Office 360 Excel for Mac shows "You do not have permission to save files to this location"

Cannot save file I used only a few days ago to same folder. Cannot save it to Desktop either. I have permission to read and write to this folder.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 11, 2020 09:51 PM

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NotCat Author

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Posted on Oct 11, 2020 10:39 PM

Problem solved: Cannot use a "/" in the file name.

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Oct 11, 2020 10:39 PM in response to NotCat

Problem solved: Cannot use a "/" in the file name.

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Office 360 Excel for Mac shows "You do not have permission to save files to this location"

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