Viewing different files on the Internet, there can be desire to share them. For this purpose first of all it is necessary to find the direct reference on the interesting document. It is possible to make it by means of different applications, one of which is the free Dropbox program.
It is required to you
- - Dropbox.
Instruction
1. Visit the official site of the software of Dropbox according to the link http://www.dropbox.com/. Press the Download button and select the operating system which is installed on your computer. Also there is an opportunity to download the version of the program for mobile devices.
2. Start the installation file and install the program on your computer. After that in a tray (the right corner of a task bar, near hours) there will be a label of the Dropbox application which is responsible for the selected directory on a disk. At the same time any changes in the directory are fixed on the Dropbox server. Start the program. The window request on creation of the account will appear. Click Yes and Next.
3. Fill out necessary data on you in a registration window: surname, name, e-mail address. After that think up the safe password and repeat it. Read terms of service and check that studied it. Pass to the following window in which it is necessary to select the size of storage for the downloaded files. It should be noted that only the place up to 2 GB is free, for large volumes it is necessary to enter a certain payment. There will be a message about creation of a virtual folder to which it is possible to get access from any computer where this program is installed. Finish setup of the program.
4. Select the file from the computer for which you want to find the direct reference. At the same time its name should be written in Latin. Come into the My Documents folder, pass into the section Dropbox – Public and copy your file in this directory.
5. After that loading of the document on the server at which progress it is possible to look will be started, having guided the cursor at an icon of the application in a tray. Come again into a directory of Dropbox and click the right mouse button the file. Select the Dropbox item and the Copy Public Link function. Now you can copy the direct reference to the file to any place.