# Exporting Documents From the Device Folder

This topic describes how to export the documents from the Device Folder to the Windows Explorer or a Desk folder.

- You cannot open the documents in the Device Folder. To open the documents, export the documents to the Windows Explorer or a user folder of Desk, then open the exported documents.
- The file format of the exported documents is a multi-page TIFF file (one file at one document) or auto-detected TIFF/JPEG file (one file at one page). You can specify the file format from the [Device Folder Properties] dialog box.

Important

- Monochrome documents that are received faxes, received mail documents, or polling reservation documents are exported as TIFF (JPEG) file.
- When an error occurs due to the insufficient free disk space during the extracting multiple documents, the files which are already extracted are not deleted, but remain.

This topic describes the following operations:

- Exporting the documents to a user folder or link folder of Desk
- Exporting the documents to the Windows Explorer or desktop

## Exporting the documents to a user folder or link folder of Desk

### Exporting documents by copying-and-pasting

Procedure
1.
Display the contents of the Device Folder folder in the workspace, then select documents.
2.
Select [Copy] from the [Edit] menu. Or, right-click the documents, and then select [Copy] from the pop-up menu.
3.
Open a user folder or link folder which you want to paste, then select [Paste] from the [Edit] menu. Or, right-click in the workspace, and then select [Paste] from the pop-up menu.
A message "Retrieving information from Device Folder" appears. After that, the documents are displayed at the copy destination.

### Exporting documents by dragging-and-dropping

Procedure
1.
Display the destination user folder or link folder you want to copy the documents in the folder area.
2.
Display the contents of the Device Folder folder in the workspace.
3.
Drag-and-drop the documents in the workspace to the user folder or link folder in the folder area.
A message "Retrieving information from Device Folder" appears. After that, the documents are displayed at the copy destination.
When [Documents in the Device Folder are deleted when documents are dragged and dropped to a user folder or a link folder] of the [Device Folder Properties] dialog box is selected, the original documents in the Device Folder are deleted.
However, document files may be duplicated if multiple users extract the same document in the Device Folder at the same time.
Note

- When the [Show files other than DocuWorks files] is selected in [View] under [DocuWorks Desk Options] in the [Preferences] dialog box, the image files can be copied directly.
- If the [Show files other than DocuWorks files] check box is cleared, the documents you have copied from the Device Folder are converted into a DocuWorks documents.
- When paste or drop the image files while pressing the <Alt> key, the image files are converted into a DocuWorks documents even if the [Show files other than DocuWorks files] check box is selected.
- When [Convert to DocuWorks Upon Import] is selected in [Extended Folder] under [DocuWorks Desk Options] in the [Preferences] dialog box, image files are converted into DocuWorks documents.

## Exporting the documents to the Windows Explorer or desktop

### Exporting documents by copying-and-pasting

Procedure
1.
Display the contents of the Device Folder folder in the workspace, then select documents.
2.
Select [Copy] from the [Edit] menu. Or, right-click the documents, and then select [Copy] from the pop-up menu.
3.
Select [Paste] from the pop-up menu or press <Ctrl> + <V> keys at the copy destination on the Windows Explorer or desktop.
The documents are copied.

### Exporting documents by dragging-and-dropping

Procedure
1.
Display the contents of the Device Folder folder in the workspace, then drag-and-drop the documents to the Windows Explorer or desktop.
The document is copied.
Note
When you copy the documents to the Windows Explorer or desktop from the Device Folder, a progress bar does not appear in a dialog box for the copying.