Creating a Document From Existing Pages

A new document can be created from image pages in an existing imaged document. You can choose to either split the document into multiple documents (removing the pages from the original documents when you place them in the new document) or to copy the pages into a new document (leaving the pages in the original document).

You will be prompted to configure the basic properties assigned to the new document, such as the document name. The default name will be determined by the name of the document from which you are moving pages.

Splitting a Document

When you split a document, you remove pages from one document and use them to create another, new document. Splitting a document is useful if you have two documents that were accidentally scanned together, or if you want to split a very large document into smaller chunks.

To split a document into multiple documents in the Windows client 

  1. Open the document whose pages will be used to create another document.
  2. Make sure the Thumbnails Pane is visible.
  3. Find and select the thumbnail for each page to be moved into a new document.
  4. Right-click and select New Document.
  5. Confirm that you want to create a new document from these pages by clicking Yes.
  6. In the New Document dialog box specify basic document properties, such as name, location, volume, tags, and field data. See Import and New Document Dialog Box for details on the available options.
  7. Click OK to save the document. The pages will be removed from its original document and used to create a new document.

To split a document into multiple documents in the web client

  1. In the Thumbnails Pane, multi-select the pages that should be in the new document.
  2. Right-click and select New Document.
  3. In the New Document dialog, assign the document a name, volume, and other metadata and click OK. The pages will be removed from its original document and used to create a new document.

Tip: You can also split a document by selecting the pages in the thumbnail pane and dragging and dropping them to the folder in which you want to create the new document, or by using the Cut command and then pasting the pages into the desired destination folder.

Copying Pages into a New Document

When you copy pages from one document and use them to create a new document, the pages remain in both the original document and the new destination document.

To copy pages into a new document in the Windows client

  1. Open the document whose pages will be used to create another document.
  2. Make sure the Thumbnails Pane is visible.
  3. Find and select the thumbnail for each page to be copied into a new document.
  4. Select Copy from the Edit menu or right-click the thumbnail(s) and select Copy.
  5. In the folder browser, select the folder where you want to create the new document, in either the Folder Pane or Contents Pane. You can create the document in the folder that is currently open by making sure no other item is selected in the Contents Pane.
  6. In the Edit menu, select Paste.
  7. In the New Document dialog box specify basic document properties, such as name, location, volume, tags, and field data. See Import and New Document Dialog Box for details on the available options.
  8. Click OK to create the document. The pages will be duplicated in the new document, but not removed from the original document.

To copy pages into a new document in the web client

  1. In the Thumbnails Pane, multi-select the pages that should be in the new document.
  2. Right-click and select Copy, or open the Edit menu and select Copy Page.
  3. In the folder browser, select the folder where you want to create the new document, in either the Folder Pane or Contents Pane. You can create the document in the folder that is currently open by making sure no other item is selected in the Contents Pane.
  4. Right-click and select Paste, or open the Edit menu and select Paste.
  5. In the New Document dialog, assign the document a name, volume, and other metadata and click OK. The pages will be duplicated in the new document, but not removed from the original document.

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