Importing and exporting projects

You can use the workbench to import projects and files from your local file system and export them to your local file system.

Importing and exporting by using Project Interchange

Project Interchange files are archive files that contain one or more projects; you might use them to share entire projects at once. To export one or more of your projects as a Project Interchange file:
  1. Click File > Export. The Export window opens.
  2. Under Select an export destination, expand Other and click Project Interchange.
  3. Click Next.
  4. On the Export Projects page, select the check boxes next to the projects to export in the Project Interchange file.
  5. In theTo zip file field, select the name and location for the exported file.
  6. To include derived files in the exported file, select Include derived files.

    For information about derived files, see "Project sharing." Derived files are generated from source files and are not original data, so typically you do not need to include them when you share projects.

  7. Click Finish.
To import one or more of the projects in a Project Interchange file:
  1. Click File > Import. The Import window opens.
  2. Under Select an import source, expand Other and click Project Interchange.
  3. Click Next.
  4. On the Import Projects page, select the projects to import.
  5. Click Finish.

Importing and exporting individual files

With the workbench, you can also import and export individual files as separate files or as a single archive file. To export individual files from your workspace to your local file system:
  1. Click File > Export.
  2. In the Export window, expand General and choose a format for your output files. These are some of the common formats:
    • File System exports files to your local file system as individual files, just as they are within the workbench.
    • Archive File compresses files into an archive file and saves that archive file to your local files system.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Select the files to export and select a location for the exported file or files.
  5. Click Finish.
Before you import files into your workspace, you must have a project to put the new files in. To import individual files into your workspace from your file system:
  1. Click File > Import.
  2. In the Import window, select the type of file to import. These are some of the common formats:
    • File System imports one or more files directly into a project in your workspace.
    • Archive File extracts one or more files from an archive file and imports those files into the workspace.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Select the location of the files to import and the folder in your workspace into which to import the files.
  5. Click Finish.

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