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exzrael
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Is Dropbox Paper dead in the water?

Hi everyone,   I really like how Dropbox Paper works and I would love to move all my work from other alternatives to work only in Paper. But I'm a bit worried that Dropbox ignores Paper at this p...
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Tinchohs
Collaborator | Level 10
4 years ago

exzrael Thanks for sharing. I had not thought about it in these terms. It's true I have not recently seen many updates to Paper itself, and from what I've been able to see in the latest Space Beta, most of the focus is in Spaces. 

 

This being said, the way I see it, Paper is an integral part of the Spaces experience, and I cannot image it going away any time soon. I sure hope it does not aas I moved all my business workflow, for yself and my team to it over the past 4 months. 

 

From what I understand, there is work underway for a Mac nativle Paper client with off-line support. That would be a huge improvement. I've also seen other rquests as accepted by the team, which makes me thnk there is work going on. 

 

It would be great though, some form of clarification from Dopbox that Paper remains central and healthy in the future product roadmaps. 

 

Just out of curiosity, what features are you hoping to see that Paper does not have today? Thanks. m. 

  • PCMnotions's avatar
    PCMnotions
    Helpful | Level 6
    4 years ago

    Thanks for pointing this out! Paper is now my go-to word processor, largely because of its .md compatibility and flexible functionality. 
    Going forward, I would really appreciate an offline mode for the Windows desktop app. It's currently available on mobile, but not on Windows OR Mac. My impression is that's the highest priority feature for Paper users; me included!

    • Tinchohs's avatar
      Tinchohs
      Collaborator | Level 10
      4 years ago
      I absolutely hear you. From my readings in other sections of the community, I believe a beta version is available with offline support for desktop OS. I have not been able to get my hands on it, so I cannot say for sure.

      I do agree this is critical. Aside from there are small things I miss. Merging cells in tables, perhaps an automated table of contents creation feature. But not a lot more.

      If I learn anything vélese I’ll be sure to come back and share.
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        PCMnotions
        Helpful | Level 6
        4 years ago

        I appreciate it! I'm considering a DB Plus subscription, but the lack of an offline .Paper editor for PC is keeping me back :( 

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