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eto's avatar
eto
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago
Status:
Closed

Ability to use Apple Pencil in PDF documents.

Apple Pencil support in Dropbox app for pdf!!!!

Mobile
Third Party Integrations
  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
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    5 years ago
    Status changed:
    New
    to
    Gathering Support

    This idea is going to need a bit more support.

    We've updated the status to encourage more users to back you up!

  • ChristopherLee's avatar
    ChristopherLee
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    I would like to write, draw, erase on files in Dropbox. Unfortunately, iCloud is miles ahead, but I can't blame them, both iCloud and the Pencil are made by Apple. I would love to know if Dropbox can pour some love into iPad and make better integration of the Pencil with Dropbox files. Thanks!

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      5 years ago

      Hi ChristopherLee, thanks for posting today!

       

      Could you let us know more about exactly how it would be used in your workflow? Which files would you like to see this feature available?

       

      Any further details you can provide would be great!

       

      Additionally, Dropbox Paper on iOS devices now allows the use of the Apple Pencil

    • ChristopherLee's avatar
      ChristopherLee
      Explorer | Level 4
      5 years ago

      Hi! Say I'm editing something with a friend and I have my Apple Pencil handy. I can right away highlight something they said, and write a little asterisk with a comment right under it.

       

      Or I might be making a table on my iPad by drawing six boxes and writing them numbers in. Then my friend can come later and draw a frequency histogram of the data. He finds a mistake in my data, so he—with his own Apple Pencil—erases the numbers in question and writes the correct ones.

       

      Mainly I would like to see it working with Dropbox Paper as well as PDF files. They are perfect for retaining data. DOCX files might work, but compatibility issues can arise.

       

      Apple Pencil should work with Dropbox Paper like, well, pencil and paper.

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      5 years ago

      Thanks for the details. This should help when other users search for this idea in order to upvote it to bring it to the attention of the dev team!

  • hardy2's avatar
    hardy2
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    Hello everybody,

    Is there a possibility in Paper for iPad to scribble on pictures, pdf files, screenshots etc. with the Apple Pencil? That would be very helpful for quickly capturing corrections and scribbles on drafts and ideas.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    3 years ago
    Status changed:
    Gathering Support
    to
    Not for right now

    Thank you for your idea, while we can’t take every idea forward we do regularly re-review and will update you if anything changes!

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    3 years ago
    Status changed:
    Not for right now
    to
    Closed

    This idea has been closed as it has reached the end of the Share an Idea process.