Tutorial on how to use Dropbox

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How To Use
DROPBOX

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Why do I love Dropbox?

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Because Dropbox provides an
online place for all my
photos, documents, videos
and other files ...

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which means I can access my
stuff from anywhere.

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My other reasons:

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 It can be used in multiple devices. If you saved your files
on your desktop, you can access them also from other
devices such as laptop, smartphone and tablet.

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 It keeps your files in sync. You’ll get to access
up-to-date info wherever you are.

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 No need to bring USB flash drive or portable hard
drive.
 Super easy to share your files or folders to
others.
 Your files are always safe even if your computer
crashed down.

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How does it work?

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You need to setup your free
account and you will be given
2GBs for free straightaway.

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I know it does not sound a lot. But, you get to earn an additional
500MB of free space for every friend you refer that creates an
account via Dropbox desktop application..

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Your friend has to use the invite link that you’re
gonna send them to create a Dropbox account.
You can earn up to 16GB free referral space.
Please note:

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Let us head over now to
Dropbox.com

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Click sign in if you are already registered.

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Provide your
email address
and Password.
Click “Sign in”.

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Click download if you don’t have dropbox software in
your computer yet.

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When you click the exe file in the lower left corner of
your browser window, this window appears.
Click “Run”.

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Click “Install” then
create an account.

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Supply the required
information.
Tick “I agree ... “.

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Click “Sign up”.

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Keep the 2GB
selected
then click “Next”.

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Select “Typical”
which is the
recommended one.
Click “Install”.

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When installation is finished, you are provided a 5-page tutorial.
Read these pages to orient yourself with some Dropbox
features.

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A new folder is also created in your computer
called “Dropbox”.

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It works just like any other folder
on your machine except that
everything in it automatically
syncs to the web.

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Now, click the Dropbox icon found in the bottom
right corner of your toolbar. This should appear out after
installation.

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That will give you easy access
to the files from the
Dropbox folder.

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A Dropbox icon is automatically created
also on your desktop.

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Let’s try moving a file to
Dropbox from a local folder
to make it available online.

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Open an explorer and pick a file
you want to move.

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Have the window with your Dropbox ready.

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Drag the file “test” to dropbox.

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Notice the change of Dropbox icon against the icon
from the previous page.

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The status icons will be covered
in the next few pages.

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In the meantime, let us head to
www.dropbox.com
to check if we are able to access
the“test” file online.

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This is the home screen of my Dropbox.

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Inside the “Pictures” folder,

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I’ve got the “test” file now which I have just moved
from my local folder.

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Here are the status icons
that you see over
a Dropbox file or folder.

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It means the file or folder has completed
syncing the latest changes.

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It means that your Dropbox is
currently syncing.

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It is a status indicating that the folder
is not being synced. This appears when you’re using the
*selective sync feature.
*Selective sync is a feature that allows you to select only the folders you want to
get synced to your computer.

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“X” means Dropbox is unable to sync for reasons like
connection problems or your storage quota is full.

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How do you share a file or a folder?

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Click the Dropbox icon to go back to the home screen.

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Select the folder
or file you want to
share.
Right click and
choose
“Invite to folder”.

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Enter the email address of the person/s you want to
share the folder with. Click “Share folder”.

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Untick this if you don’t want your members
to invite others.

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A message can be added also.

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Another way to share is via link.

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Select the folder
or file you want to
share.
Right click and
choose
“Share link”.

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Click “Get link”.

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You’ll see a message on top of the file or folder to share
that says “Link copied to clipboard”. Click “Share”.

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Paste the link in the message box. Enter the
email address of the person/s in the
contact box. Click “Send”.

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How do you drop files on the
Dropbox website?

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Click “Upload” button.

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Click “Choose files”.

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Click “Choose files”.

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Double click on the file you
would like to upload.

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Add more files if you wish.

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Click “Done” when completed.

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Uploading through the website has a
limit of 300 MB per file. For bigger files,
use the desktop application.
Please note:

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To create a new folder, click the folder icon.

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Give the new folder a name.

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Great! We have covered the most
important features.

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Awesome Tip:
If you are using browsers such as Chrome,
Firefox or Safari, you can upload files by
simply dragging them from your local machine
into the Dropbox website.

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Stop emailing files to yourself.
Download Dropbox NOW
and simplify your life!

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