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RTV Viewer Document Arrangement (Merge, Split, Create)

The MARS RTV Advanced Viewer provides users with capabilities that extend beyond passive viewing, allowing for the active manipulation of document structures and the assembly of new documents derived from existing pages. These operations usually generate new document files or versions, leaving the original source documents intact.

Document Arrangement Functions:

  • Merge: This function enables users to select multiple source documents—which can originate from different files and potentially even different formats supported by the viewer—and combine them sequentially into a single, unified output document. The output is frequently standardized to a common format like multi-page PDF or TIFF, and users typically have control over the order in which the source documents are appended.
  • Split: Offers the ability to divide a multi-page document into several smaller documents. Common options include splitting each page into a separate file, splitting based on user-defined page ranges (e.g., pages 1-5, pages 6-10), or inserting breaks at specific pages to create multiple distinct output documents.
  • Create / Assemble: Provides tools to construct a completely new document by selecting individual pages from one or more source documents and arranging these selected pages in a desired custom order. This is particularly useful for compiling document packages, reports, or appendices from various source materials.
  • Delete Pages: Allows users to remove specific, selected pages from within a multi-page document. Executing this action typically results in saving a new version of the document with the designated pages omitted.
  • Rotate Pages: Enables users to correct the orientation of individual pages or batches of pages within a document (e.g., rotating scanned pages that were ingested sideways or upside down by 90, 180, or 270 degrees). The changes are saved to a new version.
  • Reorder Pages: Provides an interface (often using thumbnail previews) for users to change the sequence of pages within a multi-page document simply by rearranging them into the desired order.

These arrangement features empower users to perform common document preparation, remediation, and assembly tasks directly within the viewing interface, potentially eliminating the need for separate desktop software for these actions.