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mike m.10's avatar
mike m.10
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

PDF Preview functionality - how to disable?

I really, really dislike the Dropbox PDF preview functionality. It served my needs much better to have the PDF I click on in Dropbox open directly in Acrobat Reader. Is there a way to switch the PDF ...
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Cate C.2's avatar
Cate C.2
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

And another request for an option to disable this feature. It drives me nuts that clicking on the file I want to edit (usually word or excel) then won't just open for me to edit. 

It's doubly annoying for me since the dcoument editor I use also opens the file in 'protected; mode, so it takes me about five steps to get to the place I need to be. 

Allow me to decide what clicking on a file does, or I'll start using OneDrive....

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