Here’s a time saver that lets you save Microsoft Office documents directly to your Dropbox. Here I’m saving an Excel document. In MS Office 2010 click the File tab then Save As. If you’re using. Add Dropbox to Microsoft Office Save-to Options Leave a Comment / Dropbox, Microsoft Word While scrolling through Twitter, I saw a tweet about how to add Dropbox to your list of ‘save-to’ places when using Microsoft Office 2013. BUT if you download the Dropbox application from the Dropbox website (dropbox.com) rather than through the Windows App Store–Voila–it works like a charm. Now when you go to save a word doc, the Dropbox icon will show up in the left sidebar (along with desktop, downloads, cloud, etc.), making it easy to select and save directly to it. Click the Dropbox icon in your system tray or menu bar. Click on the settings icon and then select Preferences. The Preference window appears. Select the ‘Show Dropbox as save location in MS Office. Press Apply and Ok. Do not forget to restart your Ms Office file to see the latest changes. Add Dropbox to Microsoft Office Save-to Options Leave a Comment / Dropbox, Microsoft Word While scrolling through Twitter, I saw a tweet about how to add Dropbox to your list of ‘save-to’ places when using Microsoft Office 2013.

How To Save Microsoft Word To Dropbox

While scrolling through Twitter, I saw a tweet about how to add Dropbox to your list of ‘save-to’ places when using Microsoft Office 2013. I do use Dropbox some. I set up an account before SkyDrive/OneDrive and it’s been pretty useful.

How To Save A Word Document To Dropbox

Sometimes it’s helpful to learn visually, so I made a short video on how to do this. First, a couple of things to prepare your computer:

1. Make sure you have Dropbox installed on your computer (and each identity on your computer).
2. You’ll need to be signed into a Microsoft Account from within any Office application (I’m using Word in the video).

Here’s the path for the tiny Dropbox download. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/46565/dropbox_service_add.bat You may get a warning that the file could be harmful, just click to bypass this.

Then you’ll need to get your Dropbox url to paste within the dialog box – for example, mine is C:UsersLynnDropbox. I show you how to find this in the video.

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After this is completed, you should be able to go back to your document and click on the “Add a Place” and see that Dropbox is now one of your choices. When I recorded the video, evidently Dropbox was having server issues and it did not save this particular document. I’m not sure how well the service is working since I usually save my documents to either OneDrive for Business or OneDrive.

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If you’re a big Dropbox and Microsoft Office user, you might want to give this a try. Let me know your experience in the comments. Thanks.

Do you use Office 365 software like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint? Want to make it easier to save your files to Dropbox instead of OneDrive? Here's how.

How Do I Save A Word Document To Dropbox

1. We're assuming you already created a Brown Dropbox account and have the Dropbox application installed on your computer. (If not, those links will show you how.)
2. Save a file to Dropbox from Office 365 to put your Dropbox folder in your recent locations. To do this, choose File > Save As and locate the Dropbox folder on your computer, then save the file.
3. Again, open the File > Save As menu.
4. Find your Dropbox folder listed in the right menu. Hover over it and click the pin icon to pin it to your Save As menu.