What is the Dropbox badge?

The Dropbox badge appears to the right of your screen when you open any Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel file saved in your Dropbox.

When you first see the Dropbox badge, a greeting notification appears. To dismiss this notification, you can either click on the badge or complete the "Learn More" tutorial. You can also turn the badge off at any time.

What can you do with the Dropbox badge?

The badge gives you easy access to some of the best Dropbox features:

See who is viewing or editing a file

The badge will show the picture or initials of other Dropbox Business users on your team when they are viewing or making edits to the file you have open. That way you can avoid creating separate versions of the file.

Update to the latest version of a file

If someone saves a new version of a file while you're working on it, the badge will help you instantly update to their version.

Instantly share the file you're working on

Click Share a link and a link to the file will be copied to your clipboard. Paste that link in an email, chat, or elsewhere to send the file securely to anyone.

Ask for feedback or contributions on a file

Click Comment to make a note on a file from the Dropbox website.

View version history to find content you changed or deleted

Click Version history to undo changes and restore an older version of the file.

Move the badge

You can click and drag the badge anywhere along the border of your files.

Work better on Microsoft Office files

The badge currently supports Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel on Mac and Windows devices. For Windows, the badge supports 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 Office files. For Mac, the badge supports 2011 and 2016 Office files.

If you aren’t seeing the Dropbox badge in your Microsoft Office files but would like to, learn how to troubleshoot badge issues.

The timing and exact functionality of these features may change, and Dropbox doesn't provide warranties on the performance of these features.