To: Jermaine Rua
Cc: Richard Kah ce ; Bebe
Avdiu ; Lesley Gro
From: james ce I personal genius
Sent Thur 10/1/2015 6:41:19 PM
Subject Re: I sent an Invite to Dropbox
Can't call. Send me the spreadsheet, please.
James Ce
your Personal Genius
Certified Support Professional 10.6
http://personalgenius.us
On Oct I, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Jermaine Ruan wrote:
Hi James
I am still getting an error 404 when I click on the hyperlink that is in the spreadsheet.
If possible call me at the office -
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On Oct I, 2015, at 2:21 PM, james ce I personal genius
wrote:
Okay, what you need is to create URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
to the images, instead of relative file paths.
Dropbox explains how to do this here: https://www.dropbox.comien/help/167
Show instructions for the platform used by the creator of the spreadsheet, then use
the relevant method to copy the link, & paste it into the spreadsheet.
(This means if Daphne doesn't have Dropbox installed already, you'll
need to do that for her.)
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As long as it's a URL hyperlink, when the viewer clicks it, it will hurl to a web
browser to view the contents of the file or folder. Folders of images in
Dropbox create slick gallery allowing you to click through them (see
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here: futps;//www.dropbox.com/sh/4jumgmb9f7hb93i/AABnEJG2Dg
dWulgvNQYyPUAba?d1=0 — yes, all my photos are of cats).
This means
• the boss doesn't have to install Dropbox to view the images,
• you're not downloading images to his computer without him
knowing
• the folders don't need to be "shared"
• the links will work on all platforms (windows, OS X, iPhone /
iPad, Android, etc.)
James Ce
your Personal Genius
Certified Support Professional 10.6
httofipersonakienius.us
On Oct I 2015 at 2:06 PM, Jermaine Ruan
wrote:
Good day James
The project is to create a way that JE can view the punch list and click on a
hyperlink that will bring up pictures for each line item (
one line item may have 30 pies to it).
Daphne and Anna have an excel punch list and we are able to get hyperlink
pointing to zip files which work well for PC, but not on
the macs.
Daphne says that we don't have to be limited to excel if there is something
better and an easy user interface for everyone to input
and view.
Regards
Jruan
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On Oct I, 2015, at 1:42 PM, 'ames ersonalgenius
wrote:
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I'm really confused, I'm getting messages
from different people trying different
things.... Can you take a step back and tell
me what we're ultimately trying to
accomplish?
At the moment it looks like you're trying to link to images within a
recipient's local Dropbox folder from within
Excel, and that won't work — path
structures are completely different across
platforms; people don't always install
Dropbox in the default locations — and
fundamentally is a wrong-headed idea...
You're essentially creating a path to put files
onto the boss' computer without his explicit
instructions to do so.
James Ce
your Personal Genius
Certified Support Professional 10.6
http://Dersona loran i us. u
On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:15 PM, Jennaine Ruan wrote:
Good day guys
I sent the invite to the Dropbox folder.
@ James: the macs are not responding to the hyperlink properly
like the PC can you assist.
Regards
Jruan
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