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Re: Dropbox Paper

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Dropbox Paper is fantastic. You can write Markdown, or use GUI menus. Inline code and code blocks are great, just like normal Markdown. Great for meetings notes, design docs, anything you want to share and collaborate on. So much nicer to write in than Google Docs. It is designed for digital, not as an MS Word clone. I like writing in Paper so much that I use it to write things I'm not going to share via Paper. I act…

I had no idea there is a separate "Dropbox Paper" app

Re: Dropbox Paper

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post #57

Initially when Paper was launched I tried and left the product quickly. I was using Quip a lot for my work as it's more developer friendly and easy to manage. I use Paper more and more these days with my team though we are into Google for Work. Google Docs is a tough cookie and an office replica. Those who are in to markdown, they would hardly go back to anything else for formatting. The only catch with markdown is a…

> The only catch with markdown is about creating tables Dropbox paper has nailed it pretty well.

Agreed. Writing Markdown in anything else, I often open up Numbers and generate my spreadsheet there with formulas, etc, then export to CSV, then use a CSV to Markdown table converter that fully pads each column to be the same width. Probably an opportunity to optimize this further, but it takes > The product is more pleasing for eyes with better typography, cleaner design and user experience.

My favorite feature is being able to highlight text and Cmd-V to insert a link automatically.

Re: Dropbox Paper

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post #57

Initially when Paper was launched I tried and left the product quickly. I was using Quip a lot for my work as it's more developer friendly and easy to manage. I use Paper more and more these days with my team though we are into Google for Work. Google Docs is a tough cookie and an office replica. Those who are in to markdown, they would hardly go back to anything else for formatting. The only catch with markdown is a…

This has been my experience too, but paper's LaTeX rendering has been the killer feature for me.

Wow, that was completely unexpected. What a nice hidden gem.
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