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Pick multible PDF's to send in one email

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What I would like to be able to do is, if I have 5 files open in PDF-XChange Editor is to be able pick 3 to email at one time, together. I know some programs will let you select multiple files by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on each file then you can save, send or whatever at one time.
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Hello Robert,

There is no such feature at present, so once you've e.g. selected to e-mail the first file - you can then right click the tabs for the others you want to include in the same e-mail, and select to open their containing folder, and then drag and drop them from the Windows Explorer window, to the e-mail's attachments section.

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Any chance of adding this as a feature?

I had requested this when there were still new features being added to Viewer. :)
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Re: Pick multible PDF's to send in one email

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Hi Robert13

Can you please tell us what you see as the main advantage of doing this via PDF-XChange Editor?

Is it your goal to first verify / preview / select / ... the PDFs before sending them?

If not, the most easy way is to start from within Windows Explorer and then select multiple files (using the CTRL key + click), followed by a right mouse click and "Send to" > "Mail recipient". The main dis-advantage of this is that the PDFs must be in the same folder ...

Maybe that is the reason why you like to have that "send" functionality in the Editor?

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I often have many drawings open in Editor and will need to email a select few. If I could just send several from Editor to my email program it saves a step opening explorer. It doesn't sound like a big time savings, maybe more of a convenience.

I would assume that it would not be hard to implement, but then again I'm not a programmer.

Obviously it's not a big deal, since I first asked about it when Viewer was the option and Editor was not yet released.
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A work-around could be to create a new blank PDF in the Editor and then copy the desired pages (drawings) to this new PDF, that you then can send.

N.B. : The copy also works via drag-and-drop, i.e. select the pages via the thumbnail pane in the source PDF, then drag these pages upon the tab of the new-document (target PDF) and finally drop them there at the desired place, also in the thumbnail pane.

Can this be useful to you, or is this just a few clicks too much ...
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Re: Pick multible PDF's to send in one email

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That could be an option but I'm not sure if it would be quicker or more convenient that just going to windows explorer.
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Hi Robert,

I quite like the idea actually, but I'm not a developer either so I don't know how practical it would be to implement. I'll make a note to discuss this with the devs on Monday.

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Add me to the list of people who would like this feature. Even if I could drag and drop the tabs one at a time into an email it would be a useful upgrade over having to open the folders in Windows. But selecting multiple tabs at once before initiating the email would be cat's meow.
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Hi ksudavid,

Thanks for adding your voice - For now, something you may find easier is right clicking the tab in the Editor and selecting 'Copy Full Filename' which will then allow your to copy/paste into the file attachment dialog of the email window.

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Re: Pick multible PDF's to send in one email

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Any thoughts this feature being added? Maybe I'm the only user interested in this option.

What I would like to be able to do is, if I have 5 files open in PDF-XChange Editor is to be able pick 3 to email at one time, together. I know some programs will let you select multiple files by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on each file then you can save, send or whatever at one time.
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Hi Robert,

I am afraid that such a feature is not available.

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No possibility of adding?
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Hi Robert,

I will bring this up on the next meeting, but for the moment I am not aware of development in this respect!

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Thanks, I'd appreciate it. :)
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Re: Pick multible PDF's to send in one email

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Hello Robert, Ill be talking about this at the meeting as well, but I would like to inform you, the odds of this functionality coming to the editor is very slim, there is a batch send PDF files via Email function in our PDF-Tools suite that may suit your purposes better than the editor does.
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