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mike m.10
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

PDF Preview functionality - how to disable?

I really, really dislike the Dropbox PDF preview functionality. It served my needs much better to have the PDF I click on in Dropbox open directly in Acrobat Reader. Is there a way to switch the PDF ...
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trots
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Just discovered new function to drop box as scanned book archive, followed decision to abandon Dropbox because it's pdf reader limitations. It doesn't make any sense to scroll 2 column (page) landscape format books vertically.

There doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of this serious defect and it's final call to change service provider. Now Google or Amazon, that is the question.

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