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touxin's avatar
touxin
New member | Level 2
10 months ago

How can I annotate my PDFs in Dropbox and keep them in sync?

Hi - so I am new to iPad world. I am a researcher.

I am looking for an app that allows me to annotate PDFs, write on it and keeps in sync in-place the original location in Dropbox.

I don't want it to make a local copy or create a separate folder.

I have read some articles abouth this, but still haven't found the ideal app.

Which one would you recommend for me and why?

Thanks in advance.

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    10 months ago

    Hey touxin, thanks for posting your question to the Dropbox Community.

     

    I would actually suggest our own PDF editor for this job.

     

    You can read more about how it works here.

     

    Let me know if you have any questions!

    • famishedrover's avatar
      famishedrover
      Helpful | Level 6
      10 months ago

      Hi,

      It seems that the feature to edit/annotate PDFs in the Dropbox app is missing for iPad/iOS. I am only able to add text boxes and signature, but I’m not able to annotate PDF or perform Markup operations. 

       

      moreover, if I made certain files off-line, then those files are not made “off-line “in the Files app, I am only able to access those files through the Dropbox app where annotation is not possible. 

       

       

       

       

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