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Move documents from one doc library to other in WSS 3.0

Asked By: Karen Coleman Date: Sep 13, 2008 Category: Sharepoint Views: 1425

I am running WSS 3.0 and I have two document libraries. One is
called "Ongoing Meetings" and other one is called "Meetings
Conducted". When the end user is done hosting the meeting, he has to
move the meeting documents from "Ongoing Meetings" document library
to "Meetings Conducted" document library (I have different security
maintained on each of them).
Now my question is, what is the best method the end user can use to
perform this move?

I have tried the following, but I have some problems (please see
below)

Option 1
Used explorer view to move the documents - I lose document metadata
with this approach

Option 2
used "Send To" link that appears for each document - When I copy the
document from one doc library to other using "Send To", the next
time, if I try to upload a new document to the destination doc
library, I get "Check In"/"Cancel" option as opposed
to "OK"/"Cancel". I think the user gets confused with "Check In".

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2 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Kalash Karmakar Answered On: Sep 13, 2008

Are the content types loaded into the two document libraries the same?
Explorer view would be the preferred method since that is normally the
way to maintain the metadata. Be sure however to do a Drag N Drop, not
a Cut n Paste to keep the metatdata.

The problem with Send to is that it doesn't delete the document from the
original location. Just makes a linked copy in the destination.

Answer #2 Answered By: Mauricio Tanner Answered On: Sep 13, 2008

Thanks for the input. Drag and Drop did the trick.

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