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Dropbox Sharing
Before you share Dropbox files, be sure you’re already logged into Dropbox.
- Open a folder by tapping the Dropbox icon on the menu bar at the top of the page (see Figure 5).
View files within a folder by tapping the folder name in the list.
Figure 5. The Dropbox icon appears at the left side of the blue menu bar.
Swipe up and down in the screen to view all the files within the folder, as shown in Figure 6. When you find a file that you want to view, tap the file to view it. If the file is a photo or image file as in this example, then the file opens within the built-in Dropbox image viewer.
Figure 6. Tap the appropriate file within the list.
- After a couple seconds, the menu bar at the top of the image disappears, so you can view the image in its entirety. Open the menu bar again by tapping the image.
Share the file by tapping the Share icon in the menu (see Figure 7).
Figure 7. The Share icon appears between the Trash icon and the Favorites (star) icon on the right side of the menu bar.
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The Send a Link to This Photo appears in the center of the screen (see Figure 8) so you can send a link to the photo using one of the following six methods:
- Send to Contact: Send the link in an email message to a contact stored in the Contacts app.
- Hangouts: Send the link to one of your friends in Google Hangouts.
- Copy Link: Copy the link to the photo so that you can paste it somewhere else, such as in a memo or in an email message.
- Bluetooth: Send the link to another device (such as a smartphone) through a Bluetooth connection.
- ChatON: Send the link to one of your buddies in Samsung ChatON.
Drive: Copy the link to a file and store it in Google Drive.
Figure 8. The See All option appears at the bottom of the Send a Link to This Photo window.
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These six options aren’t the only ones available to you. You can view more options by tapping See All at the bottom of the window. The window expands to show five more options (see Figure 9):
- Email: Open a new email message in the Email app that contains the link to the Dropbox file. Then you can specify the recipient(s) and write a message if necessary.
- Gmail: Open a new email message in the Gmail app that contains the link to the Dropbox file.
- Google+: Send the link to one of your Google+ friends.
- Memo: Open a new memo that contains the text of the link.
Wi-Fi Direct: Send the link to another device (such as a smartphone) through a Wi-Fi connection.
Figure 9. The complete list of sharing options in the Send a Link to This Photo window.
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Note that after you use one of these sharing options, the next time you see the Send a Link to This Photo window the icons you see in the window and the order of the icons change from their defaults.