The 2020 release of Dropbox Paper is a product update that allows you to organize, find, and store all of your Paper docs on dropbox.com from paper.dropbox.com. Other than the change to their location, you’ll keep all of your Paper docs and they’ll have very similar functionality as before.
What's changing?
Paper home
- To get to Paper home from dropbox.com, select Paper from the grid icon.
- If you go to paper.dropbox.com, you’ll be redirected to dropbox.com/home.
- You can use Paper home to find recent Paper docs, starred Paper docs, and search for Paper docs just as you can any other file.
Creating/organizing
- If you’re not on the 2020 release of Dropbox Paper, you can only create Paper docs in Paper Home and organize them in folders created on paper.dropbox.com.
- If you’re on the 2020 release of Dropbox Paper, all new Paper docs will be created and organized like any other files on dropbox.com.
- In the 2020 release of Dropbox Paper, the filetype will be .paper for docs and .papert for Paper templates.
- You can see and move Paper docs into Dropbox folders from dropbox.com, the Dropbox mobile apps, and the Dropbox desktop app, just like you would with any other file.
- You can star or bookmark Paper docs to find them easily from Paper Home.
- Paper docs created within a folder on Dropbox will be automatically added to that folder.
- Paper docs created through the Paper home page will be added to the Paper Docs folder on your Dropbox account home page.
Mobile app
- You can view, open, and share your Paper docs from either the Dropbox Mobile or the Paper Mobile app.
- To organize your Paper docs into folders, use the Dropbox Mobile app.
- To edit Paper docs, use the Paper mobile app or Paper mobile web site as you did before.
Sharing
- Sharing now works the same for Paper docs and all other files in Dropbox. Sharing policies applied to an entire Dropbox account or specific Dropbox folders will apply to Paper docs within them.
- New Paper docs shared with you can be found on the Shared page.
- Recently accessed Paper docs can be found on the Recents page.
For more information on sharing Dropbox files, visit How to share files or folders in Dropbox.
Paper API
- Dropbox file endpoints will now work with Paper docs—a single set of endpoints can be used to search, share or enumerate all content in users' Dropbox folders.
- See here for more information about the API endpoints.
Version history
- Paper docs in the Dropbox file system will use Dropbox's version history and support Rewind, rollbacks, and restores.
- Selecting Version History for an individual Paper doc will continue to show detailed differences between versions, and provide the ability to restore back to specific Paper edits.
- Permanent deletion settings will now apply to Paper docs, as with any other file.
Admin settings
- In Paper Home, it was possible to turn Paper off entirely and prevent anyone from accessing any Paper docs. With Paper in Dropbox, admins can prevent creation and editing, but users will be able to view Paper docs shared with them.
- Admins can change these settings for Paper default access under Admin → Settings → App Permissions → Paper by Dropbox
- Any changes made to Dropbox sharing settings will now apply to Paper docs.
If you’re a team admin, visit our 2020 release of Dropbox Paper FAQs for team admins.