Documents tab

This tab is shown in Documents, Organizer and Search window and displays the list of all documents stored in Ad Annihilator cache. All documents are categorized by sites they came from. On this picture

three documents are shown: two (under NYTIMES node) belongs to the site nytimes.com and one (under YAHOO node) to the site yahoo.com. Other site nodes are collapsed; to expand them click on the small plus sign near the site name. On contrary, to collapse the list of documents for the given site, click on the small minus sign near the site name.

A single document on the picture (The New York Times on the Web) has three versions: from 03/12/2004, 03/15/2004, and 03/17/2004 dates; versions are shown as a subnodes of the main node. The main node here corresponds to the latest version of the document while the subnodes - to fixed document versions. Double-clicking the version opens this document version in the browser. To learn more about document versions see Understanding document versions.

To open a document from the list in the browser double-click it. If you hold Shift key while double-clicking the selected document(s), they will be opened in new browser windows. Other document-related operations are available in the Documents tab toolbar and Documents tab context menu. To select a document use left mouse button. If you need to select multiple documents hold Shift or Ctrl key while selecting documents. Shift key allows you to select the documents contiguous in the list while Ctrl key allows selection of various documents scattered across the list. You may combine selection with both these keys in turn to select complex set of documents.

To browse documents from the cache offline, turn on "Download from cache if available" or "Download from cache only (offline mode)" browsing modes. See How to switch between browsing modes? to learn how to change browsing mode.

Documents tab toolbar

The Documents tab toolbar is shown at the top of the Documents tab:

Following buttons are available on the toolbar:

• "Open document" - opens the currently selected document in the current browser;

• "Duplicate on disk" - saves the currently selected documents to the disk as a set of files. This feature is similar to the Save command of Internet Explorer but is more powerful. First, it allows you to duplicate on the disk much greater set of documents than Internet Explorer. Next, multiple documents can be processed in a batch. If multiple documents are duplicated, Ad Annihilator creates a special index document with a link to each duplicated document to facilitate access to documents on the disk.
  This command prompts for the file name to which the link to the document(s) will be saved. The command creates the file named so as well as an auxiliary folder with actual document files named after the file name with "_files" appended. For example, if you chose "mydoc.htm" as a file name, the file mydoc.htm and folder mydoc_files will be created. To copy duplicated documents elsewhere you should copy this file and folder as well;

• "Open document list" - does the same as similar option in Documents tab context menu;

• "Delete" - deletes the currently selected documents from the Ad Annihilator cache. Be careful with this command as it deletes documents permanently, and you'll have to download them from the Internet again to access them (if they could be accessed from there at later time at all!);

• "Properties" - if a document is selected, shows Document properties window with information on the document. If a site is selected, shows Document host properties window  with detailed information on the site;

• "View" button - switches between two document sort modes: by text (document name) and by date. Use the former mode to locate documents in the list by their names and the latter in cases when you do not remember the document name, but remember the date when you visited the site containing that document. When documents are sorted by date, a document date is prefixed to document name in the list. Clicking on the button itself switches the sorting mode to the opposite. Clicking on the small arrow to the right of the button opens the list of sorting modes from which you can select a mode.

Documents tab context menu

Documents tab context menu is shown when you right-click a document or a site in the Documents tab:

Use Documents tab context menu to perform document- or site-specific operations. Following options are available:

• "Open" - opens the currently selected document in the current browser;

• "Open in new window" - opens the currently selected documents in new browser windows. You may use this command to open multiple documents at once;

• "Get new version of the document" - downloads and fixes a new version of the document opened in the browser. Note that this command loses the current version of the document but creates a new up-to-date version of the document. Use this command only if you want to discard the current version but to download and fix the new version. For more information on document versioning tasks refer to How to manage document versions? To learn more about document versions see Understanding document versions;

• "Fix the latest version of the document" - makes the current document version a fixed version so that it will be not overwritten at later browsing. Use this command if you want to fix the current document version;

• "Add to organizer" - adds the selected document to the current organizer folder or to the root organizer folder if Organizer tab of Documents, Organizer and Search window  was not opened in this browser window. See Understanding document organizing for background information on document organizing;

• "Open document list" - opens the list of all selected documents and documents within the selected sites in Resource list tab for further manipulations with them. This command allows exploration of the selected sites structure;

• "Open resource list" - opens the list of all resources within the selected documents and sites in Resource list tab for further manipulations with them. This command allows exploration of the selected documents structure;

• "View source" - opens HTML source of the selected document. Unlike similar command of Internet Explorer this command always shows HTML source and does not fail to show it for certain documents;

• "Duplicate on disk" - does the same as the similar button on the Documents tab toolbar;

• "Export to disk" - exports the selected documents to the disk as Ad Annihilator package. Later you will be able to import that package into another project on this or another computer. You will be prompted for package name, then "Export to disk" window opens showing export progress. To cancel export process click Cancel button;
  See Understanding packages for more information on Ad Annihilator packages. See How to work with packages? to learn more about package-related tasks;

• "Import from disk" - imports an Ad Annihilator package exported earlier via "Export to disk" command. You will be prompted for package file. Then "Import from disk" window opens showing import progress. To cancel import process click Cancel button;

• "Sort" - does the same as the similar button on the Documents tab toolbar;

• "Block" - opens a submenu that allows blocking of popups or cookies from the site the selected document came from. There are following options in the submenu:

  • "Popups from this site" - turns on popup blocking from the site the selected document came from. This command is useful when you have found a popup in the document list and want to block it for future browsing. See How to block popups? to learn more about popup blocking. Popup block dialog may open when you issue this command depending on its settings;

  • "Cookies from this site" - turns on cookie blocking from the site the selected document came from. See How to block cookies? for more information on cookie blocking;

• "Unblock" - opens a submenu that allows unblocking of popups or cookies from the site the selected document came from. There are following options in the submenu:

  • "Popups from this site" - turns off popup blocking from the site the selected document came from. This command is useful when you found a popup in the document list and want to unblock it for future browsing. See How to unblock popups? to learn more about popup unblocking. Popup unblock dialog may open when you issue this command depending on its settings;

  • "Cookies from this site" - turns off cookie blocking from the site the selected document came from. See How to unblock cookies? for more information on cookie unblocking;

• "Copy" - copies the selected document to the clipboard. Unlike the "Copy shortcut" command, it copies the document itself and not a link;

• "Copy shortcut" - copies a link to the document to clipboard. You may later paste this link in Windows Explorer or onto the desktop to get a direct shortcut to this document for quick access;

• "Delete" - does the same as the similar button on the Documents tab toolbar;

• "Properties" - does the same as the similar button on the Documents tab toolbar.