If you have the appropriate user rights, you can save the document that you are viewing to a file that you can access on your computer system or through a network connection.
The ways in which you can save a document to a file are based on whether the document is open, as well as file type of the document:
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From a Document Search Results list or an open text or image document:
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Right-click and select , or
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Click the Send To button on the Document tab and select File.
Tip:You can select multiple documents to save by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking.
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From an open E-Form, HTML document, or OLE document, click the Send To button on the Document tab and select File.
Rotating an image without saving the rotation before sending it to file will not save the newest rotation.
Certain special characters are not supported in file names. If these characters appear in the document's Auto-Name string, they are replaced with a space or substituted with other characters that are supported. The following special characters are replaced with a space: @ # $ % ^ & = { } [ ] : " ; ' < >. Character substitutions are as follows:
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Auto-Name Character |
Substitution |
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* |
+ |
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? |
! |
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/ |
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\ |
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! |
To save a document to a file:
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Right-click and select , or click the Send To button on the
Document tab and select
File.
The Send To File pane is displayed.
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To change the file name the document is saved as, click the Browse button:
Enter a new name for the file and click Save.
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To change the location where the document should be saved, click the Browse button:
The Browse For Folder dialog box is displayed. Browse to a new location and click OK, or click Make New Folder to create a new folder in the current directory.
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When sending multiple image or text documents, the Apply Settings to Subsequent Documents check box is available.
When it is selected, the File Format of Attachment selection is applied to all subsequent documents. The Settings drop-down list and Pages field are not available. The Note Options drop-down list is only available if the first selected document contains notes.
When it is not selected, you are required to repeats steps 2 through 4 for each document. Navigate through the documents using the Next Document button:
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Click Save.
A confirmation is displayed in the Send To File pane.
