How to use Dropbox

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Open your browser

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Type in Dropbox.com

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When you

arrive at

Dropbox. Com

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This is

what

you will

see…

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Click sign-up

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Then fill this one up

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Enter your name

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Your last name /surname

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And your email address

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And a password

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Remember:

Use a strong

password

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This will ensure the security of your Dropbox

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Don’t forget to click this box

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Then click Sign up

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If your

registration

is

successful

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You will be

directed to

Web

Interface of

your

Dropbox

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It looks

something

like this

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Now here’s how to

share files

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Click “Share a folder” button

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You will be asked if you

want to create

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Or share an existing folder

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If you want to create a

new folder

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Choose the first one

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Then click “Next”

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Give your folder a name

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Then click “next”

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You will see a page with

two text fields

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The top field

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Is where you put the

email address

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of the

person you

want to

share your

folder with

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The bottom field

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is for an

optional

message to

the person

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Fill out the text field

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Enter the e-mail addresses of

your recipients

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Then click “Share folder”

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You have successfully

created and shared a

folder!

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Here it is

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It’s now time to upload

some files in your folder

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How to load files?

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There are

two ways on

how to do it

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Click the folder

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You will see this

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Click “Upload”

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Then click “Choose files”

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Highlight the files that you

wish to copy

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Then click “Open”

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Then wait

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till everything gets

uploaded

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Don’t worry!

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It won’t take too long

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You’ll know

when it has finished

uploading

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When they’ve looked like

this already

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Click “Done”

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Then you will be able to

see the files

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in the shared folder

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Another way of loading file

to your folder

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Is to use the Drag and

Drop Method

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Here’s how to do it

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While your dropbox is

open, click the start menu

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Then locate the files you want to

upload

Left click

on the file

using your mouse

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Then drag and drop the

file to dropbox

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This will show that the files

are uploading

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Once uploading is finished,

you will see a check mark

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That means your files are

synced

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You can also use

Dropbox’s desktop

application

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To download it, go back to

Dropbox.com’s homepage

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and click “download”

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Then it will start uploading

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Click the installer

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Click “Run”

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Then dropbox will start

downloading

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After the downloading

and installation

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A menu will pop up

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Enter your e-mail address

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and your password

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Then click sign in

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There will be a message

that will inform you

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That you have

successfully installed

Dropbox

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Click “Open my Dropbox

folder”

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It is going to create a

folder on your desktop

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To transfer files to your

dropbox

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You can just

drag and

drop a file

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Just like you did earlier

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Or you can also copy

paste

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from one folder to your

dropbox folder

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Here’s how to do it

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Click the folder on your

desktop

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Where the file you want to

transfer is located

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Right click on the file

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Click “Copy”

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Then right click on your

dropbox folder

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Then click “Paste”

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There goes the file you

transferred

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Easy right?

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So go ahead and

don’t be afraid

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that you will lose important

files on your desktop

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Because you have one big

back up to help you

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