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What is Dropbox Paper?

Dropbox Paper is a web-based, co-editing tool that includes word processing, document creation and coordination features. The tool is free to use and allows multiple people to collaborate on a document.

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What is Dropbox Paper?

Dropbox Paper is a web-based, co-editing tool that includes word processing, document creation and coordination features. The tool is free to use and allows multiple people to collaborate on a document.

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Dropbox Paper for Creating and Sharing Quick and SImple Documents

Rating: 5 out of 10
May 18, 2022
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dropbox Paper
1 year of experience
Dropbox Paper allows me to quickly create and share formatted documents without having to download a program to my computer. I can also use Dropbox paper to collaborate with others. This is especially helpful when building long internal newsletters, where one or more departments are contributing to the document.
  • With Dropbox Paper, I can insert images and videos into your document, to make the document more visual, which is helpful for creating newsletters and simple flyers.
  • Once you create a document, you can save it as a template to be reused as a starting point for creating new documents.
  • Dropbox Paper has some basic formatting features like bolding text, adding links, and creating H1 and H2 headings.
  • You can insert tables into your Dropbox Paper document
  • Dropbox Paper also has an unusual but helpful feature, and that is the time line feature.
Cons
  • Dropbox Paper has very basic formatting features. However, it would be helpful, if I could change the text color and have more options for changing text size.
  • It would be helpful if I could upload a video from my computer. Currently you can only embed a video from youtube, Google Drive, and other third party applications.
  • I wish Dropbox Paper came with some preset templates to get you started with creating documents. It would be great if there was a meeting note template and a newsletter template
Dropbox Paper is suited for creating very simple documents, where you are collaborating with other users. It is particularly useful in a work environment that primarily uses Dropbox as a storage and file management solution. If you need to create documents where you need more enhanced formatting features, you would need to use Google Docs, or Microsoft Word.

Ditch the Pen and Paper and bring in the virtual Paper...

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 12, 2022
AB
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dropbox Paper
2 years of experience
We use Dropbox Paper as templates for documents within our company. By bringing up each template we created we have a way to always use the documents we need and Dropbox Paper gives an easy experience. One of the ways we use Paper, is for a filming guide so our Directors know what they are filming and how, and we have a template that allows us to just change the company information each time we need a new document created.
  • Templates
  • Documents Generation
  • Lists
  • Guides
Cons
  • Task Management
  • Markdown Support
  • Text Editing
Dropbox Paper is best suited for companies or small businesses, even individuals who need quick documents or can take advantage of creating a template so if the need to use documents more than one time and just need certain elements of that document edited. Paper is good even if you aren't in the entire Dropbox eco-system as quick document creator.

You pay and it works!

Rating: 7 out of 10
May 12, 2022
SL
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dropbox Paper
3 years of experience
Dropbox Paper is an excellent product for creating documents that can be easily shared and edited by a team working together. This is something that is necessary for our team, like so many, who are spread out geographically and across time zones. We are regularly creating applications, reports, job descriptions, etc. that need to be accessible. Being able to create simultaneously is something that has been invaluable for us.
  • Intuitive design
  • Glitch-free reliability
  • Quality customer service
Cons
  • Fairly expensive
  • Limited storage capacity
  • Without the benefit of a larger backdrop ecosystem, like Google
Dropbox Paper is well suited to those who are seeking a closed-system platform for creating, storing and editing documents among a team - especially those who are at a distance. However, these are also services that are offered decently well by competitor companies with a free product- such as Google Drive/ Google Docs.

It’s ideal for non-writers and groups who want to collaborate in real time. Those who want to work regularly with images, videos, and other media files will appreciate the ease with which you can embed files in Paper.

Rating: 7 out of 10
June 06, 2022
LH
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dropbox Paper
2 years of experience
We use Dropbox Paper as a collaborative tool. It provides our users a way to collaborate on projects, create documents, calendars, to-do lists and keep track of milestones and linking tasks or next steps to project owners.
  • Develop multiple individual projects, setting milestone dates within them.
  • Easy to invite others to collaborate on projects.
  • Create to-do lists and assign due dates.
  • Create documents with multiple types of integrated media, going beyond simple text with images, audio, and video.
  • Make edits to documents in real time for all team members to see.
Cons
  • No spell check feature.
  • No going back to "old versions" once changes are made they are permanent, with no restriction setting or ability to see previous versions.
To be honest, there is very little reason to switch to Dropbox Paper from other tools you may already be using, such as Google Docs, because of their lack of differentiation. On the other hand, if you don’t currently use a collaboration tool, and you’re already paying for Dropbox, then Paper is worth considering.

Dropbox Paper Feedback

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 19, 2022
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dropbox Paper
1 year of experience
While we use Google Docs for multiple needs, Dropbox Paper helps us switch between Google Docs and the items that we need. This tool is extremely easy to use, edit and bounce between documents for us than any other programs we have come across! We use Dropbox Paper to share documents and build more transparency around file management within our company.
  • Great editing UI that supports all types of media and great formatting
  • Importing and using emojis are easy
  • Easy to share
  • Task assignment
  • Edit audit trails
Cons
  • Editing for imported images and videos.
  • Improved UI for formatting support.
  • Responsive content adjustment with aspect changes.
Dropbox Paper makes it super easy and fun for teams to collaborate remotely. It is very easy to create a document, edit it and share it- all in a matter of seconds. You can import any content format and build whatever you can imagine very easily. It also makes switching between docs very easy.
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