Sharing documents from Dropbox

[Diane_Elkins1]

Hello! I’m looking for recommendations for easy access to shared dropbox documents for our team. A process of uploading working content documents to Airtable in such a way that everybody can see the current version as edits are made.
Thank you in advance for any ideas.

[ScottWorld]

Each Dropbox document has a share link. You can create a URL field in Airtable, and put the share link to the Dropbox document in that field.

[Diane_Elkins1]

Hi Scott! Thank you for the prompt reply.

I’m not familiar with dropbox, but have a client who messaged the following -

“One posted a Google doc file via Box, and I was able to edit it in the cloud, but then the contractor couldn’t see my edits unless I downloaded the story to my computer and sent it as an email attachment. Any ideas on how to simplify or streamline? I ideally would like to be able to make suggested edits on one cloud version of a document rather than having everybody downloading and editing separate copies and sending them around via email.”

Any ideas as to what he’s referring to?

Thank you.

[ScottWorld]

It sounds like he’s looking for live collaboration on documents. Most cloud platforms offer this — Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Dropbox Paper, Coda, Notion, Apple Pages, even Box Tools offers this indirectly via desktop apps.

[Diane_Elkins1]

Is there an Airtable integration that will support this?

[ScottWorld]

Yes, On2Air: Amplify lets you view & edit Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides documents directly within Airtable — inside the Apps panel:

On2Air | Airtable Apps for Your Business Operations – 16 Jun 21

On2Air: Amplify | On2Air

On2Air: Amplify is record editor and viewer. Create custom records by displaying or hiding fields, view documents or attachments in full-screen, and edit current records or create new records directly from the dashboard. On2Air: Amplify is an...

[Diane_Elkins1]

Thank you, Scott. You have all the answers :slightly_smiling_face:

[ScottWorld]

That’s what they tell me! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

[Diane_Elkins1]

One more thing - is there a tool that supports live collaboration for microsoft word?

[ScottWorld]

Nothing that I know of.