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lebe's avatar
lebe
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Saving documents from Dropbox to my computer

I have searched for how to save a document from dropbox to my computer and it says download as first step but I don't have that as an option for "save as". Only option under save as is to "rename fil...
  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    6 years ago

    That depends on what you want to do, lebe. :slight_smile:

    More specifically, if you want to have:

    • A separate copy of the file with only your edits, then yes, you'll have to download and re-upload it to the shared folder. 
    • Only one file with everyone's edits, those should be automatically applied, so you shouldn't have to download and re-upload the file. 

    Let me know what you find or if you have any other questions!

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