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Or have better alternatives that you work with. If you’ve tried it already, let us know in our forum what you made of it. Coders might find it more useful, especially if they want it backed up on cloud and available on every device they work on.įor the rest, it’s still a very good alternative to the baggage of Evernote and modestness of Google Keep. Writers can’t use it fully as it doesn’t show word count anywhere, can’t be ‘Saved as’ a Word doc or any format and doesn’t support Markdown either. Neat but Improvements NeededĪs far as taking quick notes, meeting minutes or similar work, Paper is a nice addition. Especially if you’re doing a project in collaboration with people all over the country/world. Once confirmed, he/she will also be able to edit your document and/or add comments, which I’ve found to be pretty useful. On the top-right, hit the Share button and start typing the name of the colleague who you want to share the document with. In my brief time with a handful of documents created, I found that the search functionality was pretty good in finding documents that I needed even with a few keywords which were not part of the document name itself.

The search function works really well and this is where it’s important to name your relevant files correctly. Even with Paper, Dropbox has a clean and tidy interface of folders on the left, and an ever-present Create button above the search box. In a recent update, you can now see your most recent files first, making the whole experience of cloud storage more intuitive. One thing where Dropbox has always been excellent is organizing your files. Clean and minimal with editing options available only when you right-click or hit the “ +” symbol.

The entire interface feels quite a bit like Medium. There aren’t as many editing options available on Paper yet, but there are still a few like Headings (H1, H2), Lists (bullet or numerical), Insert Tables and Images and even one to Insert Code. It’s not similar to creating an actual Word document, like in Google Docs. Please Note: At the time of writing, Paper is a web-only feature and is not included in the iOS or Android app.īasically creating a ‘doc’ in Dropbox Paper is similar to creating a quick note with proper formatting and additional options.