Folder of Documents

A 'folder' a standard Windows folder. Each document in such a folder represents a clause that might be used for document assembly purposes. It might be text that serves as a building block toward a larger document, or it may be a fully self-contained document. Regardless, the documents in a folder used as a Pathagoras 'book' are plain Word documents, nothing more.

We cannot overemphasize the point that the kind of documents used by Pathagoras for document assembly purposes are plain, ordinary Word files, the kind you already use, so we repeat it.

Any existing folder now existing on your computer or somewhere on your network qualifies as a book. The folder need not be one created for, or in contemplation of Pathagoras. If it is now on your system, Pathagoras can use it.

The folder that you assign to a Pathagoras 'book' can contain whole documents.

The folder can also contain various clauses needed to create (assemble) a whole document. We'll call these 'building blocks'. A clause can be anything – words, sentences, paragraphs, pages, pictures, charts, etc. Clauses can represent sequential sections of a document. Clauses can also be alternative versions of the same topic, allowing the user to create practically infinite variety in document creation.

And, of course, the folder can contain a mixture of whole documents and building block clauses. Pathagoras is very, very flexible.

To use the files in a 'book' for document assembly purposes, you must accomplish one or both of these simple tasks:

•	map it to an empty 'bookshelf.' See Adding a New Book

•	assign it to a Pathagoras DropDown List. See DropDown Lists