# Add a document from your computer

The basic upload path — Capture New > Electronic — including the Index Fields choice that decides whether the document files immediately or waits in the Coding Queue, and when the Folder Browser's multi-file upload is the better tool.

Product: content-central · Versions: 7.x · Audience: user · Time: 10 minutes · Last verified: 2026-09-05

Canonical: https://help.ademero.com/content-central/capture/add-a-document-from-your-computer

**At the end of this guide you can upload a file into Content Central two ways — the Capture page for one document with full control over its indexing, and the Folder Browser for many files into a folder at once — and you'll know which to reach for.**

## The Capture page: one document, full control

1. In the left menu, expand **Capture New** and choose **Electronic**. The **Capture Document** page opens.
   
   > note: An administrator can hide capture types your organization doesn't use, so your **Capture New** menu may show fewer entries than a colleague's.

2. Set **Index Fields** — the choice that decides *when* the document gets its field values, and therefore where it goes next:
   
   | Choice | What happens |
   |---|---|
   | **Provide now** | You fill in everything here; the document files directly |
   | **Provide later in Coding Queue** | The document waits in the Coding Queue for someone to index it |
   | **Provide some now, some later** | You fill part here, the rest happens in the queue — and a **Destination** choice appears: **Your Queue** or **Shared Queue** |
   | **Provide only Catalog & Document Type** | No field entry at all — capture and move on |

3. Pick the **Catalog** and **Document Type**. If you chose to provide values now, the type's fields appear grouped as **Required Fields** and **Optional Fields**.

4. Add the file: drag it onto the panel that says **"Drag and drop files here, or click to select"**, or click **Select File**. This page takes **one file at a time** — that's what keeps per-document field values possible.

5. Click **Upload**. A progress bar runs, then **Upload complete** — and the button becomes **Capture Another Document** for the next one.

*[Screenshot: Index Fields, Catalog, and Document Type on the left; the drag-and-drop zone ready for a file. The Index Fields choice at the top is the one that changes where the document goes.]*

A few edges that only show themselves when hit: files over 2 GB are rejected with a message saying so; an administrator can block specific file types ("This file type cannot be uploaded. Contact your administrator for details."); and depending on system settings, uploading a PDF may ask whether to capture it as-is or make it text-searchable first.

## The Folder Browser: many files, one folder

When the job is "get these fifteen files into that folder," skip the Capture page:

1. Open the **Folder Browser** and navigate to the target folder.

2. Drag the files straight onto the document list — the drop target announces itself with **"Drop files to upload"** — or use the folder menu's **Add Documents**.

3. In the **Upload Documents** window, **Add Files** accepts multiple files at once. Pick one **Document Type**, fill in the fields under **Document Fields (applied to all files)**, and click **Upload**.

*[Screenshot: The multi-file path in a vendor folder: one document type, one set of field values, applied to every file in the batch — the divider heading says exactly that.]*

The trade is explicit in that heading: one document type and one set of field values applied to *every* file in the batch, filed into the folder you're standing in — no Coding Queue routing, no per-document values. Perfect for a stack of same-kind documents; wrong for a mixed pile that needs individual indexing.

> **NOTE:** If the drop target instead says **"Drop to open upload form"**, the document type there has required fields — the upload window will open so you can fill them before anything files.

**Success check:** upload one test file through each path. The Capture-page document should land wherever your **Index Fields** choice sent it (filed, or in the Coding Queue); the Folder Browser batch should appear in the folder immediately with the shared values you entered.

## What's next

- [How documents get into Content Central](https://help.ademero.com/content-central/capture/how-documents-get-into-content-central)
- [Change a document's type, catalog, or fields after filing](https://help.ademero.com/content-central/documents/change-a-document-after-filing)