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Email pdf vs sending a link
I want to email a pdf from drop box. It sends a link rather than sending the pdf. The corporation I am sending to will not let them open the link. How do I send the file rather than sending a link...
You cant send direct from Dropbox.
You need to download it first
- Except if you read the thread you'd see it wasnt a Dropbox restriction but an Apple one - and one that was changed over a year ago so it is possible to now do.
I could not agree more. This is such an inconvenience that it makes you consider alternatives. It is obviously to gain more users as the recipient opens an account.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIExcept if you read the thread you'd see it wasnt a Dropbox restriction but an Apple one - and one that was changed over a year ago so it is possible to now do.
- You say it is possible now? How? I'm in a iPhone 7 and all updated software and I can't see how to send a PDF from there directly to mail. Let alone a selection.
- Yes please, how can it be done? I was using Quick Edit which works perfectly to send files not links. But alas a recent email from Dropbox states...
"...September 28, 2017, we’ll be making some changes to Dropbox that will likely affect the following 3rd party apps linked to your Dropbox account: ShareFile Quickedit. You’re receiving this email because you’ve used these apps at least once within the past month..."
"While we’ve informed all developers about our upcoming changes, the developers for the apps listed above have yet to update their apps accordingly. If they don’t update their apps before September 28, these apps will no longer be able to access Dropbox. That said, any data already saved in Dropbox won’t be affected and will still be accessible from our official web, mobile, and desktop clients."- Ok finally, you can do it but you need to use iOS Mail to send the attachment.
Here are the instructions...
https://thesweetsetup.com/how-to-attach-a-file-from-dropbox-to-an-ios-email/
- Open pdf in adobe reader for iPhone
Then select “open in” icon
Share files
Share flatten
Then choose your email app
The pdf remains on Dropbox memory! And it’s emailed- Thank you for the tip. Even better I am reintroduced to the Adobe app which is awesome now! I am recieving pdf’s that need signing constantly from work and need to send back.
So now I save it to ...
-Dropbox
-Open Adobe
-Find PDF in Dropbox via Adobe
-Sign, date add notes (whatever)
-Save it
-Select Share and as Ebuyer stated choose “Flatten”
-Email as as an attachment!
Awesome and thank you Ebuyer!- Well no
Open Dropbox
Open your pdf
Select open with
Choose adobe reader
:adobe reader opens with pdf loaded you can sign here if you like or fill in ( to sign or fill in - press any empty space and release - you’ll get
Note rext freehand
Note - is a post it
Text - fill in
Freehand - to sign
( to sign with freehand , make your mark , then save .... now tap your mark and choose thickness - I prefer the smallest thickness - then your mak looks like your dignities !.... you can move it any where on the page but not across pages ( you have to repeat the freehand on new page) )
Select open in
Select share file
Select flattened
Choose email app
Send ....
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that was easy from my desktop (MacOS High Sierra 10.13.3), but my iphone didn't allow me to "share as pdf"
Easy, just open drop box from file, please see the screen cuts attached, thanks
- Thats not true that it's an Apple issue Samsung androids have the same sending a link instead of a PDF problem.
