Uploading files
Use New folder, Upload and Import directly in the explorer, as icon buttons after the search field; View uploads joins them when the project supports it. Filter and sort sit inside the search field itself.
Local uploads need a destination folder. Cloud imports can use the project root, a folder or a subfolder where that destination is enabled. Two-way sync always places its selected folders at root.
Choose local files or folders
Press Upload to open the wizard on its Files step. With nothing chosen yet, that step is a drop area: drop files or folders on it, or press Choose files or Choose a folder to open your computer's picker. A selected folder keeps its hierarchy. The steps run Files → Destination → Review, shown as numbered circles joined by a line at the top of the wizard. Review the selection, choose the destination, then confirm. Nothing transfers before confirmation.
Setup inside the explorer
Chosen files and folders show as a tree, with each row removable and a Clear all above it. Add more files and Add another folder, over the tree, add to it. New folder works differently: it puts the explorer into pick mode, and you choose the destination folder in the tree itself rather than typing a location into a form. See Organising files for the full flow.
Upload setup keeps the selected files and destination when collapsed or resumed. Changing the source or account asks before replacing an unfinished selection. Unsubmitted local files still belong to the current browser session; retaining a tray is not the same as saving them to the server. Discard is the red control beside Collapse; it confirms in a strip only when something you chose would be lost.
Drag and drop
The whole panel is a drop target, the tab strip and the folder tree included. While a drag is over it the overlay names the destination: Drop to add to the folder it would land in, or Drop to add files when that is the project root; a drop that is not allowed shows its refusal instead. Dropping a folder takes its whole tree.
Dropping files directly on a folder row, or choosing Upload here from that folder's menu, sets that folder as the batch's destination. A drop also brings the dropped files with it; Upload here only opens the wizard on that folder, empty until you choose files yourself. If an unfinished upload is already set up for a different folder, either action asks first, naming both and asking which one to keep, for example Change destination to Contracts? over Keep the old folder or Change to the new one.
What Judicio accepts
Twenty-six file extensions are accepted:
pdf · docx · doc · pptx · ppt · xlsx · xls · odt · odp · ods · rtf · txt · csv · html · htm · png · jpg · jpeg · tiff · gif · bmp · webp · heic · heif · msg · eml
A .zip archive is accepted too, but it is not filed as a document. It is routed to extraction instead, and what comes out of it is filed. The band reports Extracting archive… while that runs.
Anything else is kept in the selection and marked Unsupported file type. Remove rejected entries before continuing with the accepted files. Hidden and system files whose names begin with a dot are dropped silently rather than shown as rejects.
A local file over 1 GB is flagged Larger than 1 GB in the selection, the same way an unsupported file is marked, and is not sent; remove it or continue with the rest of the selection. Cloud imports skip this check: an oversized cloud file comes back afterwards as Over the size limit among the files needing attention, and any file, local or cloud, with too many pages comes back as Over the page limit.
Confirming the import
Review the file list and its rejection messages. Remove unsupported entries before continuing. The Review step keeps the destination tree in view under Upload to, and lists what you are adding beneath the chosen folder, each top-level entry tagged To upload. Change returns to the Destination step, choosing another folder in the tree moves the batch there directly, and Clear all empties the selection. Source folders are recreated below that destination.
Confirm the reviewed batch to start it. Repeated confirmation does not create another submission. Use Import for the account, source selection and destination review of a connected import; see Cloud import.
Watching it run
Follow the batch
The explorer shows transfer progress while bytes arrive. Each received file then moves through validation and processing before becoming Completed and selectable; in the batch's own list it is then marked Ready. A finished transfer does not mean extraction and indexing have finished.
When every file of a batch you started is ready, Show in File Library opens the destination with the new files highlighted and Dismiss closes the batch. Left alone, it closes by itself after ten seconds, and says so: Closes automatically in 10 seconds. Available in View uploads. Pointing at it, or keyboard focus inside it, holds the countdown.
Keep the browser open while local files are uploading. After they reach the server, processing continues without the page. Submitted background cloud imports and sync jobs also continue after closing the explorer.
View uploads lists this project's uploads, cloud imports and sync runs as cards, with Back to files to return. A cloud job's card names its source account and destination; opened, it shows received and sent counts, processing counts and the files needing attention, then the files themselves. Check status refreshes the saved outcome. Unknown totals remain unknown while discovery continues. A missing update shows Checking status or a stale-progress message rather than claiming completion.
When a file stops short
A card under View uploads offers Retry receiving, Retry processing, Enter password or Skip for now on the affected file, according to what can recover it, and Resolve file issues when files in it need attention. Finished files and earlier attempts are retained.
The library also shows a band reading, for example, 3 files need attention. Fix opens the cards, Hide this dismisses the band for now, and the count stays on the panel's tab strip until the files are dealt with.
Each card names the file, states the reason, and offers exactly what that reason allows:
| Card state | Reason shown | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Needs you | Password protected | A Password field and an Unlock button. |
| Failed | Could not be read, Could not be processed, Connection lost | Retry. |
| Cannot recover | No preview for this format, Over the size limit, Over the page limit, Empty file, Session expired, Restricted | Skip only. Offering a retry that always fails would waste your time. |
Skip is on every card. It removes the file from the list without deleting it.
When you cannot add anything
A viewer sees no New folder, Upload or Import at all, and a link that would open Upload for them does not; the recovery screen's New upload is hidden from them too. The same three controls are hidden, not disabled, with no project selected.
For an editor, New folder shows regardless of which folder is open: it puts the explorer into pick mode, and each row's Here control gives its own refusal where one applies, for example a read-only mirror's reason. Upload and Import stay available inside a read-only mirror too — the Destination step is what refuses that folder, showing the folder's own reason.
Next steps
- Organising files - move what you have just added into shape.
- File details - read a processed document.
- Cloud import - Google Drive, OneDrive and SharePoint.