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DebraV
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2 years ago

"save as" in Dropbox

Hi I am setting up a database that will be stored in Dropbox.  I have created it in excel for the web. One of the things the users will do is create a new doc and save that to a specific folder. I ...
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Mark
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2 years ago

The only way is training, I'm afraid. The other thing to remember here is that Dropbox automatically saves all changes to the file, so unless you File -> Save as immediately, it will overwrite something. 

 

However, what I would say is that the risk of data loss here is massive. Dropbox simply isnt designed, or intended, to host database system which are shared. You really need to look in to a proper data handling system to do this - Dropbox is probably not the right solution.

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