Opening with Desktop Editor

With Desktop Editor, you can open a document included in a library.

IMPORTANT
The Reader Extensions function is deleted from a PDF document with Reader Extensions. If the Reader Extensions function is added to an IWB document created with an older version of Desktop, the Reader Extensions function is deleted when the IWB document is opened. However, the Reader Extensions function is not deleted from the original document.

NOTE
You cannot open two instances of a document in a library with the Annotation Mode concurrently. The following documents can be opened in the "read-only mode." In this case, you cannot save documents by overwriting the existing ones. Documents stored in a Document Server Library for which you do not have the update permissions or higher with Document Server Documents stored in a SharePoint Server Library for which you do not have the update permissions or higher with SharePoint Server A document that is currently being checked out by another user

NOTE

You cannot open two instances of a document in a library with the Annotation Mode concurrently.

The following documents can be opened in the "read-only mode." In this case, you cannot save documents by overwriting the existing ones.

Documents stored in a Document Server Library for which you do not have the update permissions or higher with Document Server

Documents stored in a SharePoint Server Library for which you do not have the update permissions or higher with SharePoint Server

A document that is currently being checked out by another user

Select the documents/folders on the Desktop Browser screen and then click

(print settings button) on the output bar.

Or, follow one of the steps described below.

Drag and drop the documents/folders to

(print settings button)

Drag and drop the documents/folders to the Desktop Editor shortcut created on the desktop

Right-click the document/folders and select [Edit and Print Settings with Editor]

Desktop Editor starts and the document preview is displayed.

NOTE
You can also use one of the following methods to perform the same operation. Click (Print Settings) on the ribbon Click (Print Settings) displayed on the toolbar If buttons are not displayed on the toolbar, see the following to display them. Setting Buttons on Toolbars If selecting multiple documents and opening them in Desktop Editor, they are bound and opened as a new document. If you open a document in a Document Server Library, a message is displayed to confirm whether or not to check it out. In this case, click [Yes]. The message displayed when checking out can also be hidden. For more information, see the following. Not Displaying the Check In/Check Out Message If you select a folder or multiple documents, the [Multiple Document Order Settings] dialog box is displayed. For more information, see the following. Adding Documents to an IWB Document by Dragging and Dropping Them If you selected multiple IWB documents or PDF documents, you can click (Annotations) on the ribbon or (Annotations) on the toolbar to open them in separate Desktop Editor screens. If [Prioritize Editor] is selected, they can be opened separately by performing the following operations. Click [Open Document] on the ribbon or the toolbar Right-click and select [Open] Press the [Enter] key on the keyboard. [File] menu > [Option] > [System Settings] > [Browser] > [Edit/Operation Documents] > [Select Program] In these cases, the following occurs. If different extensions are included or shortcut files (*.iwl) are included, separate Desktop Editor screens cannot be opened with a single operation. A maximum of 10 documents can be opened with a single operation. If you select 11 or more documents, only the first documents are opened. If you select 11 or more documents, you cannot use the [Enter] key. If you click (print settings button) without selecting a document/folder, Desktop Editor is started without anything displayed in the Work Window. Highlighting is removed from highlighted, unread documents in a monitored folder.

NOTE

You can also use one of the following methods to perform the same operation.

Click

(Print Settings) on the ribbon

Click

(Print Settings) displayed on the toolbar

If buttons are not displayed on the toolbar, see the following to display them.

Setting Buttons on Toolbars

If selecting multiple documents and opening them in Desktop Editor, they are bound and opened as a new document.

If you open a document in a Document Server Library, a message is displayed to confirm whether or not to check it out. In this case, click [Yes]. The message displayed when checking out can also be hidden. For more information, see the following.

Not Displaying the Check In/Check Out Message

If you select a folder or multiple documents, the [Multiple Document Order Settings] dialog box is displayed. For more information, see the following.

Adding Documents to an IWB Document by Dragging and Dropping Them

If you selected multiple IWB documents or PDF documents, you can click

(Annotations) on the ribbon or

(Annotations) on the toolbar to open them in separate Desktop Editor screens. If [Prioritize Editor] is selected, they can be opened separately by performing the following operations.

Click [Open Document] on the ribbon or the toolbar

Right-click and select [Open]

Press the [Enter] key on the keyboard.

[File] menu > [Option] > [System Settings] > [Browser] > [Edit/Operation Documents] > [Select Program]

In these cases, the following occurs.

If different extensions are included or shortcut files (*.iwl) are included, separate Desktop Editor screens cannot be opened with a single operation.

A maximum of 10 documents can be opened with a single operation. If you select 11 or more documents, only the first documents are opened.

If you select 11 or more documents, you cannot use the [Enter] key.

If you click

(print settings button) without selecting a document/folder, Desktop Editor is started without anything displayed in the Work Window.

Highlighting is removed from highlighted, unread documents in a monitored folder.