Stacking Documents

You can stack multiple documents into a single document with the thumbnails displayed.
This topic describes the following operations:

Stacking documents by using a menu command

Procedure
1.
Select the documents you want to stack, then select [Stack] from the [Document] menu.
The [Stacking Settings] dialog box appears.
2.
Select [Convert to DocuWorks documents and stack] or [Convert to PDF documents and stack] and click [OK].
Document pages are stacked in the order they were selected, with the leading page of the document that was selected first becoming the front page.
Image of a stacked documents
Note
In the following cases, the [Stacking Settings] dialog box does not appear and documents are stacked in the same format as the selected documents.
  • Stacking only DocuWorks documents
  • Stacking only PDF documents

Stacking documents by dragging-and-dropping

Procedure
1.
Drag-and-drop a document onto another document to stack them into one document.
The [Stacking Settings] dialog box appears.
2.
Select [Convert to DocuWorks documents and stack] or [Convert to PDF documents and stack] and click [OK].
The dropped document is inserted before the front page of the destination document.
Image of stacking documents by dragging-and-dropping
Note
In the following cases, the [Stacking Settings] dialog box does not appear and documents are stacked in the same format as the selected documents.
  • Stacking only DocuWorks documents
  • Stacking only PDF documents

Precautions for stacking the document

  • The stacking function cannot be used for the following types of documents:
  • DocuWorks binders and DocuWorks containers
  • DocuWorks protected documents
  • DocuWorks signed documents
  • Secured PDF files
  • Signed PDF files
  • Note that the order of file selection and that of layering may not be returned to the original status even if you select [Undo] from the [Edit] menu.
 
When you stack DocuWorks documents or documents converted to DocuWorks documents, the documents stacked are handled as follows:
  • The original data attached to the original documents is also attached to the stacked documents.
  • The following settings specified on the first page of the stacked documents are applied to the entire stacked documents.
  • Document name
  • Showing/hiding annotations
  • Header and footer
  • Properties in the [General] tab and the [Custom] tab of the [Document Properties] dialog box.
Note
To apply the header and footer settings to the document, select [Update Header/Footer] in Viewer.
 
When you stack PDF documents or documents converted to PDF documents, the stacked documents are handled as follows:
  • All files attached to the original document maintain their relationship with the stacked document.
    The thumbnails of PDF documents with attached files have a icon in the lower-right.
  • The name of the stacked documents is the name of the original PDF document that is stacked on the top.
  • The document attributes of the original PDF document that is stacked on the top are inherited to the entire stacked documents.
  • The bookmarks of the original documents are inherited to the stacked documents as they are.
  • Bundling documents that have been optimized for web display will cause them to become unoptimized for web display.
  • If processing takes more than an hour, processing is timed out and canceled.