# File Server

## How to Distribute a File to a different Vault

| ### What to do:
| In order to be able to distribute a file that is not yet present in one of the export areas you need to have several vaults of the same area type available. To work through this example, you must first complete the example Add a New File to the Vault.
| Select Start > Documents > All Documents. The Document mask is opened.
| Search for DOC-1120 Ball Pen Description.
| Select the Files tab.
| Select the file to distribute.
| This operation can be performed with any available file.
| Select Distribute from the context menu. A window with a list of all possible vaults is opened.
| Select a vault from the list.
| If you wish to copy the file into the selected vault click Yes.
| A link to the file is created if the file is not copied physically. This link is deleted when the original file is deleted.