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How To Use Dropbox

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What is Dropbox?

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It is a cloud storage
provider that helps you

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Store files whatever


they are

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And access them


anytime, wherever you
are!

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Isnt it awesome? Take


your files anywhere you
go!

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How Does It Work?

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Dropbox creates a special


folder on all your devices.

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Anytime you need to save


a file

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Drag it into the folder

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And it will appear in the


same folders

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On all your other devices

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It is also easy to share


files with others

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By sending the link of a


file or folder.

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How to Get Dropbox

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Open your browser

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Type www.dropbox.com

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First we have to create


an account

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Enter your First Name

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Enter your Last Name

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Enter your Email

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Enter your Password

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Check I agree to Dropbox


Terms

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Click Sign up for free

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This page telling Dropbox


is downloading appears

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When downloading is
done, click the installer

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Click Open

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A user account control


pop-up notification appears

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Click Yes

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Dropbox installer pop-up


notification appears

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After installation, you will


see this in your screen

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Notice the dropbox icon added


to your notification bar

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Click Open my Dropbox Folder

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A notification tells that your


computer is linked to Dropbox

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Dropbox has automatically


placed this file on your
dropbox folder

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To begin, I want to add


this folder to dropbox

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Just drag it to Dropbox


Folder

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It is now added to my
dropbox folder

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Notice the blue circle with


rotating arrows

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This means Dropbox is


currently syncing

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Green circle with check means


Dropbox is fully synced

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Lets go back to Dropbox


Home on the web

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Click Get Started

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Earn additional 250MB,


complete at least 5 of these
steps

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Click your name to view


settings

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Click Settings

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Edit your Profile here

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If you want to upgrade


your 2GB account

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and get 1TB storage, click


Upgrade now

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A fee of $9.99 per month


or $99 per year

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is needed to upgrade your


Dropbox account

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Now, lets click Account

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Here you can see your


available dropbox space

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Earn additional 500MB by


inviting a friend, click here

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Connect your Facebook,


Twitter, Gmail, Yahoo Mail here

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Click Security

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Change Security settings here

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Click here to go back to


Dropbox Homepage

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Click Verify your email

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Click Verify my email

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Dropbox will ask you to


check your email

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Log-on to your email account

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Find and open the email


from Dropbox

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Click on this to verify your


email

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Your Dropbox account is


now verified

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Click Done

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Click Share a Link

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To share a folder, click Share

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There are two ways of


sharing a file

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Lets try to invite people to


collaborate, click this

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Enter the email address of


the person you are inviting

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You can also type a


message here

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Click Share Folder

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See how the folder of the


shared file changed

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Lets try sharing by sending


a link

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Click Share

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Click Send Link

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This is the link to the folder

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Enter email address to whom


you like to share the link

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You can type a message here

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Click Send

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To upload a file, click here

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Click Choose Files

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Select the file or files you


want to upload

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Click Open

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The files are now being


uploaded to Dropbox

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The files are now uploaded


in Dropbox

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Check the Dropbox folder


on your computer

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Your files are both synced in


the computer and online

DROPBOX FOLDER IN
COMPUTER

DROPBOX HOMEPAGE

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To create New Folder, Click


this

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Enter the Name of the Folder

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Click Create Folder

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New Folder is created

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You can also share a


folder by clicking this

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When you right click a file,


these options appear

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To comment on a file, Click


Comment

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Type your comment here

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Click Post

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To delete a file, Right Click

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Click Delete

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Confirm delete by clicking


Delete

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To rename a file, Right Click

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Click Rename

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Type the new name for the


File

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To see the recent changes in


your Dropbox, click Events

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To invite anyone to upload


a file in your Dropbox

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Click File Requests

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Click Create A File Request

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Enter the file you are


requesting here

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Click Next

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Type email address of the


person here

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Click Send

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Congratulations! By now
you should be familiar
with Dropbox basics.

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The will to persevere is


often the difference
between failure and
success.
-David Sarnoff
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