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GS321's avatar
GS321
Collaborator | Level 9
7 years ago
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Editing PDFs in Dropbox from my iPad

I'm trying to edit/markup PDFs that I have stored in Dropbox from my iPad. I'm using an Apple Pencil that's capable of "markup."  The adobe integration was meant to be the answer for this; however,...
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  • hecksome's avatar
    hecksome
    5 years ago

    A work around: use the "files" app on the iPad which should show dropbox as a folder, then view the pdf and markup there.

RPCook's avatar
RPCook
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

I Just bought an iPad Pro and pencil for sole purpose of doing task you have described and have same problems. Love to know if you found a work around.

  • Problem 's avatar
    Problem
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago
    I have the same problem. The entire idea with iPad Pro is to be able to use the pen in pdf files etc. Now Dropbox and Adobe don’t allow me. If there is no solution I need to drop Dropbox. Can anyone at Drop box please answer this question
    • nickel1's avatar
      nickel1
      New member | Level 2
      6 years ago

      That's all I needed to know.. if I can't use the pencil/iPad effectively within DropBox then it's time to move back to OneDrive.

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