Filenames vs Read Documents mode

What this solves: Choosing how ExhibitPro turns each file you upload into a label.

Quick answer: The toggle above the file list flips between Filenames (default) and Read Documents. Filenames = one label per file, using the filename as text. Read Documents = ExhibitPro opens each file and writes a descriptive title from what it finds.

Filenames mode (default)

• Label text = each file’s name (extension dropped), formatted per Bold / All Caps.
• One label per file.
• Password-protected or encrypted PDFs work in this mode — contents aren’t read.

Read Documents mode

• ExhibitPro opens each file and writes a descriptive title from its content. Scanned PDFs are OCR’d.
• An index or list file (CSV/XLSX) fans out to one label per row, not one per file. Header rows are skipped; all columns are concatenated left-to-right into each label.
• Files are processed sequentially with a progress bar and a Cancel button; larger sets take several minutes.
• Output titles are descriptive but not perfectly uniform — expect to edit or standardize afterwards.

Note: If Read Documents can’t read a file (corrupt PDF, unrecognizable image), ExhibitPro silently falls back to the filename. If you see a label that is just the filename in ALL CAPS when you expected a content-based title, that’s the signal — regenerate or edit the label. See What to send us when something looks wrong.

Still stuck? Send us this: Your workspace name, which mode you used, and one of the problem files.