How do I use Dropbox to share info between accounts on Mac Mavericks?   Where is there documentation on Dropbox usage?

I'm on Mavericks 10.9.5 on a new MacBook Pro.   I'd like to pass files from one account to another but I get a message that
I lack permission to access the files from the drop box.   How do I do this?   Also where does Apple put documentation for
issues like this?
Thank you

Anyone can put something in the Drop Box folder, but only the owner of that folder can take it out. If there's a problem with that, then something has gone wrong.
The easiest way is to put the files in /Users/Shared, where anyone can access them. (Well, anyone using your computer, anyway. It is not shared over a LAN by default.)
Or use a folder on an external disk.

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