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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="task"
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id="documents-collections">
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<revision pkgversion="3.5.90" date="2012-09-05" status="review"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="documents#print" />
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Group related documents in a collection.</desc>
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<title>Make collections of documents</title>
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<cite date="2012-02-20" href="mailto:yrazes@gmail.com">Julita Inca</cite>
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<p>This assumes the reader knows how to explore and find documents.
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By the end of this page, the reader will be able to make collections.
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- Overview of how collections work.
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- How are collections searched? How can you only search inside a collection?
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- Can you put collections inside collections?
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<p><app>Documents</app> lets you put together documents of different types in
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one place called a <em>collection</em>. If you have documents that are
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related, you can group them to make them easier to find. For example, if you
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had a business trip where you made a presentation, your slides, your flight
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itinerary (a PDF file), your budget spreadsheet, and other hybrid PDF/ODF
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documents, can be grouped in one collection.</p>
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<p>To create or add to a collection:</p>
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<item><p>Click the <gui>✓</gui> button.</p></item>
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<item><p>In selection mode, check the documents to be collected.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click the <gui>+</gui> button in the button bar.</p></item>
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<item><p>In the collection list, click <gui>Add</gui> and type a new
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collection name, or select an existing collection. The selected documents
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will be added to the collection.</p></item>
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<p>Collections do not behave like folders and their hierarchy: <em>you
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cannot put collections inside collections.</em></p>
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<p>To delete a collection:</p>
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<item><p>Click the <gui>✓</gui> button.</p></item>
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<item><p>In selection mode, check the collection to be deleted.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click the Trash button in the button bar. The collection will be
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deleted, leaving the original documents.</p></item>