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Meerkatps
4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Creating an index with dropbox links to all files in the directory.
Hi Everyone, I work as a paralegal and routinely have a need to create hyperlinked indices to shared directories on dropbox. I work on a PC, and I've been manually copying dropbox links to files ...
Christel MWDJ
New member | Level 2
Anyone managed to do this on a mac? We can't use solution above because Karen's Directory Printer is only for Windows.
signalfms
12 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Yes, the same principle applies. I’m sure there are equivalent programs, but if your discovery Is in one place, do this:
1. open terminal and type “ls “ then drag the top level folder into the terminal. Then just add > and provide a filename, like so: “ls /Foldername/Subfoldername > OutputFileNameYouChoose.txt”
2. Using whichever text editor you prefer, search and replace so the file list looks like =HYPERLINK (/Foldername/Subfoldername/[filename].[extension]”,”Displsyname”).
3. Open the list in Excel. The links will not work. Then define the hyperlink base by using Properties>Summary and selecting the source folder.
4. Click on your beautiful, functional relative hyperlinks
1. open terminal and type “ls “ then drag the top level folder into the terminal. Then just add > and provide a filename, like so: “ls /Foldername/Subfoldername > OutputFileNameYouChoose.txt”
2. Using whichever text editor you prefer, search and replace so the file list looks like =HYPERLINK (/Foldername/Subfoldername/[filename].[extension]”,”Displsyname”).
3. Open the list in Excel. The links will not work. Then define the hyperlink base by using Properties>Summary and selecting the source folder.
4. Click on your beautiful, functional relative hyperlinks
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