Adding input files using drag-and-drop

Make sure that the job to which you want to add input files is open in Job Manager.

1. Select a file (or files) from any location—your workstation desktop, a USB storage device, a DVD, across the network file system, or somewhere on the Prinergy volume.
2. Drag-and-drop the files either into the Input Files pane or onto a process template in the Process Templates pane.
   The Add Input Files dialog appears, listing the files that were dragged and dropped.
3. (Optional) Select the Exclude invalid file types if some of the selected files are not valid input files.
   Note: Invalid files appear with a yellow warning icon.
4. If the files are from a location other than the Prinergy volume, enter the path or browse to a location on the Prinergy volume where you want the input files to be copied, in the Copy Path box.
   Tip: The path that appears by default is %JOB%\UserDefinedFolders—a relative path that copies files to the UserDefinedFolder folder in the current job. It is possible to configure a different default copy path in Prinergy Administrator.
   Note: It is not mandatory to have a copy path if the files are already located on the Prinergy volume. If you clear the Copy files to Prinergy volume check box, the files will be registered and added to the job.
5. If you want to automatically process the files to be added, select the Process Selected Files using Process Template check box, and click Select to choose a process template.
   Note: If you dropped the file directly onto a process template, the Add Input Files dialog has the Process Selected Files using Process Template check box selected, and the name of the process template populated.
6. Click OK.

The added files appear in the Input Files pane of Job Manager.

Note: If you drag and drop a file with the same name as one that has already been added to the job, you will see a message asking whether to overwrite the existing file. If you overwrite the file, the new file will not be re-registered or re-processed. It is recommended to remove the original file with all its corresponding pages from the job before dragging and dropping a new version.