Creating and Editing outside of DTTG

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Hey all,

I have a question for a round trip type Workflow. I have downloaded 1Writer for my long text creator and editor to save into DTTG. Although I open a DTTG plain text file in 1Writer and do some editing and try to save the changes back into DTTG but it hasn’t worked so far. Am I missing something?

My steps:

  1. Open my file in DTTG
  2. Click the share button
  3. Select Open in…
  4. Make changes in 1Writer
  5. Press send

But I don’t see changes to original file within DTTG.

I’m trying all of this on iOS only.

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You say you are selecting “OPEN in 1Writer” in DTTG? Are you sure you are not choosing “COPY to 1Writer”? I do not see “Open in 1Writer” or any other app in DTTG, and I do not believe that “Opening in” is possible from DTTG.

What happens if you:

  1. Create the file in DTTG as you have been
  2. Switch to 1Writer
  3. Tap the + button in the bottom right and select “Open Other”
  4. Navigate to the file in DTTG from step 1 using the Document Provider
  5. Make your changes.

Do your changes show up in DTTG after that?

An alternative:
In the Files app, locate the file you created in DTTG, long tap>Share>Open In 1Writer.

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Thanks! I tried your way and that worked. However, I included a screenshot of the share sheet from the file within DTTG.

I guess I’ll I have to navigate to the file within 1Writer instead. Thanks for your help :blush:

4

It is odd that your share sheet just says “1Writer” and not any indication of whether it’s a clip, copy, or open. Mine looks different…

Anyhow, that Open In… [select an app] will just copy in this context, even though it doesn’t say that in the share sheet for some reason!

Glad you were able to get a workaround sorted out!

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