Using Box LiveApp for Quip

With the Box LiveApp for Quip, joint Box/Quip users can leverage Quip documents for team collaboration and project management, while using Box to securely store their most valuable content. The Box LiveApp enables Quip users to access, share, upload, and preview Box files without leaving the Quip application.

To log in and connect your Quip and Box accounts:

1. Open a Quip document, type @box, and click Insert. The initial screen displays.
2. Click Connect your Box account, and follow the prompts to Grant Access to Box.

You remain logged in unless you use a Box LiveApp instance to log out. Also, logging out of box.com does not log you out of Box in Quip.

IMPORTANT You can only display one Box file or folder per Box LiveApp instance. However, you can display multiple Box LiveApp instances in a Quip document – you do not need to log in to view each item.

Now it’s time to use the integration.

To insert a file already in Box

1. Open a Quip document and type @box. The initial screen displays. From here you can:
   • insert a file
   • insert a folder
   • connect your Box account
2. In the Insert a File box, next to My file is already in Box, click Select File. Your Box All Files page displays.
3. Navigate to the file you want to embed and check the box next to it.
4. Click Choose. The file displays in your Quip document.

Note You can also view the file in Box. To do this, at the top of the Quip window, click View in Box.

To upload a file from your local device:

1. To insert a file into the document, type @box. The initial screen displays. From here you can:
   • insert a file
   • insert a folder
   • connect your Box account
2. Click Insert a File.
3. Next to My file is on my device, click Upload File.
4. Your Box All Files page displays. Navigate to the folder to which you want to upload the file, and check the box next to that folder. Then click Choose.
5. Go to your device and drag and drop the file you want to upload. (You can also click Browse your device).
6. Click Upload. The system uploads the file, and then closes the upload screen and displays the file preview.

To insert a folder in Quip

1. To insert a folder into the document, type @box. The initial screen displays. From here you can:
   • insert a file
   • insert a folder
   • connect your Box account
2. Under Insert a Folder, click Select. Your Box All Files page displays.
3. Locate the folder you want to insert, and check the check box to the right.
4. Click Choose. Your folder is inserted, and the content explorer view of the folder displays. You can navigate through the folder, or preview files, just as you would directly in Box.

To use a Box shared link to pre-load the file or folder you want to embed

1. Go to box.com, locate the file you want, and copy a shared link for it.
2. Return to your Quip document and paste in the shared link you just copied
3. Press ENTER. The Box LiveApp window displays.
4. Press ENTER The Quip opens with your linked file pre-loaded in the display.

Deleting LiveApp instance from a Quip document

1. Navigate to the LiveApp instance you want to delete.
2. Click anywhere within the instance. From the drop-down menu that displays. click Delete.

IMPORTANT You cannot embed a folder or file in Quip unless you have permission to access it. You also cannot see Box files or folders in others’ BoxLiveApp instances if you do not have Box permission to access those items (that is, Box permissions supersede Quip permissions).

Related Links

Introducing Box LiveApp for Quip

Enabling and Configuring Box LiveApp for Quip