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Extracting archives

How to extract documents from archives for secure viewing online

Updated over 5 months ago

ZIP, 7z, or RAR archives are not supported by the system. Unlike most office formats, these files cannot be converted into protected PDF versions for secure online viewing. The only document permissions available for archives are No access, Original, or Manage.

To ensure safe collaboration on project documents, we recommend extracting archives after uploading them to the project:

  • Right-click on the archive.

  • Select Extract here.

After extraction, the content of the archive is copied into a newly created folder with the name of the archive. The archive file remains intact, and you can delete it afterward.

Extracting documents from archives is available only to administrators or users if they have the following permissions:

  • “Manage” permission for the given archive file.

  • “Manage” or “Upload” permission to the folder, where the archive is nested.

💡 The extracted documents of supported file types are automatically converted by the system into PDF for secure viewing online.

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