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=Drop.io =

 What is Drop.io? 
 * Simple collaboration
 * Online uploading/file-sharing service
 * Private
 * Users create ‘drops’
 * No need for: accounts or registration

What is a Drop?
 * Documents, Images, Videos, Audio Clips, or Other digital files
 * Hidden, or private except for designated people
 * Non-searchable for securit y

To create a drop, first change the name of it by clicking in the light green box and typing in the name of the file. To upload the file, click on select file. Then locate the file you want to want to upload and press select. When you click on more options there are many different setting you can choose from. You can create a guest password so that only certain people can see your drop, chose when your drop will expire, and check off how much editing freedom you want to give to your guests. When you are finished press create a drop.

After you have pressed create a drop, this is what your screen will look like. The link to the file you have uploaded is under the document section. You can open your file by clicking the link.

 If you click on the add button at the top of the page, this will show up. When you click on the file section, it allows you to select another file and then upload it to your drop.

 The notes sections gives you an extra opportunity to write something about the document you have uploaded, or about anything else you want to add to your drop. To add a note, type in the white box then press add note. It will appear above the document or anything else you have uploaded.

 To add a link to your drop, click on the link section under add. If you write in the URL, create a title for your link and add in any additional comments, you will be able to post a link on your drop for others to view. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Drop.io also gives you the opportunity to discuss your drop with other people through the phone by either a voicemail or a conference call. With voicemail, you can call the number in the red and record a message. It will then show up in your drop as a an MP3 that you can listen to, download, or send to others. Conference Call, however is a little different. You can give the number next to the conference call section to other people so that you can all talk at the same time about you drop. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',helvetica,sans-serif;">Each drop also has its own email address. The email is the name of the file with an @drop.io added to the end. This allows you to add notes or attachments to your drop from anywhere where you have email access. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Drop.io allows you to receive faxes directly to your drop. If someone wants to fax something to your drop, you must first send them the coversheet by clicking on email coversheet to sender. Once they receive this email, they have to print out the coversheet and set their fax machine to the highest resolution possible. They can then fax the document they are trying to send by first first faxing the coversheet followed by the whatever they are trying to send to the number that appears on the coversheet. Once the fax sends it will appear in your drop as a .PDF.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The last feature under that add section, is recorded audio. You can record your voice and add it to your drop by first pressing record. When you have finished talking you can press stop. It will then give you the option of whether you want to re-record, replay, or upload your recording into your drop.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Next to the add the add section, is the view tab. The view tab gives you option of how you want your want your page to be viewed. Depending on which one you click on, it will changes the format of the page.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The view option allows you to subscribe to someone else's drop. The links in red are all different places where you can choose so that you will receive updates to let you know when the creator has posted something new. For example: if you wanted to subscribe via email to someone’s drop you would - click on e-mail - enter a email address - check the box on when you would like to be notified - press subscribe <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The chat option allows you to talk to other guests that are viewing your page. To chat with click on embedded chat on the bottom of the page and type in the white, rectangular box. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In the top, right corner there is a button called settings. If you click on this, it will give you a page that looks like this. Here you can do a variety of different things such as rename your drop, delete your drop, changing the design, change your password, and much more.

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