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How To Integrate Dropbox In Microsoft Office 2013

Microsoft office 2013 comes with a lots of new features and a cool new look. Aside from that, the office 2013 comes integrated with the cloud storage services. With the default installation, only Skydrive is accessible form Microsoft office 2013. With help of this integration you can directly store your files on cloud storage and can access them from anywhere.

But what if Skydrive is not your primary storage?? No worries. Here is how you can integrate Dropbox cloud storage service in your Office 2013 installation.

Integrating Dropbox

If your primary cloud storage is Dropbox then proceed ahead. If not, then you can sign up for Dropbox by clicking here. Dropbox comes with 2 GB of free storage which can be increased by referring friends or can be purchased from Dropbox.com. The features provided by Dropbox are somewhat similar to all other cloud storage services. One best thing I liked about Dropbox is it’s delta sync feature. This feature allows us to update a small part of huge file without actually uploading the whole file. Anyways here are the steps to integrate Dropbox in Microsoft office 2013.

Step 1: Get Dropbox

Downloading Dropbox
Downloading Dropbox

Initially you have to download and install Dropbox client on your PC. Of course since many of you already a Dropbox users, you will have it on your PC. If not then you can download the  setup from Dropbox.com or by clicking here.

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Customizing Ribbons in Office 2013

With release of Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft has introduced a new feature called as Ribbon. Ribbon is nothing but the replacement of old age office toolbars. Ribbon provide a lot of tools for editing your document, presentations and spreadsheets. Since ribbon has replaced toolbars and menus, many people do found it confusing. People who are familiar with older versions of office are too confused while searching for a tool in ribbon. So here are steps to customize ribbon in Office 2013 so you can group your tools according to your own requirements.

Step 1: Enter in Customize the Ribbon menu

This is the place from where you can customize your ribbon. To enter, you have to right click on ribbon and then you have to select Customize the Ribbon from options.

Customize the Ribbon
Customize the Ribbon

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