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touxin's avatar
touxin
New member | Level 2
2 years 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 ...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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2 years 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!

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famishedrover
Helpful | Level 6
2 years 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. 

 

 

 

 

    • famishedrover's avatar
      famishedrover
      Helpful | Level 6
      2 years ago
      I have checked on iphone ios 17.2.1 and ipad ipados 17.3.

      The link suggests that we can make edits ( and subbullets only talk about text boxes. & signature ) My requirements are basic pdf annotation ( free draw, text highlight )
      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
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        2 years ago

        Hey famishedrover - sorry to jump in here, but could you clarify if you're using the Files app to do this on your iPhone and iPad or if you're using a web browser instead? 

         

        I'm only asking because I see the option to both free draw and highlight text when editing a PDF through my web browser. 

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