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GS321's avatar
GS321
Collaborator | Level 9
6 years ago

Editing PDFs in Dropbox from my iPad

I'm trying to edit/markup PDFs that I have stored in Dropbox from my iPad. I'm using an Apple Pencil that's capable of "markup."  The adobe integration was meant to be the answer for this; however,...
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  • hecksome's avatar
    hecksome
    4 years ago

    A work around: use the "files" app on the iPad which should show dropbox as a folder, then view the pdf and markup there.

PV4's avatar
PV4
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

It's April 2021 and this is still a problem. I am switching to OneDrive.

  • hecksome's avatar
    hecksome
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 years ago

    A work around: use the "files" app on the iPad which should show dropbox as a folder, then view the pdf and markup there.

    • robderon's avatar
      robderon
      Helpful | Level 6
      3 years ago

      and this is free !

       

      best solution so far, thank you Hecksome

    • Justinas123's avatar
      Justinas123
      New member | Level 2
      3 years ago

      This actually worked! thanks a lot for this! Still cant believe you cant use Markups in Dropbox app.

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