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Then when saving, you can access Favorites and then DropBox or you can, via FileOptionsSave set Dropbox as the Default local file destination and check the Save to Computer by default box. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word) dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com It's time to replace ‘Diversity, Equity & Inclusion’ with. Add Dropbox as a Place to open, share, and save files using Dropbox from within Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. After you add Dropbox as a Place, you can: Save to Dropbox directly from the menu options in an Office app Open from Dropbox directly from the menu options in an Office app. Aug 04, 2019 Signed in to Dropbox (used on previous machine) OK but Dropbox not appearing in File Explorer. I can open an existing Dropbox file in Excel using 'Open with' - and can save it - but cannot create a new file in Excel and save it to dropbox because cannot add Dropbox as a location. Together, Microsoft and Dropbox help teams be more productive with seamless mobile and web integrations that enable employees to access, edit, and share their Office docs anytime, on any device. With co-authoring capabilities, teams can co-edit Excel, Powerpoint, and Word files natively, in real time.

If you use both Microsoft Office and Dropbox, you can integrate the two in order to more easily save and share Office files via Dropbox. You even have a few options.

From the Dropbox website, you can directly create Office documents using Microsoft's Office on the web. With the Dropbox app installed on your computer, you're able to point to the Dropbox site to save and share files from Microsoft Office. And with the right Outlook extension, you can send and attach Dropbox files in your emails.

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This integration works with Microsoft 365, the one-time license version of Office, and Office on the web. On the Dropbox side, any type of account is supported, including Basic, Plus and Family.

Use the Dropbox website

First, sign in to Dropbox. You can create an Office document at the Home page as well as at most of the other pages. At the Home page, click the Create button. To create a Word document, hover to Document and select Word Document. For a PowerPoint presentation, hover to Presentation and select PowerPoint Presentation. And for Excel, hover to Spreadsheet and select Excel Workbook (Figure A).

Figure A

Microsoft Word Save To Dropbox Online

At one of the other Dropbox pages, click the button at the right to Create New File. Select Word Document, Excel Workbook or PowerPoint Presentation (Figure B).

Figure B

Dropbox opens the web version of whichever Office program you chose. You can now create your document as you normally would with Office on the web–the same features, menus and commands are available. To name the file beyond the default generic name, click the Saved menu at the top and type a specific name in the File Name field. The file is automatically saved as you work on it. You'll be able to access the document from Dropbox at any time (Figure C).

Figure C

Use the Dropbox desktop app

The Dropbox desktop app allows you to access, edit, sync and manage your online files directly through File Explorer in Windows or the Finder app on a Mac. The app works with any type of Dropbox account. To grab the app, go to the Dropbox desktop app page and click the Download Now or Get Started button. After installing and setting up the app, open File Explorer or Finder. A folder for Dropbox appears with all your synced files where you can open, edit and otherwise manage them without having to go to the Dropbox website (Figure D).

Figure D

Use the Dropbox Outlook extension

The Dropbox extension for Outlook lets you share any file from Dropbox by linking to it from an email message. Since the link points to an online file, your recipients will have access to the latest version. Plus, you can save file attachments in Outlook directly to Dropbox.

To install the extension within your organization, go to the Dropbox for Outlook page at the Microsoft AppSource site, click the Get It Now button, and follow the required steps. To install it just for yourself, open Outlook and click the button on the Home ribbon for Get Add-ins. Search for Dropbox for Outlook and click the Add button when the extension appears. A Dropbox icon should then pop up on the ribbon (Figure E).

Figure E

To share a file stored on Dropbox, compose a new email message. Click the Dropbox Share files icon on the ribbon. Sign into your Dropbox account. The right pane displays your Dropbox folders and files. Browse to and select the file you wish to share. A link to the file is attached. Send your email, and your recipient will be able to access the file via the link (Figure F).

Figure F

To save a received file attachment in Dropbox, open the email with the attachment. Click the Dropbox Save attachments icon on the ribbon. Sign into your Dropbox account at the right pane. Browse to the folder in which you want to store the file and click the Save button. The file is saved to Dropbox where you can access it at any time (Figure G).

Figure G

Microsoft Word Save To Dropbox

While scrolling through Twitter, I saw a tweet about how to add Dropbox to your list of ‘save-to’ places when using Microsoft Office 2013. I do use Dropbox some. I set up an account before SkyDrive/OneDrive and it’s been pretty useful.

Sometimes it’s helpful to learn visually, so I made a short video on how to do this. First, a couple of things to prepare your computer:

1. Make sure you have Dropbox installed on your computer (and each identity on your computer).
2. You’ll need to be signed into a Microsoft Account from within any Office application (I’m using Word in the video).

How To Save To Dropbox From Word

Here’s the path for the tiny Dropbox download. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/46565/dropbox_service_add.bat You may get a warning that the file could be harmful, just click to bypass this.

Then you’ll need to get your Dropbox url to paste within the dialog box – for example, mine is C:UsersLynnDropbox. I show you how to find this in the video.

How To Save Something To Dropbox

After this is completed, you should be able to go back to your document and click on the “Add a Place” and see that Dropbox is now one of your choices. When I recorded the video, evidently Dropbox was having server issues and it did not save this particular document. I’m not sure how well the service is working since I usually save my documents to either OneDrive for Business or OneDrive.

Microsoft Word Save To Dropbox Online

If you’re a big Dropbox and Microsoft Office user, you might want to give this a try. Let me know your experience in the comments. Thanks.