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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 ...
Anyone managed to do this on a mac? We can't use solution above because Karen's Directory Printer is only for Windows.
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
