# Exporting Documents from a Binder

You can export documents stored in a binder to Desk or to another application such as the Windows Explorer or the desktop, using the [Binder Index] dialog box.
This topic describes the following:

- About exported documents
- Exporting a document by saving it with a new name
- Exporting documents by copying-and-pasting or cutting-and-pasting
- Exporting documents by dragging-and-dropping
- Exporting all the documents at once

## About exported documents

Documents exported from a binder become regular DocuWorks documents. They will have the following settings:

- The name of an exported document is the same as the name it had in the binder. If the name of the document has been changed in the binder, it does not return to the name that the document had before being imported to the binder.
- The header and footer settings are reset to the settings the document had before being imported to the binder.
- If you have edited the original data attached to a document in the binder, they are not restored to the state before the document was imported.
- 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 by saving it with a new name

You can export a document from a binder by saving it with a new name as follows:
Procedure
1.
Select a document from the list in the [Binder Index] dialog box, then select [Export Document] from the [File] menu.
The [Export] dialog box appears.
2.
Specify a destination folder and a document name, then click [Save].
The document is copied and exported from the binder.
Note

- The following characters cannot be used in a document name:
  \ / : * ? " < > |
- The first character of a document name cannot be a space.
- The name of a document, including the path name, is limited to 255 characters.

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

You can export documents from a binder by copying-and-pasting or cutting-and-pasting them as follows:
Procedure
1.
Select one or more documents from the list in the [Binder Index] dialog box, then select [Copy] or [Cut] from the [Edit] menu.
2.
Paste them onto Desk, the [Binder Index] tab of Viewer, the Page Sorter view of Viewer, Windows Explorer, or desktop.
The documents are copied or moved and exported from the binder.

## Exporting documents by dragging-and-dropping

You can export documents from a binder by dragging-and-dropping them as follows:
Procedure
1.
Select documents from the list in the [Binder Index] dialog box to drag-and-drop them onto Desk, the [Binder Index] tab of Viewer, the Page Sorter view of Viewer, Windows Explorer, or desktop. When exporting documents onto Desk by copying, drag-and-drop them while holding down the <Ctrl> key.
The document is copied and exported from the binder.

## Exporting all the documents at once

You can simultaneously export all the documents stored in a binder to the workspace as follows:
Procedure
1.
Select a binder, then select [Unstack] from the [Edit] menu.
In the workspace, an empty binder is displayed and the documents stored in the binder are displayed underneath it, cascaded in the order they were stored.