# Exporting Documents from a Binder

You can export documents stored in a binder from the [Binder Index] tab to Desk or to another application such as the Windows Explorer or the desktop.
Documents exported from a binder become regular DocuWorks documents. They will have the following settings:

- The header and footer settings are reset to the settings the document had before being imported to the binder.
- The created, modified, and accessed dates and times of the exported document are set to the date and time that it was exported.
- The properties of the document are not modified. The document properties of the binder are not affected either.
- The Unicode characters of the document name are converted into the multi-byte code. The Unicode characters which cannot be converted to the multi-byte code are changed to "_".

Note
If you export a document to the page sorter view of Viewer, the document is added as pages of the document displayed.

## Exporting a document using [Binder Menu]

Procedure
1.
Select the document to export in the [Binder Index] tab list, then select [Export Document] from [Binder Menu].
The [Export] dialog box appears.
2.
Specify a destination folder and a document name, then click [Save].
The document is copied and exported.
Note

- The following characters cannot be used in document names.
  \ / : * ? " < > |
- You cannot use a space as a document name. If you insert a space at the head of a document name, it is ignored.
- The name of a document, including the path name, is limited to 255 characters.

## Exporting documents by copying-and-pasting or cutting-and-pasting

Procedure
1.
Select one or more documents to export in the [Binder Index] tab list, then select [Copy] or [Cut] from [Binder Menu].
2.
Paste the copied or cut documents to Desk or to another application such as the Windows Explorer or desktop.
The documents are exported from the binder.

## Exporting documents by dragging-and-dropping

Procedure
1.
Select one or more documents to export in the [Binder Index] tab list, then drag-and-drop them onto Windows Explorer, desktop, Desk, another [Binder Index] tab, or page sorter view of Viewer. To export documents to Desk by copying them, drag-and-drop them while pressing the <Ctrl> key.
The document is copied and exported from the binder.