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- Version:\n
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- If moved between workspaces: 0.1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If moved between folders within a workspace: incremented with one version <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Created, Created by, Modified and Modified by: Same as the documents had in the source location <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Note<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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- When moving documents between workspaces, only the latest version of the documents will be moved. When moving documents between folders in the same workspace, all document versions will be moved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- When moving documents between workspaces, in the source workspace, all moved documents will be added to the workspace’s recycle bin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The “Cut” function will only be available in the toolbar if you are a contributor in the source location (readers will not be able to cut documents).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The “Paste” function will only be available in the toolbar if you are a contributor in the destination location (readers will not be able to paste documents).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You cannot move a document that:\n
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- has an identical file-name as a document in the destination workspace. If that’s the case, you will get this error message:
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To resolve the issue, just rename the document’s file-name and try to move the document again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n - is open for editing in another application. If that’s the case, you will get this error message:
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To resolve the issue, first close the application that has locked the document and then move the document again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n - is checked out to someone else. If that’s the case, you will get this error message:
![\"Error](\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1017-1.png\")
To resolve the issue, ask the person that has checked out the document to check it in and then move the document again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n - is larger than 50 MB. If that’s the case, you will get this error message:.
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To move larger files than 50 MB you first need to download<\/a> them from the source location and later upload<\/a> them to the destination location.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n- If documents are moved between workspaces that have a column with the same name but whose choices are different, invalid choices\/values are removed and if the column is mandatory, the documents will be shown as documents with missing properties, in MetaShare\u2019s task page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- It is currently not possible cut and paste<\/a> documents between workspaces if you paste the documents in a sub-folder that contains % or # in its name. See this known issues page<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- For more information about the controls on the form, read this page: MetaShare’s supported site columns.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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- If documents are moved between workspaces that have a column with the same name but whose choices are different, invalid choices\/values are removed and if the column is mandatory, the documents will be shown as documents with missing properties, in MetaShare\u2019s task page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- has an identical file-name as a document in the destination workspace. If that’s the case, you will get this error message: