Collections in Design in Context
- Last UpdatedFeb 23, 2026
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You can create a user-defined set of documents called Collections. Each collection can be named and a number of different documents can be saved within the collection.
To add a new collection:
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Click Collections to display the Associated Documents window in collections mode.

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Click New Collection and enter a name in the displayed field.


Save
Click to save the new collection. The collection is added to the Collections list.

Cancel
Click to cancel the new collection and return to the previous screen.
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To add documents to an existing or a new collection, select the check box(es) preceding the document name in the List View or select the check box(es) located bottom left in the Thumbnail View.
List View
Thumbnail View


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Select either an existing collection from the drop down list or create a New Collection by entering a name into the field.

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After selecting an existing collection, you can choose one of the following options:

Save
Click to save the selected documents to the selected collection.

Cancel
Click to cancel. The selected documents will not be added to the selected collection
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To create a new collection, you can either select New Set from the drop down list and click Save which will create a new collection named New Set or type a new name for the collection in the field and click Save.
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Clicking Cancel with return you back to the document list without creating a new collection.
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To rename a collection, select the collection and click
. A text field with the name of the collection will be displayed.

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Type the new name for the collection in the text field and click
. A confirmation message will be displayed showing the collection name has been updated.
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Clicking Cancel will return you to the collection list without editing the collection name.
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To remove a collection from the collection list select the collection check box(es) and click
. You will be asked to confirm the removal.

You are presented with two options:

Delete Collection
Click to delete the collection from the collection list. A confirmation that the collect has been deleted will be displayed.

Cancel
Clicking Cancel will return you back to the collection list without deleting the collection.