Show Master And Project Copies

You can create multiple project copies from a single master document. The Show Project Copies command allows you to see both master documents and all of the project copies made from them in a single view. This enables you to locate the project copies and the master document from which they were created.

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The Master and Project Copies page shows the current document and its references to the other documents in its family. The row of the selected document is highlighted to indicate its location in the family.

ClosedStatus Icons

The icons on the Master and Project Copies page indicate the status of a document:

  • A red padlock. — Locked document from which project copies have been created. This might be the master document or a project copy.

  • A blue padlock. — active project copy

  • circular blue arrow with pause symbol at the top-left — Waiting project copy. The document is in a waiting list and is read-only because it has not yet reached the top of the list. You cannot:

    • change the document type

    • change the workflow state

    • create a sub project copy

    • download the document

    • modify or annotate renditions

    • modify references

    • release the waiting project copy to master

    • replace content.

  • page icon with yellow asterisk in top left corner — Unchanged document.

  • Document icon with pencil — Document under change or quick change.

  • Crossed shovels with solid blue circle containing white i — An information project copy. The document is located in a project folder, but is not shown on the Master and Project Copies page. You can add the document to a package for information, but you cannot:

    • change the content natively, on renditions, or annotate it
    • change the properties
    • start a workflow
    • release to master
    • transfer to another project
    • transfer to next waiting project copy

ClosedView Master and Project Copies Page

To view the Master and Project Copies page:

  1. Choose one of the following options:

    • From the ribbon:

      1. Select either a master document or a project copy.

      2. In the Project ribbon, in the Show Master and Project Copies group, click Show master and project copies.

    • From the context menu:

      1. Right-click either a master document or a project copy.

      2. Point to Managed Change (Project), and then click Show master and project copies.

    • From the view bar:

      1. Select either a master document or a project copy.

      2. In the view bar click the Master and project copies icon A circle that is linked to three squares. There is a green check mark over the links..

    • On the Document page:

      1. Select either a master document or a project copy.

      2. On the Document page next to the document name, click the Show master and project copies icon A triangular red caution sign..

    The Master and Project Copies page appears and shows the current document and its references to the other documents in its family. The row of the current document is highlighted so that you know where you are within the family.

    The work-in-progress icon is red A triangular red caution sign. for master documents, blue A triangular blue caution sign. for project copies, and crossed shovels Two shovels crossed in an x. for inactive project copies.

  2. Choose one or more of the following options:

    • To see the path of a document, hover your cursor over the document name.

    • To use the shortcut menu for the document, right-click the document name.

    • To hide obsolete project copies, click Hide inactive project copies.

      • Active project copies are those project copies that have not yet been reconciled with the master document. That is, either superseded by the master document or merged with the master document.

      • Inactive project copies are those project copies that have already been reconciled with their master document.

    • To go to a different document in the family, click the document name.

      If the document cannot be shown in the current view, it is shown in the Folders view.

    • To compare two copies, select the copies that you want to compare and then in the Project ribbon, in the Master and Project Copies group, click Compare or Compare Renditions.