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DEVILLES
8 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Can I merge cells in a row in a table in PAPER? And additional formatting questions!!!
Hi all, I am just starting to use PAPER (and loving it). I'm looking for some formatting tips that I can't find the answers for online.
For example:
I'd like to merge cells in a row in a table, is there a way to do that?
Can I customize the font sizes within a document?
Can I italicize and underline text?
OK, many thanks, DEVILLES
- Hey DEVILLES, thanks for sharing your positive 📜 Paper-thoughts & questions with us, I’ll do my best to follow-up with you & we can keep this discussion going from there!
#1. Can I customize the font sizes within a document?Yes, Paper has three types of headers: H1, H2, and H3. On paper.dropbox.com, you can add an H1 or H2 by using the formatting toolbar or the shortcuts listed below.- H1: Type # and press space, then type your header
- H2: Type ## and press space, then type your header
- H3: Type ### and press space, then continue typing (you can also add an H3 by highlighting and bolding an entire line of text)
You can also make H1 and H2 headers more bold by highlighting and bolding them as you would with any other text. On your phone or tablet, use the T icons to choose a header, or the B icon to bold your text.#2. Can I italicize and underline text?Yes! For italics you may use the Ctrl+i Keyboard shortcut & for underlining, you may check Ctrl+u.(Tip: You can access all your Keyboard shortcuts inside a Paper doc on the bottom-right corner on the ⌨️ icon.)#3. I'd like to merge cells in a row in a table, is there a way to do that?This isn’t currently an available feature, though it would be an excellent idea 💡 & I’d happily pass your interest on to our higher-level technicians, since our dev team is actively working on adding more features on Paper.Again, thanks a lot for checking in with us on our Forum & please do let me know if you have more Paper-inquiries; it'll be a pleasure to continue this conversation. Happy Monday!
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- suujia7 years agoNew member | Level 2
Would love merge cell feature as well! Just tried to merge but was not able to. Thanks! I love dropbox paper :)
- Daphne7 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey all, thanks so much for sharing your interest in these ideas!
At the moment, all but one idea is currently a feature within Dropbox Paper. The only one left from the list would be the ability to merge cells within tables!
So that we can track your feedback effectively, I'd like to ask if you can post this request separately so that we can effectively gather your interest in this.
You can check out Emma's top 10 tips for submitting Paper ideas here.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
- Olbliss7 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
I am still awaiting the integration of paper docs into my standard dropbox files.
I just don't understand why paper has to be isolated from the rest of dropbox? It is most apparent on iPad, where I have to have separate apps (dropbox and paper). I would much prefer for my paper docs to be nested amongst my other regular folders and files.
- Daphne7 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Olbliss, thanks for joining us here!
This is something that we're currently looking into with the new 2020 release of Dropbox Paper! You can check out a bit more about this here.
This is only available to new users at the moment, while we don't have a current timeline of release to our existing users we will be rolling out improvements over the coming months.
I hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions!
- Olbliss7 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
Daphne wrote:Hey Olbliss, thanks for joining us here!
This is something that we're currently looking into with the new 2020 release of Dropbox Paper! You can check out a bit more about this here.
This is only available to new users at the moment, while we don't have a current timeline of release to our existing users we will be rolling out improvements over the coming months.
It’s annoying that new customers get the new updates, rather than loyal exisiting customers like myself who have used and paid for dropbox for years.
Can you confirm that it will be developed for the iPad? I solely use dropbox on the iPad, and would love to see paper and dropbox fully integrated on iPad OS.
Thank you! :)
- Daphne7 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for getting back to me here Olbliss!
At the moment, we're working hard to bring the desktop experience in 2020. I'll make sure to pass along your feedback to our dev team in regards to seeing this also within the mobile apps in the future.
I completely understand that you'd like to try this out yourself, at the moment I could only suggest to create a new account to test out how it works. I'll also make sure to pass along your comments about this to our team too.
Let me know if you have any other questions about this - cheers!
- serraltakm7 years agoNew member | Level 2
Fully agree with these requests! It would really help to have these features.
- Jane7 years ago
Dropbox Staff
Hey serraltakm, thanks for joining the discussion!Which feature would you be mostly interested in seeing in Dropbox Paper in the future?If this has already been posted on the Ideas section, then you could pinch the 👍 button to show that you’d be interested in seeing/trying that in the future.I’m always here if there’s anything else I can do for you! - RP1136 years agoNew member | Level 2
Dropbox paper looks awesome. But merging cells in a table is very basic functionality. Please include!!
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