# Folders vs. Document Stacks, etc.

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**Category:** Scrivener for Windows\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [June 20, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/folders-vs-document-stacks-etc/26972 "2014-06-20T16:50:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/folders-vs-document-stacks-etc/26972/1 "2014-06-20T16:50:25Z")

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I decided to go back to the manual and make sure I was understanding the full significance of files, folders, etc. but it didn’t really help me. Perhaps the answer to these questions will make everything clear to me.

1. The manual says that when converting a folder to a file … “the only thing that changed is the underlying type of the item, which is really primarily a visual change.”

So a document stack is exactly like a folder, except that it looks different in the binder? Is a document stack any different from a folder with text associated with it?

1. I understand the binder when I think of it as being like file explorer. That is, folders with files in them. But the manual suggests that I’m limiting myself if I see I that way.

So here’s the question: why would someone want to have a folder with text associated with it rather than just a folder with text documents in it?

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