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GLSkunks
Helpful | Level 5
8 months ago

How can I share a file with view access?

We use Dropbox for our weekly schedules.  When I open a schedule (file), it opens in view mode.  When my new employee opens a file, it opens in edit mode.  This is dangerous because it's an excel doc...
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Mark
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8 months ago

If you share a file to somebody with edit access it will open with edit access. 

Instead share it with View Only Access to people who you only want to view it and then they cannot edit it. 

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