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DEVILLES's avatar
DEVILLES
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Can I merge cells in a row in a table in PAPER? And additional formatting questions!!!

Hi all, I am just starting to use PAPER (and loving it). I'm looking for some formatting tips that I can't find the answers for online. For example: I'd like to merge cells in a row in a table, is ...
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  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    7 years ago
    Hey DEVILLES, thanks for sharing your positive 📜 Paper-thoughts & questions with us, I’ll do my best to follow-up with you & we can keep this discussion going from there! 
     
    #1. Can I customize the font sizes within a document?
     
    Yes, Paper has three types of headers: H1, H2, and H3. On paper.dropbox.com, you can add an H1 or H2 by using the formatting toolbar or the shortcuts listed below.
     
    • H1: Type # and press space, then type your header
    • H2: Type ## and press space, then type your header
    • H3: Type ### and press space, then continue typing (you can also add an H3 by highlighting and bolding an entire line of text)
     
    You can also make H1 and H2 headers more bold by highlighting and bolding them as you would with any other text. On your phone or tablet, use the T icons to choose a header, or the B icon to bold your text.
     
    #2. Can I italicize and underline text? 
     
    Yes! For italics you may use the Ctrl+i Keyboard shortcut & for underlining, you may check Ctrl+u. 
     
    (Tip: You can access all your Keyboard shortcuts inside a Paper doc on the bottom-right corner on the ⌨️ icon.)
     
    #3. I'd like to merge cells in a row in a table, is there a way to do that?
     
    This isn’t currently an available feature, though it would be an excellent idea 💡 & I’d happily pass your interest on to our higher-level technicians, since our dev team is actively working on adding more features on Paper. 
     
    Again, thanks a lot for checking in with us on our Forum & please do let me know if you have more Paper-inquiries; it'll be a pleasure to continue this conversation. Happy Monday!  
Jane's avatar
Jane
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
6 years ago
All great ideas & upon revisiting the thread, it looks like they belong on the Share an Idea section, as other users may be interested in the same functionality & they could also upvote (👍🏽) your posts to show their support. 
 
Thanks again for choosing Dropbox & I'm always here in case you'd like to share your thoughts or observations! 
  • Olbliss's avatar
    Olbliss
    Collaborator | Level 8
    6 years ago

    I am still awaiting the integration of paper docs into my standard dropbox files. 

    I just don't understand why paper has to be isolated from the rest of dropbox? It is most apparent on iPad, where I have to have separate apps (dropbox and paper). I would much prefer for my paper docs to be nested amongst my other regular folders and files.

    • Daphne's avatar
      Daphne
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      6 years ago

      Hey Olbliss, thanks for joining us here!

      This is something that we're currently looking into with the new 2020 release of Dropbox Paper! You can check out a bit more about this here.

      This is only available to new users at the moment, while we don't have a current timeline of release to our existing users we will be rolling out improvements over the coming months.

      I hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions!

      • Olbliss's avatar
        Olbliss
        Collaborator | Level 8
        6 years ago

         

        Daphne wrote:

        Hey Olbliss, thanks for joining us here!

        This is something that we're currently looking into with the new 2020 release of Dropbox Paper! You can check out a bit more about this here.

        This is only available to new users at the moment, while we don't have a current timeline of release to our existing users we will be rolling out improvements over the coming months.

        It’s annoying that new customers get the new updates, rather than loyal exisiting customers like myself who have used and paid for dropbox for years. 

        Can you confirm that it will be developed for the iPad? I solely use dropbox on the iPad, and would love to see paper and dropbox fully integrated on iPad OS.

         Thank you! :)

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