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Can I merge cells in a row in a table in PAPER? And additional formatting questions!!!

Hi all, I am just starting to use PAPER (and loving it). I'm looking for some formatting tips that I can't find the answers for online.

For example:

I'd like to merge cells in a row in a table, is there a way to do that?

Can I customize the font sizes within a document?

Can I italicize and underline text?

OK, many thanks, DEVILLES

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Jane

Hey @DEVILLES, thanks for sharing your positive 📜 Paper-thoughts & questions with us, I’ll do my best to follow-up with you & we can keep this discussion going from there!

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Yes, Paper has three types of headers: H1, H2, and H3. On paper.dropbox.com, you can add an H1 or H2 by using the formatting toolbar or the shortcuts listed below.

H1: Type # and press space, then type your header
H2: Type ## and press space, then type your header
H3: Type ### and press space, then continue typing (you can also add an H3 by highlighting and bolding an entire line of text)

You can also make H1 and H2 headers more bold by highlighting and bolding them as you would with any other text. On your phone or tablet, use the T icons to choose a header, or the B icon to bold your text.

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Yes! For italics you may use the Ctrl+i Keyboard shortcut & for underlining, you may check Ctrl+u.

(Tip: You can access all your Keyboard shortcuts inside a Paper doc on the bottom-right corner on the ⌨️ icon.)

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This isn’t currently an available feature, though it would be an excellent idea 💡 & I’d happily pass your interest on to our higher-level technicians, since our dev team is actively working on adding more features on Paper.

Again, thanks a lot for checking in with us on our Forum & please do let me know if you have more Paper-inquiries; it'll be a pleasure to continue this conversation. Happy Monday!

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Jane

Hey @DEVILLES, thanks for sharing your positive 📜 Paper-thoughts & questions with us, I’ll do my best to follow-up with you & we can keep this discussion going from there!

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Yes, Paper has three types of headers: H1, H2, and H3. On paper.dropbox.com, you can add an H1 or H2 by using the formatting toolbar or the shortcuts listed below.

H1: Type # and press space, then type your header
H2: Type ## and press space, then type your header
H3: Type ### and press space, then continue typing (you can also add an H3 by highlighting and bolding an entire line of text)

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Yes! For italics you may use the Ctrl+i Keyboard shortcut & for underlining, you may check Ctrl+u.

(Tip: You can access all your Keyboard shortcuts inside a Paper doc on the bottom-right corner on the ⌨️ icon.)

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Again, thanks a lot for checking in with us on our Forum & please do let me know if you have more Paper-inquiries; it'll be a pleasure to continue this conversation. Happy Monday!

Abbie

Has the ability to merge cells in a table been added??

Irham

+1, I'm planning to use Paper for my starup product management document )

Keep it up Dropbox 💪🏻

Jane

Hey there (@Abbie) & (@Irham), while this feature isn’t currently available, I appreciate it that you took the time to share your interest on this functionality; I’ve noted all your comments on my report internally adding your voice to the feedback we’re gathering.

Please feel free to get back in touch on our Community if you have more thoughts or questions & it’ll be a pleasure to work with you again in the future. Until then, happy Paper-editing 📝 & I’m wishing you both a relaxed weekend ahead!

fcana

+1!

VarunB

@Jane - I second my fellow users' thoughts. I've been using Paper the past month and really like it. Would love the addition of merged cells at the earliest. Thanks!

Yaco

+1 for cell merge. i'd like to set up group worksheets with empty fields, and tables are good for this, and being able to merge would allow to make them much more fine-tuned to layout needs.

Matthewzzz

Hi dropbox team !

you made a very good job with Paper, thanx to you !!!!

... but... why is there no evolution since the lunch of the service?? since Deville ask the Q, merging cells in a row in a table and still not available (after a year !) ?!

Think there is 3 little missing things in order to really work :

Merging cells
Paragraph & lines aligment
Color each Cell as we like

Thanx and waiting for nice news #;-)

Cheers

Matthews

Jane

All great ideas & upon revisiting the thread, it looks like they belong on the Share an Idea section, as other users may be interested in the same functionality & they could also upvote (👍🏽) your posts to show their support.

Thanks again for choosing Dropbox & I'm always here in case you'd like to share your thoughts or observations!

cocola

Just want to add to the chorus that merging cells is a basic feature that we need for our documents! It's been in the queue for a long time it looks like, please consider prioritizing it! Thanks.

suujia

Would love merge cell feature as well! Just tried to merge but was not able to. Thanks! I love dropbox paper

Daphne

Hey all, thanks so much for sharing your interest in these ideas!

At the moment, all but one idea is currently a feature within Dropbox Paper. The only one left from the list would be the ability to merge cells within tables!

So that we can track your feedback effectively, I'd like to ask if you can post this request separately so that we can effectively gather your interest in this.

You can check out Emma's top 10 tips for submitting Paper ideas here.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Olbliss

I am still awaiting the integration of paper docs into my standard dropbox files.

I just don't understand why paper has to be isolated from the rest of dropbox? It is most apparent on iPad, where I have to have separate apps (dropbox and paper). I would much prefer for my paper docs to be nested amongst my other regular folders and files.

Daphne

Hey @Olbliss, thanks for joining us here!

This is something that we're currently looking into with the new 2020 release of Dropbox Paper! You can check out a bit more about this here.

This is only available to new users at the moment, while we don't have a current timeline of release to our existing users we will be rolling out improvements over the coming months.

I hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions!

Olbliss

@Daphne wrote:
Hey @Olbliss, thanks for joining us here!
This is something that we're currently looking into with the new 2020 release of Dropbox Paper! You can check out a bit more about this here.
This is only available to new users at the moment, while we don't have a current timeline of release to our existing users we will be rolling out improvements over the coming months.

It’s annoying that new customers get the new updates, rather than loyal exisiting customers like myself who have used and paid for dropbox for years.

Can you confirm that it will be developed for the iPad? I solely use dropbox on the iPad, and would love to see paper and dropbox fully integrated on iPad OS.

Thank you!

Daphne

Thanks for getting back to me here @Olbliss!

At the moment, we're working hard to bring the desktop experience in 2020. I'll make sure to pass along your feedback to our dev team in regards to seeing this also within the mobile apps in the future.

I completely understand that you'd like to try this out yourself, at the moment I could only suggest to create a new account to test out how it works. I'll also make sure to pass along your comments about this to our team too.

Let me know if you have any other questions about this - cheers!

serraltakm

Fully agree with these requests! It would really help to have these features.

Jane

Hey @serraltakm, thanks for joining the discussion!

Which feature would you be mostly interested in seeing in Dropbox Paper in the future?

If this has already been posted on the Ideas section, then you could pinch the 👍 button to show that you’d be interested in seeing/trying that in the future.

I’m always here if there’s anything else I can do for you!

RP113

Dropbox paper looks awesome. But merging cells in a table is very basic functionality. Please include!!