Selecting Which Dialog To Use To Modify Document Properties
When you want to modify document properties, you can use one of the following dialogs:
- Document Properties dialog (Document > Properties)
- Modify Document(s) dialog (Document > Modify)
- Rename Document dialog (Document > Rename)
If you only need to edit a document’s name, description, and/or file name, then the Rename Document dialog is the dialog you should use.
The Document Properties dialog and Modify Document(s) dialogs can also be used to edit a document’s name, description, and/or file name, but they also let you edit additional document properties. While they both share some capabilities, each dialog has some advantages over the other. For example, the Document Properties dialog displays all of a document’s properties, whereas the Modify Document(s) dialog only displays a subset of the general properties. The Modify Document(s) dialog can be used to edit properties of multiple documents simultaneously, whereas the Document Properties dialog can only be used to edit the properties of one document at a time. In the end, the dialog you choose to use depends on what you need to accomplish.
Use the Document Properties dialog when you need to:
- view all properties of a single document from one place (which include general properties, environment attributes, file properties, the document's history (audit trail), any related components, associated workspace settings, and which users have which permissions to the document)
- edit any editable property of the selected document
- browse the properties of all documents in a folder (when the Document Properties dialog is open, use the forward and backward arrows at the bottom of the dialog to view the properties of the next or previous document in the folder.
- view or print a document’s audit trail
- set security on a document (you can also use the Access Control tab in the Preview Pane for this)
- modify workspace settings for a document
- view a document’s file properties
- view a document’s related components
Use the Modify Document(s) dialog when you need to: