If the document you are copying is a parent to related documents (child documents), you can use the options in the Paste Special dialog box to create two different paste scenarios.
Copy (selection only)
The Copy (selection only) option creates a new copy of all of the selected documents. However, the new copies of parent documents link to the original child documents, even when the child documents are included in the selection. For example, if you include a parent document and its related child documents in the copy selection, the Copy (selection only) option creates copies of all of the documents you copied, BUT the new parent documents maintain their links back to the original child documents, not to the newly created child documents.
Note: When copying within the Library, the Copy (selection only) option provides the same results as using the Paste command.
Duplicate (selection and related)
The Duplicate (selection and related) option creates new copies of the entire selection and all related documents, even if you did not include the related documents in your copy selection. The Developer updates the links so that the new parent documents link to the new child documents.
When you create a duplicate copy of a selected document or documents, the Developer creates new copies of all the documents and the documents related to the selection, including:
When duplicating content, you can choose to include or not include duplicate copies of the glossaries and style sheets linked to the selected content. If you do not include glossaries and style sheets in the duplication, the duplicated content links to the glossaries and style sheets linked to the original source content; this allows you to maintain a master glossary and style sheet for all related content. The default setting for glossaries is to create a duplicate since you may want to change the definition of terms for new versions of your content without affecting previous versions. The default setting for style sheets is to not duplicate, with the purpose of linking all content to a single style sheet.
Note: Packages stored in the System folders installed with the Developer are not included as a related document when duplicating content. The Duplicate (selection and related) option does not create copies of templates, master role lists, sound files, and custom icon packages linked to the copy source. The new copies still point to the original documents for those components.
To create a duplicate copy of an outline, you only need to select the highest-level document. The Developer automatically compiles a list of all related documents to include in the copy. For the highest-level parent document, the Developer creates the folder structure and substructure. Related documents that do not exist in the folder structure are copied to a new folder named Additional Related Documents.
Note: Duplicating an assessment that contains content linked to questions through the assessment's Associated Content property, creates duplicate copies of the assessment and question documents, plus all documents directly and indirectly linked to the questions; modules, sections, topics, web pages, packages, and so on.
Multi-user Considerations
To copy documents using Copy and Paste Special: