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A number of us have started using dropbox paper at work. We want to save documents that we create in paper to an existing Team folder but I can't see how to do this. Any ideas anyone?
+1 on this resquest. so weird to have to manage paper folders seperatly. this means when i am looking at a project folder inside dropbox, i also have to check if this project has a dedicated paper folder.... also hard to explain to others!
same goes for showcases...
Allowing Paper Docs to be easily found/linked to from Dropbox file folder structure would be a huge plus! Teams shouldn't haven't to look in multiple places for project files, when one should do. Please add this!
If you can allow for the several step process, the scenario I tested works much like creating an alias in Mac OS.
Open a Dropbox Paper Doc and copy the "share link".Create a text file and paste the link into the text file. (make sure the link resides on one line without a line break or it will affect the hyperlink.Save the text file as a PDF and place it in a Dropbox folder.Open the PDF, click on the hyperlink and it opens the paper doc.Would love to see this functionality -- there's little chance of wisespread adoption of Paper across my client base until there intergation with the normal Dropbox folder structure.
If the only road block is local sync then Google has resolved this 100% with with Docs, Sheets, Slides for example.
An experiment.
I opened a Dropbox Paper Doc and copied the share link.
I then created a text file on my desktop and pasted the link into the text file.
I saved the text file as a PDF and placed it in a Dropbox folder.
When I open the PDF on my desktop and click the link it takes me right to the Paper document, HOWEVER if I open the PDF in dropbox in my browser and click on the link I get a 404 error.
I think I am onto something here in my efforts to link Dropbox paper and dropbox. But I'd love to know why the link will work from the PDF opened on my desktop but not when it's opened in Dropbox online.
I know it's a few more steps that I'd like but it does achieve the desired result (in part)
I work with all sorts of file types, not just documents. Usually graphics files. Can I really not place Paper docs in with my regular Dropbox file folder structure? Is this on the roadmap? Can it / will it happen soon?
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
it's about the organization. I want the same folder structure to manage everything. docs and other files. I'm totally ok with editing the document in the cloud and not being able to work on it outside of the browser or offline, it's just having a link or a way to find it in the same structure. maintaining two folder structures is terrible.
Hi! I'm a big fan of Paper and have been using it more and more frequently. One thing that would definitely improve my work is the option to save Paper files to other folders - for example team folders. Any idea if / when this will be possible.
Thanks!
I agree! We really need this. It makes a lot of sense - not sure why it wouldn't have been have introduced when paper docs were released.
lukeyoSuper User
Great idea, and I'm just checking - do you mean dropbox folders? or paper folders? Currently the two don't interact like that. You can embed DB files in a paper doc, but you can't store a paper doc in a DB folder.
Also - if you share your idea here then others can comment and vote on it!
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Luke
Coming from a Google Apps for Business environment, I'm used to create new documents within the folder structure.
I see that Dropbox allows me to create new Office files within a folder but not a new Paper doc. Is there a good reason why? I would like to have my team use Paper for notes, plans and other text-heavy documents instead of the bloated Word, but it's hard if the Paper option is perceived as less simple. Just the option to create a new Paper doc and place a link to that document in the Dropbox folder would do just fine.
1. Can I create a Paper doc (or link to a Paper doc) from within a Dropbox Folder?
2. If not, why?
3. What are best practices to work with Paper with a Dropbox folder structure?
I think the ability to integrate or link Dropbox Paper documents and Dropbox would be extremely valuable. While I udnerstand the "syncing" issue as the stumbling block, perhaps it would be possible to create a hyperlink or an allias (which would be link masquerading as a physical Paper document, ala Mac OS) that could be put in a dropbox folder and then when clicked the user would be taken to the dropbox paper document residing in(on) Dropbox Paper.
mikaeljagelid wrote:Coming from a Google Apps for Business environment, I'm used to create new documents within the folder structure.
I see that Dropbox allows me to create new Office files within a folder but not a new Paper doc. Is there a good reason why? I would like to have my team use Paper for notes, plans and other text-heavy documents instead of the bloated Word, but it's hard if the Paper option is perceived as less simple. Just the option to create a new Paper doc and place a link to that document in the Dropbox folder would do just fine.
1. Can I create a Paper doc (or link to a Paper doc) from within a Dropbox Folder?
2. If not, why?
3. What are best practices to work with Paper with a Dropbox folder structure?
Add me to this request to consolidate Paper into the folder structure!
We should be able to file our Paper docs inside our Dropbox folders. For example, in a Dropbox folder, /Business/Sales, the sales team has files, and that sales team also has Paper documents. That means we also have to manage a separate Paper folder under /Business/Sales. Are we meant to mirror two separate folder structures for this? It's awful to maintain, and I think we will switch back to Google Drive, where our Docs are stored in one folder tree.
As much as we love Paper's UI (why we came to Dropbox), it's impossible to organize our files, and so if there are no plans to implement this fix, then we'll have to switch back to Google Drive / Google Docs.
- Lusil
Hi all,
Dropbox Paper allows you to download what you have written as a Markdown document which is kind of nice already.
I could use a functionality like Paper but I'm reluctant to invest my time & effort in it ... It's not the first time Dropbox depricated functionality (I still haven't forgotten about carousel)
That's why I would find it a good incentive to start using Paper on a day to day basis if my "Papers" would be automatically (so no download as ...) available as Mardown documents in my Dropbox Files ....
In the end I bought a Dropbox account to sync files .......
Tnx,
J
- Walter
Hey there J (smetj) - sorry for the tardy response and I hope my message finds you well.
Thanks for taking the time to share your desire for more integration between the Dropbox application and Paper.
Since we’re actively tracking this and actively working on improving Paper, I’ve recorded this feedback for the team to inform the ongoing development of Paper.
Please let me know if you have any other feedback or questions. Thank you!
