Users unable to enter links or upload files in Google Docs
A brief complaint describes being unable to enter a shared link or upload a file within Google Docs, blocking a basic collaboration workflow. Details are too sparse to know whether this is a bug, a permissions issue, or a browser-specific problem.
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