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# documents

The document objects managed by the receiver.

```
var documents: [NSDocument] { get }
```

## Discussion

The array contains zero or more [`NSDocument`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDocument) objects.

## See Also

[`-  documentForFileName:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDocumentController/documentForFileName:)

Returns the document object for the file in which the document data is stored.


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