File Manager

The File Manager lets the user select the drawings to publish. The order of the columns can be changes by dragging the column heading to the desired position.

Accessed when:

You click the File Manager option on the left side of the Project Publisher.

To select a drawing for publication, select the box beside the drawing name and then select the right arrow button. The drawing will be listed in the Items to Publish area of the File Manager. The user can select multiple pages by pressing the <Shift> or <Ctrl> keys while making selections.

Note: The order of the columns can be changes by dragging the column heading to the desired position.

If you select the double right arrow button ( >> ), all the pages will be placed in the Items to Publish area. You can remove drawings from the Items to Publish list by selecting them and using the left arrow button, or by using the double left arrow button ( << ) to remove everything from the Items to Publish list.

Important: Selections made in the Build Order tab will override selections that you make in the File Manager.

Note: You must have MicroSoft Office 2007 on your system in order for the Project Publisher to include external documents in the project PDF output file.

Setting	Description
Available Items	Lists of all the drawings in the current project, as well as any files that are listed in the External Links dialog.
Items to Publish	Lists the drawings in the current project that have been selected to be published.
Refresh	If a document is added to the project's Publish folder while this dialog is open, you can use the Refresh button to update the Available Items list.
Open Document Folder	Opens a File Manager window showing the project's Publish folder. The Publish folder is a sub-folder automatically created where the project is stored when you run the Project Publisher for that project. This folder can be used to store documents, reports, etc., that you will be publishing with this project.
Reset to Build Order	Removes everything from the Items to Publish list except those drawings that are specified in the Build Order tab.