To move a document, you can either drag-and-drop it using the mouse, cut and paste the document, or use the Move Up/Move Down commands on the Edit menu. Cutting a document removes it from the hierarchy until you paste it in another location (although pasting a cut document is optional). Cutting is similar to deleting a link in that it removes the relationship between a document and its parent. The difference between cutting a document and deleting a link is that cut makes the document available for pasting and the Delete Link command does not.

When you move or cut an outline or section document that has related child documents, all child documents are moved as well. For example, if you move a section that has several topics, all topics are moved and linked to the new destination document.

Note: If you move a document between outlines using drag-and-drop, the Paste Special dialog appears so you can choose the action that you want to perform.

Also note that you cannot drag-and-drop documents from the Outline Editor to the Library.

The Move Up/Move Down commands can only be used to move a document within its parent. These commands cannot be used to move documents to different parent documents. For example, if a section has multiple topics, you can use these commands to change the sequence of the topics within that section only. You cannot move a topic from one section to another. Use drag/drop or cut/paste to change parent document relationships.

 Multi-user Considerations

• You can move or cut a document regardless of its check in/out state.
   
  A Check Out Parent Document message appears when you perform actions that impact a parent document that you do not have checked out such as linking a document, moving a document, pasting a document, deleting document links, and so on.
   
  See Check In and Check Out Documents in Use the Developer in a Multi-user Environment for more information.

To move a document in the Outline Editor using drag-and-drop:

1. Select the document you want to move.
    
   You can select multiple documents using the standard Windows selection keys (CTRL+click and SHIFT+click).
    
2. Drag the document and drop it in the desired destination within the outline.
    
   As you drag a document, a yellow arrow also moves along with a <documents will be inserted here> node across the content structure. Release the mouse button when the arrow and <documents will be inserted here > node appear at the destination that you want in the structure.
    
   If you want to move a document to a different level in the outline you must move the mouse to the left. In some cases, you may have to drag the document to the bottom of list beneath its parent to move it to higher level in the outline. For example, if you have a section that has several topic child documents and you want to move the first topic to be on the same level as the parent section, you must drag the first topic to the end of the list first and then drag the document to the left.

To move a document in the Outline Editor using cut and paste:

1. Select the document(s) that you want to cut.
    
   You can select multiple documents using the standard Windows selection keys (CTRL+click and SHIFT+click).
    
2. On the Edit menu, choose  Cut.
    
   You can also right-click your selection and choose Cut.
    
   The document(s) immediately disappears from the outline. You can stop now if you do not want to paste the cut documents or continue to establish a new link for the cut document.
    
3. Point to the document where you want to establish a new link.
    
4. On the Edit menu, choose  Paste.
    
   You can also right-click the document where you want to paste your selection and choose Paste.

To move a document in the Outline Editor using Move Up/Move Down:

1. Select the document that you want to move.
    
   You can select multiple documents using the standard Windows selection keys (CTRL+click and SHIFT+click).
    
2. On the Edit menu, choose  Move Up or  Move Down depending on the direction in which you want to move the document. The first document of the parent can only be moved down and the last document of the parent can only be moved up. You cannot move a document to a new parent using these commands.