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DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

Still Finding Documents by Guessing Which Folder?

M-Files finds documents by what they actually are — the client, project, or job they belong to — not which folder they happen to be saved in. One governed system for every file your business creates.

M-Files Metadata Driven Document Management Interface
Contextual Metadata Search Engine

Search by client, agreement type, or project phase without browsing folder trees.

COMMON FILE FRICTION

Sound familiar?

The everyday friction points that cost your team hours in search time and version confusion:

Nobody's sure which version is current

The same document exists in three different places — a shared drive, someone's inbox, a desktop folder — and nobody's entirely sure which one is the one that actually matters. Work happens on the wrong version more often than anyone would like to admit.

Finding anything means asking someone

New starters can't find what they need without asking a colleague where it's kept. Even experienced staff waste real time every week just hunting for the right file across drives, inboxes, and desktops.

“Isn't SharePoint already handling this?”

SharePoint stores files and does some of this — but it's built around folder structure and site permissions, not metadata and context. It gets harder to manage cleanly as the number of documents and sites grows, and most businesses end up with the same version-control and findability problems they started with.

Nobody's confident who can see what

Permissions get set once, when a folder's created, and rarely revisited. A year later, nobody's fully sure who has access to what — or whether someone who left the business still does.

THE METADATA SOLUTION

Information, not just files

M-Files finds and manages every document by what it actually is — connected to the client, project, or job it belongs to, the way your business already thinks about it.

Find Documents By What They Are
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Find It By What It Is

Every document is findable by client, project, status, or any other property that matters to your business — not by remembering a folder path. Type what you're looking for and find it, the same way regardless of who saved it or where.

Metadata Tagging Universal Search No Folder Trees
One Current Version Always
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One Current Version, Always

Full version history behind every document, so there's never a question about which copy is the real one. Redlining, annotation, and easy link-sharing replace the email-attachment-and-hope cycle.

Single Source of Truth Co-Authoring & Redlining Complete Audit History
Works Where You Already Do inside Microsoft 365
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Works Where You Already Do, On Any Device

Embedded directly into Microsoft 365 — Outlook, Teams, SharePoint — so it's not a separate tool your team has to remember to use. Full support for Office documents, AutoCAD files, and Outlook correspondence, available on desktop, browser, or mobile — including offline mode.

Microsoft 365 Embedded AutoCAD Integration Offline Mobile Sync
Access Controlled Automatically
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Access Controlled Automatically

Permissions are based on what a document is and who's supposed to see it, not a folder someone configured once and forgot about. Access adjusts automatically as documents move through a workflow, not manually each time.

Dynamic Permissions Role-Based Access Automated Governance
★★★★★

“We've been working with Range IT for over six years and have been consistently impressed with their service. Their document management system has been a great fit for our business, and their team is always responsive, professional, and willing to help with custom solutions.”

Annabel EA to Henry Bateman Cornerstone Health
Cornerstone Health
★★★★★

“We have trusted Range for all our IT needs for over 5 years now, in particular for our document management solution... the consultants at Range are always contactable and swift to resolve any issues.”

Graeme Easton MCSE Systems Administrator — MM Group Services
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT IMPACT

“M-Files itself is one of the most customisable systems and with Range's advice and expertise we have managed to automate and streamline many business processes — the reduction in paper use is staggering.

Slade Lever Technical Services Manager — Curtin Student Guild
RECOGNISED GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE
Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice

Gartner Magic Quadrant

Leader & Visionary in Enterprise Content Services

Forrester Total Economic Impact

Forrester TEI Study

Validated 301% ROI over 3 years

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TrustRadius Top Rated

Top Rated Document Control 2026

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Nucleus Research

Ranked Leader 10+ consecutive years

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Common Questions About Document Management Systems

Clear answers for IT leads, operations directors, and business owners.

Stop guessing which folder it's in.

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