~~Title: Adding to Archives ~~
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There are a number of ways to add files to an archive using Opus.

  * You can [[.|create a new archive]] (if needed - you can also add to existing archives), then open it as if it were a folder and copy or paste files into it as normal. 
  * You can drag and drop files over the top of the archive to add them to it (again, this is treating the archive as if it were a folder). 
  * You can use the **Archive Files** command on the toolbar (or the variant commands within the drop-down attached to this button). 
  * You can right-click on the files you want to add and use the context menu (if enabled) to add them to a new or an existing archive. 

Using the context menu **Add to Archive** command, or selecting the **Archive Files** command from the toolbar, displays the [[:file_operations:creating_archives:add_to_archive_dialog|Add to Archive dialog]].

==Archive context menu==
The easiest way to access this functionality is via the context menu. In the [[:preferences:preferences_categories:zip_and_other_archives:archive_context_menu|Archive Context Menu]] page in Preferences you can turn on or off context menu commands for adding files to various archive formats. These commands will be shown whenever you right-click on one or more files and folders.

==Add to named archive==

These commands will add the selected files and folders immediately to a new archive. The new archive will be located in the same folder as the source files, and it will be given the same name as the first selected file.

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For example, if you right-click a file called //Presentation.doc// the context menu might contain a command called **Add To "Presentation.7z"** - selecting this command would create a new 7zip archive called //Presentation.7z// and add the selected file to it.

The [[:preferences:preferences_categories:zip_and_other_archives:archive_context_menu|Preferences]] page lets you choose which formats an //Add to Named Archive// command will be displayed for.

==Add to archive==

These commands will also add the selected files and folders to a new archive, but instead of immediately creating the archive you will be given a choice of filename and path, archive type, and various parameters specific to the archive format chosen.

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The [[:preferences:preferences_categories:zip_and_other_archives:archive_context_menu|Preferences]] page also lets you choose which formats to add these commands for although this selecting say //Add To Archive (RAR)// only sets //RAR// as the initially chosen format; the //Add to Archive// dialog lets you change the selected format.