If you have iManage Work Desktop for Windows installed on your machine, you can then select upto 50 files at once and then perform the Open and Open read-only actions from the multi-select toolbar or, the right-click context menu. These actions are available for files in:

  • Document folders

  • Search results

  • Saved search folders

NOTE: Open and Open read-only actions aren't configurable in iManage Control Center and are always available for multiple selection.

Figure: Opening multiple files using native apps

  • If there is a folder or folder shortcut in your selection, then the Open & Open read-only actions will not be available in the multi select toolbar or the right-click context menu.

  • If there are only emails in your selection, then the Open read-only action will not be available in the multi select toolbar or the right-click context menu.

  • If you select more than 50 files, then the Open & Open read-only actions will be disabled.

  • When you try to open a checked out file, a dialog box appears, allowing you to decide if you prefer opening the checked out items in Read-Only mode or skip.

  • When you try to open a file with multiple versions, a dialog box appears, allowing you to decide if you prefer opening the selected version of the file or the latest version.

NOTE: If Enable open in Gmail is turned on in iManage Control Center, then selecting multiple Gmail emails opens only the first selected email in the Gmail Web client due to browser limitations.

When you select more than 20 files, you will be shown an alert message indicating that opening multiple files might slow down your machine’s performance and, hence allows you to either proceed or cancel the operation.

The status of the files being opened is shown in the progress panel.

Figure: Progress panel