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Mike P.58
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Enable iOS Markup toolset capability from a PDF loaded from Dropbox

I’m a mature student who’s gone back to school to advance my career capacity. I’ve meticulously set up Dropbox folder structures to sort and hold my course information assets such as PDFs. While in c...
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Megan
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2 years ago

Hey Mike P.58, what steps do you follow, in order to load the file? 

 

Did you export it from Dropbox, locally to the device? If you have any screenshots of the error, feel free to send them our way too. 

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    Mike P.58
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    @Megan no. This is the error dialogue received when attempting access a PDF file from Dropbox while in the Files App or a iOS third-party app (in this instance Highlights App) on my iPad running iOS 16. 

     

    What I have to end up doing is moving the file out of Dropbox into iCloud Drive. At that point the PDF file can be successfully opened in iOS Files App or any third party iOS-running app, such as Highlights. 

     

    I'm at a point with my high volume university edu reading that I may have to abandon using Dropbox for iCloud Drive. 😞

     

    If there's a software update to Dropbox for iOS (iPad) coming soon where PDFs can be successfully opened in iOS apps (think Highlights App) and Files App, let me know!

     

    Here's a screen grab of the dialogue I get when attempting to open a PDF hosted on Dropbox. This is from Highlights App. Also get the same dialogue when accessing from iCloud Drive: link removed

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