Collaborate on Paper docs

In Dropbox Paper, you can collaborate with people by:

• Mentioning them in the doc and in comments
• Commenting on text and images
• Creating and assigning to-dos

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Mention someone

Mention a colleague anywhere in your Paper doc by typing @ (the at symbol) and then their name.

If the person you mention has a Dropbox account, their name is shortened to reflect the name on their account.

If you click a hyperlinked name, a dropdown appears. You can then search every shared doc that person created.

Leave comments

Comment on a doc

1. Highlight a line of text to bring up the formatting toolbar.
2. Click  (comment icon) in the menu that appears.

You can mention a colleague in your comment to send a notification by typing @ (the at symbol) and then their name.

Comment on a spot of an image

1. Click the image that you'd like to comment on.
2. Click Comment in the top right.
3. Click the section of the image you'd like to comment on.
   • You can also click and drag to select a wider area of the image.
4. Type your comment and click Post.

Link directly to a comment in a Paper doc

1. In a Paper doc, click the comment you want to link to.
2. Click the timestamp (for example: 2 hours ago).
   • The URL in your web browser will change. 
3. Copy this URL and paste it wherever you'd like to share a comment.

When someone clicks this URL, they'll go directly to your chosen comment.

Create and assign to-dos

You can create to-dos that need to be accomplished and assign them to colleagues.

See the author

Attribution shows you who wrote a section of a document. The name of the person who wrote a part of a document is shown beside the text. This happens even if you copy-and-paste from one Paper doc to another.