How to set up a Dropbox slideshow

Dropbox is one of the world’s foremost cloud storage services. Paper is a Dropbox feature that enables users to set up and edit documents within the web app.

The Paper editor includes a Present option with which you can display basic image slideshows with captions within Dropbox. Then you can flick through your picture slides within the presentation.

How do I create a Slideshow on Dropbox?

1. To set up a slideshow, first open Dropbox within a browser.
2. Next, click Paper on the left side of the Dropbox tab.
   
3. Click the Create Paper doc button.
4. Then enter a title for the slideshow document, and press the Return key.
   
5. Left-click the mouse to open the toolbar shown directly below.
   
6. Press the Add images button.
7. Select an image to add to the document.
8. Click the Open button to add the image to document.
9. Click under the image to add a caption to it.
10. Repeat the previous four steps to add multiple images to the document with captions.
11. To add images from Unsplash, click Add media on the Paper toolbar.
    
12. Click Unsplash on the media window.
    
13. Enter a keyword to search for images with.
14. Select an Unsplash image to add to the presentation.
15. Click the Add to doc button.
16. To adjust image alignment, right-click a picture within the document to open the toolbar in the shot directly below.
    
17. Then you can select Full Width, Left align, Right align, and Center options for an image.
18. You can add horizontal rules between pictures by typing — in the document for each slidebreak position.
    
19. When you’ve finished adding pictures, click the More button to open the menu shown directly below.
    
20. Click Present to open a new tab that displays document.
21. Click the Enter fullscreen mode button shown directly below to expand the display.
    
22. Then press the Space keyboard key to flick through the document’s pictures in slideshow fashion.
23. You can also switch the slideshow to dark mode by clicking the Enable dark mode button at the top right of the window.
24. You can share the slideshow presentation when it’s done.
    • To do so, click the Share button.
25. Enter an email address to share the presentation with in the To box.
26. Select the Can view option.
27. You can enter an optional message in the Add a message box.
28. Press the Share button.

So, that’s how you can set up a picture slideshow with Dropbox’s presentation mode. Dropbox only includes very basic options for slideshows. However, setting up presentations within DB Paper documents is still a quick and straightforward way to showcase your favorite photos.

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