As you build your Library, you may find that you need to move folders to better organize your folder structure. The entire contents of the folder, including documents and subfolders, move with the folder. If the documents in the moved folder contain links, the links are not broken when the documents move. If you move a folder to a destination with a folder of the same name, the contents of the moved folder are merged with the contents of the destination folder and the moved folder is deleted.
The destination for a moved folder can be another folder or the root level of the Library. Folders can be moved in the Library using drag-and-drop or cut and paste. A cut folder does not move until it is pasted; if you do not paste the folder, it remains in its original location.
Note: When merging folders, the destination folder can contain documents with the same name; because documents have unique IDs, multiple documents with the same name can exist in the same folder.
Multi-user Considerations
You can create, rename, move, copy, or delete a folder when you are working online or offline. The Developer follows specified rules to resolve folder conflicts (see Manage Folder Conflicts, Refresh the Library and Outline Editor). When working offline, you can only delete folders that are empty or contain new documents that have never been checked in.
When an author moves a folder, the Developer moves all the documents in the folder, even if a document is checked out to another author.
To move a folder using cut and paste:
Select the folder you want to move in the Folders pane or Contents pane.
You can select more than one folder in the Contents pane using the standard Windows selection keys (CTRL+click and SHIFT+click). You can select all items in a folder by choosing Select All from the Edit menu.
On the Edit menu, choose Cut.
You can also right-click the folder and choose Cut.
Select the destination folder.
On the Edit menu, choose Paste.
You can also right-click the folder and choose Paste.
To move a folder using drag-and-drop:
Select the folder you want to move in the Folders pane or Contents pane.
Drag the folder and drop it on the destination folder in the Folders pane or Contents pane.
As you drag a folder, a yellow arrow also moves, indicating the selected folder in the folder hierarchy. Release the mouse button when the arrow points to the destination folder.
Multi-user Considerations
To move a folder using cut and paste:
Cut.
Paste.