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Manage Documents dialog [Edit menu]

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Use this dialog to manage multiple documents. Actions include copying or moving documents within or between drawers and deleting documents.
To open this dialog, choose
Manage Documents
 from the
Edit
 menu.

Fields & buttons

Action to perform
From this field, choose the action you want to perform on the documents you will select.
Copy, Move, or Delete documents from drawer ID
From this field, choose the drawer from which you want to copy, move, or delete selected documents.
Documents list
Shows the documents and image files available for the selected drawer. Highlight a document that you want to copy, move, or delete, and use the
Select
 button to move it to the
Selected documents
 pane on the right.
note
You cannot select data backups and archives.
Collapse/Expand All
When the
Manage Documents
 dialog is first opened, all folders are expanded in the documents list. Use this button to collapse all folders in the documents list. When all folders are collapsed, the button appears as the
Expand All
 button.
Selected documents
Shows the documents you have selected to copy, move or delete. To remove a document from the list, highlight the document and use the
Remove
 button to move it back to the
Documents list
 pane on the left.
Copy or Move documents to drawer ID
From this field, choose the drawer to which you want to copy or move selected documents.
note
  • This field is not enabled if you have chosen to delete documents.
  • Choose
    <<Select multiple drawers>>
     to open a dialog in which you can select multiple destination drawers for the selected documents.
Folders list
Mark the checkbox for each folder to which you want to copy or move the selected documents.
note
Folders used in the current drawer appear at the top of the folder list, followed by a separator line, and then followed by the list of remaining folders (those not in the current drawer).
Retain existing folder associations
Mark this checkbox to retain the selected documents' existing folder associations in addition to assigning the documents to the folder you selected in the folder list.
note
This checkbox cannot be cleared when copying documents, because a copy of a document is always retained in the original document location.

This article applies to:

  • PRODUCT: FileCabinet CS
  • Subject: Documents