Dropbox developers have announced the arrival of several important features designed to increase productivity. Now you can chat in the mobile client to create Microsoft Office files, scanned documents and more.
IN blog the company reported that the development of this service pack have been analyzed numerous requests Dropbox users, whose number exceeds 500 million. Therefore, in the new version of the cloud service have been added only the most popular and relevant features designed to enhance productivity for both small teams and large companies.
Here is a list of the main innovations of Dropbox cloud service and its clients for various platforms.
- Scanning documents. The mobile app will appear scanning function, the result is automatically uploaded to the cloud.
- Create Microsoft Office documents. If you need to urgently work with documents, it is not necessary to download it for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel. All files can now be set up instantly right on your mobile device.
- Enhanced rassharivaniya in Finder (Mac) and "Explorer» (Windows). Directly in the file manager you can choose the people who will have access to files and folders in your cloud.
- To Microsoft Word files, PowerPoint, or Excel, which are currently running other users, is now a special indicator is displayed. This is done to prevent data loss or duplication of work.
- Collaborate on office documents allow you to edit them together in real time, instead of exchanging endless versions by e-mail.
- Users can add comments directly to the files and get rid of endless correspondence by email. You can even comment on individual parts of the image or document.
All of these new features will gradually appear in the next few days. In a company blog post also it says that this is only the first step in the future transformation of Dropbox. It seems that the developers have embarked on the transformation of conventional cloud storage in high-grade office tool, able to compete with Google Docs and Web version of Microsoft Office.
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