Note that I'm using "Office for Mac 2011"). I guess that there's no solution, unfortunately.
Because I have discovered here :
Microsoft Office support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra - Office Support
that Microsoft has tested the Office 2016 version on High Sierra, but not the 2011 version and that no more support is provided for the old one.
Have you tried opening the file from within Word?
See if anything on this page helps. If not, at the bottom of the page this is a link to the Microsoft Community. You mmight be able to get help there.
Edit documents from Files app on your iPhone / iPad
