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title: PDF Butler – Document Editor With Additional Documents
description: "This configuration allows users to edit a document in the **Document Editor** while still appending **Additional Documents (PDFs)** to the final generated document. Instead of configuring the Additional Documents directly on the primary Doc Config used by the Document Editor,…"
url: "https://pdfbutler.com/academy/pdf-butler-academy/pdf-butler-document-editor/pdf-butler-document-editor-with-additional-documents/"
updated: "2026-11-09"
category: PDF BUTLER Document Editor
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# PDF Butler – Document Editor With Additional Documents

This configuration allows users to edit a document in the **Document Editor** while still appending **Additional Documents (PDFs)** to the final generated document.

Instead of configuring the Additional Documents directly on the primary Doc Config used by the Document Editor, create a separate "dummy" Doc Config and use a Pack to merge everything together.

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#### Why is this required?

When using the **Document Editor**, the primary document is generated and modified by the user before being saved.

If the same Doc Config also contains **Additional Documents**, it may cause issues during document generation.

To avoid this, the Additional Documents are configured separately and merged afterwards through a Pack.

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#### Configuration Steps

 

1. Create a new Doc Config dedicated to the Additional Documents.
    Example: `PDF Butler Additional Docs`
2. Upload a **blank Word document**.
    *The document itself does not need any content because it will be replaced later. The blank document simply acts as a placeholder.*
3. Configure this new Doc Config exactly as you normally would.
    Include: Additional Documents, Data Sources, Merge field configuration (if required), Any Additional Docs settings
    *Although the Word document is blank, the Additional Documents configuration still needs to be fully configured.*
4. Create a Pack where the **leading Doc Config** is the newly created blank Doc Config.
    The Pack should contain: Blank Doc Config, Additional Documents configuration
    *Optionally, you can also include actionables or other Pack configurations.*
5. Copy the **Pack ID**.
6. Open the Document Editor component and paste the Pack ID into:`Override Packs to Retrieve`
    *This tells the Document Editor to use the Pack instead of only the original document.*

When the user generates a document:

1. The Document Editor opens the **main document**.
2. The user edits the document as needed.
3. The user clicks **Generate**.
4. PDF Butler replaces the blank document in the Pack with the edited version from the Document Editor.
5. The Additional PDFs configured in the Pack are appended to the end of the generated document.
6. The final merged document is saved to Salesforce Files.