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GreyGerber
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6 months ago

Code is not copying correctly from Dropbox

I am having a problem where if I try to copy code from a PDF or Word doc, Dropbox will parse the data incorrectly. For example: If I want to copy this code:   and I paste that code into a...
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Jay
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6 months ago

Hi GreyGerber, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Could you clarify how you're copying this from Dropbox? 

Are you previewing the PDF or Word files on the Dropbox site when copying the text, or downloading the files to your computer and then copying and pasting them?

This will help me to assist further!

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