Multi-selection toolbar: Actions on selected objects
When an action is to be applied to several objects in parallel, you have to first select the objects. You can do this by:
• activating the respective check boxes on the left hand side of the object entries;
•
selecting all entries in the folder page by clicking 
in the multi-selection toolbar. The
latter may also be done by selecting
in the top menu bar.
When selecting objects for a simultaneous action, you may also de-select all objects so far selected by
•
clicking 
in the multi-selection toolbar. This may
also be done by selecting
in the top menu bar.
After having selected the objects that the action is to be
applied to, you have to click the appropriate icon in the multi-selection
toolbar to trigger the action. The names of the actions are shown as tooltips
when you move the cursor over the action icons. You find these actions also as
options in the
menu of the top menu bar: thus you may select, e.g., 
(catch up)or
.
If you have selected objects for an action that cannot be performed on all of these objects, BSCW will perform the action only on those objects selected where the action is ‘legitimate’.
If there is no object in the folder for which an action would be legitimate, the corresponding action icon will not be shown in the multi-selection toolbar.
In the following, we describe what the actions of the multi-selection toolbar will do.
Catch up –
indicates to BSCW that you have taken note of the
current events (i.e. previous actions on the objects selected) and that
you do not want to be reminded of them any longer. The event icons in the
entries selected are removed.
Note: Catch up is applied recursively to the complete contents of a folder and its subfolders. As a shortcut, catch up affects all objects in a folder when no objects are selected. Thus, the effect is identical to selecting in the top menu.
Send
E-Mail – lets you send the objects
selected and their complete contents by e-mail (as attachments). You may
also send links to the objects via e-mail. Selection of the send action
brings up a form for distribution via e-mail. The recipients may be selected
from your address book; their e-mail addresses may also be entered directly into
the form.
Cut – transfers
the objects selected to your clipboard.
Cut – transfers
the objects selected to your clipboard.
Move – transfers the
objects selected to a destination that you select from the folder tree of your
workspaces.
Copy – puts
copies of the objects selected into your clipboard.
Paste – transfers
the objects of the current
selection in your clipboard to the folder selected. If nothing is selected,
the current selection in your clipboard is transferred to the current folder.
Note, that you may select only one folder to which the objects of the clipboard
are to be transferred.
Delete –
transfers the objects selected to your trash.
Undelete –
returns the objects selected in your trash to the
locations from which they were deleted, i.e. moved to the trash.
Archive –
generates a Zip or Tar archive of the objects selected. Archiving is
particularly useful if you want to download a large number
of documents.
Rate – lets you
rate the quality of the documents
selected or of the objects referred to by the URLs selected.
to Address Book – puts links to objects selected in a members’ page into your address book (if not already present).
to
Community – creates a community with
the objects selected in a members’ page as
members.
to Case – puts
links to the folders selected into your briefcase
for synchronization with your local computer.
to
Portal – generates widgets in your personal
portal that correspond to the objects selected. In the case of folders
or discussion forums, e.g., the widgets show the contents of the folders or
discussion forums selected.
vCard Export –stores the user objects selected in a members’ page or your address book as a vCard file (*.vcf) on your local
computer for import of the contact information contained into
local applications like Microsoft Outlook.