When you place documents under change to yourself in a workflow as described in Route a Document In a Workflow, the documents are automatically downloaded to your local workspace, ready for editing. In other situations when you want a local copy of documents, you must download them manually. To download the rendition of a document, see Download Renditions.
PowerWeb Procedures
Use these steps for PowerWeb.
Download Documents to Local Workspace
To download documents to the local workspace on your computer:
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In any navigation view, select the documents that you want to download.
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Choose between two options:
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In the Edit ribbon, in the Download group, click Download Document.
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Right-click over your selection, point to Edit, and then click Download Selected.
If your computer is configured to use a site cache, a confirmation dialog box appears if:
- This is the first time that you have used the site cache.
- You are working from a different computer than the last time that you used the site cache.
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Click Yes.
The documents download to the local workspace folder on your computer in the background.
Download Documents to Specific Location
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This task requires the ActiveX compatibility mode option be enabled as described in Personal Preferences.
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It is not possible to use this option to download documents with their references.
To download documents to a specific location on your computer:
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In any navigation view, select the documents that you want to download.
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In the Edit ribbon, in the Download group, click Download to Folder.
The Meridian Upload/Download Control dialog box appears.
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Select the desired options and then click OK.
The documents download to your computer in the background.
Download a Batch of Documents
To download a batch of documents:
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Select the Search Results heading.
This will apply the command you select to all results in your search, including results on subsequent pages.
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Select the Download Document command from the Edit tab.
If your computer is configured to use a site cache, a confirmation dialog box appears if:
- This is the first time that you have used the site cache.
- You are working from a different computer than the last time that you used the site cache.
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Click Yes.
The documents download to the local workspace folder on your computer in the background.
PowerUser Procedures
Use these steps for PowerUser.
To download documents to your computer:
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In a navigation view, select the documents that you want to download.
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Drag and drop the documents onto your desktop or the Windows Explorer location where you want to work with them.
