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Drop Box file sharing
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Marianne Denning
Every time I want to share a folder with someone in Drop Box it has changed and seems less accessible. Has anyone tried to share a folder recently? If so, could you give me some tips please. -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053
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Cindy Ray <cindyray@...>
So far I haven’t been able to do anything with it except log in for a while. Cindy
From: Marianne Denning [mailto:marianne@...]
Every time I want to share a folder with someone in Drop Box it has changed and seems less accessible. Has anyone tried to share a folder recently? If so, could you give me some tips please.
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053
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Gwen Givens <gwensinfo@...>
If you have your drop box set on your desktop like another drive, it is really easy. You open dropbox, arrow down to the file you want, right click using the key to the left of the function key on the right hand side (sorry I can’t remember the name of it.) this brings up a short list. One of the items in the list is to copy a dropbox link. It is about the fifth one down from the top. You then press control plus letter c to copy it. You then leave it alone, just sitting there, until you open an email to the individual that you sent it to. Put what you are sending in the subject line, and you can type in the message yhou are sending a dropbox link. Remember to ask them to let you know when they have it. Once you have finished your message to them, hit enter, and then paste in your link and send your message. When they open the message, they will open the link and it appears in their drop box, as if by magic. You can share really nice sized folder and files, as long as you do not go over your allotted dropbox space. There are also several ways you can earn a bit more space without paying for it. Hoe this helps.
From: Marianne Denning [mailto:marianne@...]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 3:16 PM To: jfw@groups.io Subject: Drop Box file sharing
Every time I want to share a folder with someone in Drop Box it has changed and seems less accessible. Has anyone tried to share a folder recently? If so, could you give me some tips please.
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053
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Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@...>
I apologize if I said.drop box link on the desktop, I meant dropbox icon on the desktop that was in my previous message thanks Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous"
On Mar 21, 2016, at 5:40 PM, Cindy Ray <cindyray@...> wrote:
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Bill White <billwhite92701@...>
Hi, Gwen. This works, but it wasn't what the original poster
wants to do. What is wanted is to be able to share a DropBox folder which will
appear on another person's DropBox account. The way you described doesn't
automatically put the file on another user's computer.
Bill White billwhite92701@...
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Marianne Denning
It worked that way. JAWS does not tell me what goes in each edit box so I have to walk by faith. It did work. I think that is just a glitch in my computer.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@...> wrote:
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053
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Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@...>
I am sorry, but I'm a bit confused. Did you say what I told you about creating a link work? I'm not sure what you're talking about edit boxes. When I do the link from the actual dropbox as a directory, I don't going to any edit boxes. Can you please explain. Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous"
On Mar 22, 2016, at 9:14 AM, Marianne Denning <marianne@...> wrote:
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Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@...>
Once you are in dropbox on your desktop, which actually looks like another folder, you Errol down until you find the document that you want to send via dropbox, and that's when you do the right-click and select the link option. I hope that's clear thanks Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous"
On Mar 22, 2016, at 9:14 AM, Marianne Denning <marianne@...> wrote:
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Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@...>
It puts it into my dropbox. That's if I have my drop box set up as a folder on my computer. I you the link and that it puts it out there. Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous"
On Mar 22, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Bill White <billwhite92701@...> wrote:
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Marianne Denning
I went into Drop Box on my computer, selected the file I wanted to share, used the application key and went to share. When I hit enter I went into edit boxes but JAWS did not tell me what went in each edit box. I assumed based on past experience what went into each edit box and sent the request. This morning the person had accepted my request to share the folder. Those were the steps you explained. Thanks!
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@...> wrote:
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053
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Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@...>
If you want to call me send me an email and I'll provide you my number, or I can call you and I will help you with this. You actually don't go to share, you go to copy drop box link Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous"
On Mar 22, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Marianne Denning <marianne@...> wrote:
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Bill White <billwhite92701@...>
Hi, Gwen. The reason I believe that Marianne is having trouble
following your instructions is that both of you are talking about two different
things. You are trying to show her how to get and copy a public link for a
file in her public DropBox folder into an email to send to another
user.
On the otherhand, what Marianne wants to do, I believe, is to
share one of her dropbox folders with a DropBox user with a different account.
This may be what is causing the problem in communication.
Bill White billwhite92701@...
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duncan callum <dcallum@...>
if you go to the dropbox page ,find the folder you want to share
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press enter on it now arrow up to add members it wil then put you right in the edit field to put in amaile address tab down to send a note ,use if you want ,or tab again to send invites works every time eAt 11:22 AM 22/03/2016, you wrote:

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Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@...>
Hi Bill, I am so confused. I don't use a public dropbox. I have all my own dropbox ID and password. I share files the way I was talking about with a friend of mine who has her own dropbox account and it is not tied to my dropbox account. Totally confused. Take care Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous"
On Mar 22, 2016, at 12:22 PM, Bill White <billwhite92701@...> wrote:
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Marianne Denning
Gwen's directions did work. I followed them and shared a file I had
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created with someone. My problems is that JAWS will not tell me what to put in each place. I need to write the email, a message and invite. JAWS is totally silent at this point so I had to guess what to put where. I have done it 2 ways in the past. I have used the Drop Box that is on my desk top and I have gone to the website. It seems like they change the website on a regular basis so sharing from Drop Box without going to the website is better. I just wish JAWS would tell me what information I need to provide as I tab through the areas. Insert+tab does not give me any information either. JAWS is just silent. I guessed and got the information in the right places. Thanks for your help.
On 3/22/16, Bill White <billwhite92701@dslextreme.com> wrote:
Hi, Gwen. The reason I believe that Marianne is having trouble following --
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053
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Gudrun Brunot
Hi: I agree with Bill, there are two different things you can do when it comes to sharing files with someone. If the file is in your dropbox, and all you want to do is send that file to someone without attaching it to your email (which doesn't work if the file is large), you put the file in question in your Public folder under your Dropbox folder, highlight the file, hit the apps key and arrow down to "copy public," then scoot over to your email program and paste the link to the file right in the message to the receiving person.
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The other way is what is causing trouble, the one where you and one or two or more people want to share a box. Here, you have to navigate through an interface that can be tricky. Brian Hartgen has put up a nice tutorial on how to create a folder to be shared, join a folder, leave a folder, etc. I don't have the link to it, but I copied the text from it and saved, and I'm pasting it in below. Like so many other good things he's got on his homepage http://www.hartgen.org/ This one has helped me, and I hope it helps you too. Dropbox Folder Management Using JAWS for Windows Submitted by brianhartgen on Tue, 07/30/2013 - 12:48 Dropbox is an excellent tool for storing files. It can be used so you can share your personal files among different computers or mobile devices you own, together with sharing files with others, such as people with whom you wish to collaborate on a document. However, the interface does present some accessibility challenges for screen-reader users. This article seeks to address them in conjunction with the screen-reader JAWS for Windows. You may be able to adopt similar strategies with alternative screen-readers. Dropbox Notifications While it is true that you can press the keystroke Insert+F11 in order to view the Dropbox notifications in the Windows System Tray, (such as whether files are uploading/downloading or if "all files are up-to-date", the J-Tools set of JAWS scripts from Astec at www.astec-at.co.uk make interacting with Dropbox easier. You can press a keystroke to instantly hear Dropbox file status information, another to drop right into your Dropbox folder and a third to view the Context Menu for it including working with your Preferences. The Preferences multi-page Dialog Box is also made more accessible. Folder Management By far the task most people have difficulty dealing with is either leaving a shared Dropbox folder or, (as an owner), removing someone from the folder. This article will work through both scenarios. The process of creating an invitation to a user via Email to join a folder is accessible so I will not cover the steps unless anyone specifically requests them. Leaving a Shared Folder If you are not the owner of the folder, (in other words if you did not originally create it), you may care to leave a folder you previously had access to. Here are the steps involved. They are all accessible. 1. Browse to the Dropbox website at www.dropbox.com and ensure you are signed in. 2. Using the list of Links feature, (Insert+F7), locate the name of the folder with which you no longer wish to be associated. Each folder name is hyperlinked. Press Enter on the desired folder name. 3. Each time you work through a step in this process, a new page is not rendered on the Dropbox website, so JAWS has difficulty in revealing the newly updated content to you. To rectify this, press Insert+Escape to refresh the JAWS Virtual Buffer. 4. Using the JAWS Find facility, (~Control+F), type the word, "Share", and press Enter. Hopefully, the cursor should be on the line entitled, "Shared Folder Options". If it is not, press F3 until JAWS announces these words. 5. When the cursor is on the appropriate line of text, press Enter. Do not be concerned that it is not a Link or a Button. In fact it is a Button but JAWS cannot detect this as a standard control. 6. Press Insert+Escape again to refresh the Virtual Buffer. 7. Press the letter B to reach the, "Leave Shared Folder" Button and press Enter on it. 8. Press Insert+Escape again to refresh the Virtual Buffer. 9. You may be prompted as to whether you wish to leave the folder. Locate the appropriate Button if so and press Enter. Removing a Subscriber to a Dropbox Folder This process is more troublesome but using JAWS it can be achieved. 1. Browse to the Dropbox website at www.dropbox.com and ensure you are signed in. 2. Using the list of Links feature, (Insert+F7), locate the name of the folder containing the member you wish to remove. Each folder name is hyperlinked. Press Enter on the desired folder name. 3. Each time you work through a step in this process, a new page is not rendered on the Dropbox website, so JAWS has difficulty in revealing the newly updated content to you. To rectify this, press Insert+Escape to refresh the JAWS Virtual Buffer. 4. Using the JAWS Find facility, (~Control+F), type the word, "Share", and press Enter. 5. Hopefully, the cursor should be on the line entitled, "Shared Folder Options". If it is not, press F3 until JAWS announces these words. 6. When the cursor is on the appropriate line of text, press Enter. Do not be concerned that it is not a Link or a Button. In fact it is a Button but JAWS cannot detect this as a standard control. 7. Press Insert+Escape again to refresh the Virtual Buffer. 8. Using the JAWS Find Facility, (Insert+F), type the first part of the person's name you wish to remove and press Enter. Hopefully the cursor should now be on the line of the person's name. 9. Now here is the tricky part. Using Insert+NumPad Minus, route the JAWS Cursor to the PC Cursor and begin exploring the text on screen with the Arrowkeys. This is not as easy as it sounds because, very often, the text within the Internet Explorer page is obscured and JAWS cannot detect it. In addition, the JAWS Cursor sometimes is not correctly routed to the Virtual Cursor, but in most cases, it is. If JAWS cannot latch onto the name of the user you wish to remove, try maximising the Internet Explorer window by pressing ALT+Space then X. In any event, you may need to use Up or Down Arrow in order to locate the name with the JAWS Cursor. 10. When the name is located, you should hear on that line of text the name of the user followed by the word, "Joined". There may also be additional text on this line comprising Dropbox folder names, but provided you hear the name it should be fine. 11. At the end of the line containing the name is a graphic. This graphic cannot be detected by JAWS even if its Graphics setting is set to read "All". Press the End key on the keyboard and then press the Left Mouse Button, (NumPad Slash). 12. Press NumPad Plus to return to the Virtual Cursor. 13. Underneath the name of the user in the Virtual Cursor, you will now see a list of three items, each of which is hyperlinked. One item will be "Kick Out User". Press Enter on this Link. 14. Press Insert+Escape again to refresh the Virtual Buffer. 15. This page contains two new controls. One is a Check Box, where you can specify whether the user you are about to remove should keep a copy of the files. You probably do not wish them to. The second is a Button, "Kick Out", which is self-explanatory. Press Enter on this Button. The process should nowbe complete. Gudrun
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From: Gwensinfo [mailto:gwensinfo@tampabay.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 9:45 AM To: jfw@groups.io Subject: Re: Drop Box file sharing Hi Bill, I am so confused. I don't use a public dropbox. I have all my own dropbox ID and password. I share files the way I was talking about with a friend of mine who has her own dropbox account and it is not tied to my dropbox account. Totally confused. Take care Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous" On Mar 22, 2016, at 12:22 PM, Bill White <billwhite92701@dslextreme.com> wrote: Hi, Gwen. The reason I believe that Marianne is having trouble following your instructions is that both of you are talking about two different things. You are trying to show her how to get and copy a public link for a file in her public DropBox folder into an email to send to another user. On the otherhand, what Marianne wants to do, I believe, is to share one of her dropbox folders with a DropBox user with a different account. This may be what is causing the problem in communication. Bill White billwhite92701@dslextreme.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Gwensinfo <mailto:gwensinfo@tampabay.rr.com> To: jfw@groups.io Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 7:26 AM Subject: Re: Drop Box file sharing If you want to call me send me an email and I'll provide you my number, or I can call you and I will help you with this. You actually don't go to share, you go to copy drop box link Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous" On Mar 22, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Marianne Denning <marianne@denningweb.com> wrote: I went into Drop Box on my computer, selected the file I wanted to share, used the application key and went to share. When I hit enter I went into edit boxes but JAWS did not tell me what went in each edit box. I assumed based on past experience what went into each edit box and sent the request. This morning the person had accepted my request to share the folder. Those were the steps you explained. Thanks! On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: I am sorry, but I'm a bit confused. Did you say what I told you about creating a link work? I'm not sure what you're talking about edit boxes. When I do the link from the actual dropbox as a directory, I don't going to any edit boxes. Can you please explain. Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous" On Mar 22, 2016, at 9:14 AM, Marianne Denning <marianne@denningweb.com> wrote: It worked that way. JAWS does not tell me what goes in each edit box so I have to walk by faith. It did work. I think that is just a glitch in my computer. On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Gwensinfo <gwensinfo@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: I apologize if I said.drop box link on the desktop, I meant dropbox icon on the desktop that was in my previous message thanks Gwen and the great Orb sent from my iPhone 5s "a dog has many friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue " Anonymous" On Mar 21, 2016, at 5:40 PM, Cindy Ray <cindyray@gmail.com> wrote: So far I haven’t been able to do anything with it except log in for a while. Cindy From: Marianne Denning [mailto:marianne@denningweb.com] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 2:16 PM To: jfw@groups.io Subject: Drop Box file sharing Every time I want to share a folder with someone in Drop Box it has changed and seems less accessible. Has anyone tried to share a folder recently? If so, could you give me some tips please. -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053 <tel:%28513%29%20607-6053> -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053 <tel:%28513%29%20607-6053> -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13217 (20160322) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13217 (20160322) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
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