How to add Dropbox as a Place in Microsoft Office 365

A “Place” in Microsoft Office 365 is a location you can access directly from your Office apps, without using Windows File Explorer. Add Dropbox as a Place to open, share, and save files using Dropbox from within Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. 
 

After you add Dropbox as a Place, you can:

• Save to Dropbox directly from the menu options in an Office app
• Open from Dropbox directly from the menu options in an Office app
• Click Share in an Office application to share using Dropbox

Requirements

To add Dropbox as a Place in Office, you must:

• Use a Windows computer
• Run version 29 of the Dropbox desktop app or later
• Run Microsoft Office 365

Add or remove Dropbox as a Place

To add Dropbox as a Place, open your Dropbox desktop app preferences:

1. Click the  (Dropbox icon) in your taskbar (Windows).
2. Click the round account menu. Depending on your account, this may appear as your profile photo, your initials, or a person icon. 
3. Click Preferences.
   • Toggle on Show Dropbox in Microsoft Office as a save location to add Dropbox as a Place.
   • Toggle off Show Dropbox in Microsoft Office as a save location to remove Dropbox as a Place.

Note: Ask your admin to enable this feature if you see the message "This option has been disabled by your team admin.”

Dropbox teams

To allow your team members to add Dropbox as a place, enable it in the admin console:

To do so:

1. Log in to your Dropbox admin account.
2. Click Admin console in the left sidebar.
3. Under Products, click the dropdown to the left of Dropbox.
4. Click Settings.
5. Click the Integrations tab.
6. Under Third-party integrations, toggle Microsoft Office add-in to On.

After you enable the Microsoft Office Add-In, team members can add Dropbox as a Place in Office. Dropbox isn’t automatically added as a Place.

Does this feature work even if Dropbox isn't running or I'm offline?

Yes. Adding Dropbox as a Place integrates natively with Office. Dropbox as a Place is available even if Dropbox isn't running or you're offline. However, your files won’t sync until the next time Dropbox is running and you’re online.

Have another question about Microsoft Office 365 for Dropbox?

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