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We have several meetings a month that use a custom meeting template for agenda and notes. It would be really nice to have the set up automatically in dropbox paper and be able to use them as templates.
Is there a way to duplicate/replicate a Paper document? or create a template?
I would also love this! I have client intake forms & scorecards I would love to be able to replicate w.o a copy/paste...
Hi @kaz,
Our nonprofit admin team is using Paper every day to collaborate. We have meeting agendas and data forms that get recycled every month, and we would love to be able to have a template function on Paper for these.
Thanks,
ShambhaviMe too! I spent hours making a new employee checklist & embedding docs, etc only to find that I can't duplicate it. It's useless if I can't make one for each new employee to check off items as they go. They can't all use the same one because they should each check off their progress as they go on the sheet so I can see their progress & check in with them if they're lagging. So this puts me back with using google sheets until this is a function. Every time I try to use paper for something, I find that I can't actually use it in a functional way & have to go to something else... :(
Google Docs takes too long to open documents, but at least it has a "Make a Copy" option in the dropdown (File) menu. Dropbox paper: Currently, a simple Master/template document for student lesson plans must be re-created for each daily folder? Hopefully there is something I'm missing. Does anybody know how to 'Make a copy"? -PG13
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey there PG13 - thanks for using Paper and helping us improve it!
As you might know by now, this has been implemented recently so please give our Paper's (new) templates a go and let me know how you find them!
If there's anything you'd like to ask please let me know and I will be happy to help.
Thanks again and have a lovely week ahead!
Would it be possible to have templates that can be saved and retrieved in order to create a new page? It would be great, for instance to have a template for a journal page (diary) or a book review page with configurable parameters (e.g. date, author and so on). Thanks.
Can I create my own template or at least copy and paste one paper doc to another?
Would indeed be great to be able to create templates that you can share with others so they don't have to start from scratch
Agree. It would be really great to be able to have the ability to create forms or templates. any chance this will come out soon ?
I simply select all then ctrl a and open a new paper and paste
Not as easy as one button click but works for meThis would be a great addition. I currently copy paste all, but templates are a lot more intuitive, and gives the possibility for automatic date fields etc. (even OneNote has this)
I agree this would be a well-welcomed function. Just now I was trying to create a duplicate of a project list I already created but couldn't find any such feature available. Template and custom template options would be a great addition.
- EdStatus changed:NewtoAccepted
Your wishes have been granted! We've now Dropbox Paper templates available!
Btw, this just came out: https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/26/dropbox-rolls-out-a-templates-tool-for-its-paper-online-document-service/
- Emma
Community Manager
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