Hi Marcus
Hold down the option key while you drag the file. That copies rather than moves 
it.
Cheers
Mike


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> On 19 Jan 2016, at 11:20 am, Marcus F Harris <cryptodo...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a Dropbox (tm) account. Version 3.12.5
> My questions to WAMUG for help are
> Why does “drop and drag” of files from Documents to Drop Box actually move 
> that file rather than copy it?
> Is there a keyboard command to avoid this?
> regrads 
> Marcus
> Marcus Harris
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