Associating a local document with a file in Arena

If you have a document on your computer that you would like to upload to Arena.

In Word, open the file you wish to associate in Arena
Press the blue dotted button to the left of the “Save to Arena” button
Press “Associate with File”
Enter File Name, File Title, or select File Category and press “Find” button
1. Please note that Arena will only search the latest editions of files. So if your file name or file title is different between editions you need to use the latest one.
Select the correct file from the list and press the “Associate” button
1. Doc Connect will associate your document with the Arena file object
Then you can select “Update Arena” to save the file in Arena
1. If you get a message that the file name has changed, select “Update” and your file will be uploaded but with the new name.
  1. You can also exit from the “Associate” screen and go back to the start and create a brand new file object not associated to any existing file or item.

The Arena file object you associate your document to could be a standalone file object or a file object that is associated with an item

The Arena file object could be an empty placeholder or it could contain a document file