You can create a document right within Dropbox Paper. To give other people access to the document, tap the Share button at the top right to open an invitation to collaborate.

You can create Microsoft Office and Google Docs files directly from Dropbox; create, edit, and save documents all without having to switch to another app. Here's how.

You can create Microsoft Office and Google Docs files directly from Dropbox; create, edit, and save documents all without having to switch to another app. Here's how.

Now when someone emails you a Dropbox link and you tap on the link to open the file in your default mobile browser, you are offered a button to Open in app.

However, Dropbox does not allow two users to work on the same document simultaneously; if someone loads a document that's already open on another machine, Dropbox creates a "conflicted copy" and ...

The partnership that started with Dropbox integration in Microsoft's iOS Office apps has blossomed into some bigger. It's now possible to edit Office files from within Dropbox, for free.

Dropbox hopes this strategy will keep it thriving in an increasingly fierce cloud-storage battle with the likes of Google & Microsoft.

A new update to Dropbox for iOS allows users to create and edit multiple page PDFs by taking photos of documents.