- Copy and Paste a Document (Outline Editor)
- Copy and Paste a Document (Outline Editor)
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- In addition to moving documents in the hierarchy, you can copy and paste documents to further refine the outline. When you paste a copied document, you can choose to paste it either as a link to the original document or as a copy of the original document.
- You can use one of the following two Edit, Paste commands to paste copied documents:
- - always pastes a new link to the original document(s). If the content of the original document changes, the changes are reflected in all linked instances of the document.
- Paste
- - presents options to either paste a new instance of the original document (Link), paste a copy of the original document as a new document but maintain links to the original related document (Copy), or paste a copy of the original document and all related documents as new documents (Duplicate).
- Paste Special
- Note:
- You cannot copy documents from the Outline Editor and paste them into the Library.
- Multi-user Considerations
- You can copy a document regardless of its check in/out state. However, when you paste a copied document you may be prompted to check out the parent document.
- Check Out Parent Document
- Check In and Check Out Documents
- To copy and paste a new instance of original document:
- Select the document(s) that you want to copy.
- On the
- Edit
- Copy
- Select the document where you want to paste your selection.
- On the
- Edit
- Paste
- You can also use the Paste Special command (from the Outline Editor) and choose the Link option to paste a link to the original document in addition to the options listed next.
- Note:
- Select the document(s) that you want to copy.
- On the
- Edit
- Copy
- Select the document where you want to paste your selection.
- On the
- Edit
- Paste Special
- Copy (selection only)
- To duplicate documents:
- Select the document(s) that you want to copy.
- On the
- Edit
- Copy
- Select the document where you want to paste your selection.
- On the
- Edit
- Paste Special
- Duplicate
- (selection and related)
- View related documents