- Delete a Document and Related Documents
- Delete a Document and Related Documents
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- You can only delete a document from the Library. Deleting a document from the Outline Editor removes the link between documents, but does not delete the document from the Library. You cannot restore deleted documents in a single-user installation. The Developer alerts you when you delete a document that cannot be restored.
- If you attempt to delete a document from the Library that is used by other documents, you have the choice to delete the selection only or the selection and all related documents. Clicking the View related documents link displays a list of the related documents, their locations, and document type. The related documents list includes the direct and indirect links for each parent document selected. The direct links are the child documents that are linked to the deleted document, and the indirect links are the child documents that are linked to those documents. For example, consider a section that is linked to a topic, whose concept is linked to a web page. Deleting this section with related documents not only deletes the topic, but also deletes the web page linked to the topic. However, the Developer does not delete a document that is also linked to another parent not related to the deletion.
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- Warning!
- When you delete a document in the Library that is directly linked to an outline, the document is removed from the outline and a
- Note:
- In some instances, you may have problems deleting a document if it was previously linked to an outline that is currently open in the Outline Editor. If Developer cannot delete the document, close the outline and try deleting the document again.
- Multi-user Considerations
- Documents under version control must be checked in and you must be working online to delete a document from the Library. You can delete new documents that have never been checked in (are not under version control) while working online or offline.
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- To delete a document:
- Before deleting a document, you must close it if it is open in a document editor.
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- In the Library, select the document that you want to delete.
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