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justrjlewis
Explorer | Level 3
9 years ago
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How to add placeholder text to a new document

I have searched and understand that I can't add my own template at this time and it doesn't seem like I can copy a document either - please let me know if I am wrong on either of those counts.  One o...
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  • Sanchez's avatar
    Sanchez
    9 years ago
    So I’ve heard back from our Paper team, and unfortunately this feature isn’t currently available. They too liked the idea though :wink:
     
    Cheers
  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    8 years ago

    Hey nolastan - great question you got there! 

     

    You should be on your template's edit mode to add a placeholder text. (On your Paper doc, go to the ellipsis (...) button on the upper right corner, select templatise  and then select text that you want to convert into placeholder text and press the first icon on the left in the formatting toolbar) 

     

    My colleague Jane has posted all about this in this thread - feel free to take a look there too! 

     

    If there's anything else I can help with, let me know!

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Sanchez
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9 years ago
So I’ve heard back from our Paper team, and unfortunately this feature isn’t currently available. They too liked the idea though :wink:
 
Cheers
  • Sanchez's avatar
    Sanchez
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    9 years ago
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  • nolastan's avatar
    nolastan
    Explorer | Level 4
    8 years ago

    According to the Dropbox blog, it is possible.

     

    > You can even add placeholder text to help people better understand what information they need to fill in. 

     

    And if you create a document from a meeting, there is placeholder text. 

     

    • lukeyo's avatar
      lukeyo
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      8 years ago
      Absolutely right, but this feature was introduced after the OP asked. Great feature!
      • nolastan's avatar
        nolastan
        Explorer | Level 4
        8 years ago
        lukeyo wrote:
        Absolutely right, but this feature was introduced after the OP asked. Great feature!

        Ok, but how do you do it? The OP's question still hasn't been answered.

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