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title: Use Overwrite Packs with the Document Editor
description: "The **Overwrite Packs** feature allows you to use a document edited in the **Document Editor** as an overwrite document for a Pack's leading DocConfig. When a Pack is configured in the **Overwrite Packs** setting, the edited DOCX document replaces the…"
url: "https://pdfbutler.com/academy/pdf-butler-academy/pdf-butler-document-editor/use-overwrite-packs-with-the-document-editor/"
updated: "2026-07-27"
category: PDF BUTLER Document Editor
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# Use Overwrite Packs with the Document Editor

The **Overwrite Packs** feature allows you to use a document edited in the **Document Editor** as an overwrite document for a Pack's leading DocConfig.

When a Pack is configured in the **Overwrite Packs** setting, the edited DOCX document replaces the leading DocConfig during document generation while preserving the remainder of the Pack configuration.

This allows users to edit a document before generation while still combining it with additional documents configured in the Pack.

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#### How It Works

Normally, a Pack generates documents using its configured DocConfigs.

With **Overwrite Packs**, the workflow changes slightly:

1. A user generates and edits a document in the Document Editor.
2. The edited DOCX becomes the overwrite document.
3. When generating through an eligible Pack, PDF Butler replaces the Pack's **leading DocConfig** with the edited document.
4. Any additional DocConfigs in the Pack are still generated and merged as usual.

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#### Configure Overwrite Packs

1. Go to Setup and click to "Edit Page"
2. Find the Document Editor component and drop it into the page layout.
    ![](https://pdfbutler.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-27-at-10.49.45-300x144.png)
3. Open the Document Editor configuration.
4. Inform all the DocConfigs and Packs ID's you would like to retrieve.
5. Locate the **Overwrite Packs** field.
6. Enter the ID of the Pack that should use the edited DOCX as an overwrite document.
    *Only the Packs listed in this setting will use the overwrite functionality.
    ![](https://pdfbutler.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-27-at-10.51.12-300x150.png)*
7. Save it.

After editing the document:

1. Click **Generate and Edit** as usual.
2. Select one of the Packs configured in **Overwrite Packs**.
    ![](https://pdfbutler.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-27-at-10.56.39-300x240.png)
3. Generate the document.

When the user generates the document using the configured Pack:

- The edited Document replaces the leading DocConfig.
- The Terms and Conditions document is still generated normally.
- PDF Butler merges both documents into a single output.

> The edited DOCX can still contain merge fields.

After generation, you can verify the output by reviewing the generated document (for example, in **Notes & Attachments** or your configured storage location).

The final document should include:

- The changes made in the Document Editor.
- Content generated from the additional DocConfigs in the Pack.
- Any remaining merge fields correctly resolved.