Rachel,

My Dropbox, which is current, has a Public folder. To copy the public 
link, I go to the file in the Public folder, press the context key, 
arrow down to Copy Public Link and press enter. I think you're getting 
the ding because you're pressing ctrl+c. After that, I move focus to 
wherever I want the link to appear and press ctrl+v.

I do notice that sometimes I need to wait a little before things work 
correctly. I suspect the file needs to upload for me to get a public 
link, and if the server is busy or the file is large, this may take 
time. so if I'm having trouble, I check email or browse the web for a 
few minutes before trying again.

About signing into Dropbox to download a file, I think that depends on 
how the sender sends you the file. Most of the time, I download files by 
pressing the context key on the link and pressing enter on Save Target 
As or something like that, but there are times when I need to go to the 
Dropbox website to sign in.

Hope this helps.

ciao


    VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.
Archived on the World Wide Web at
    http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html
    Signoff: [log in to unmask]
    Subscribe: [log in to unmask]