There wasn’t any method for managing, editing or downloading documents together in a set, because unfortunately the Folders didn’t have this capability. If I’d like to simplify the document sets, there are very smart folders.
- Document sets can share the same metadata.
- Versioning the document set instead of the separated documents.
- Initiate workflows for the whole document set.
- Document set level permission management.
- Download all documents of a document set compressed into a ZIP file.
- Customizable Welcome Page for all document set.
How to configure "Document Set"
- Go to the Manage Site Collection Features page and activate the Document Sets feature.
- Go to the Document Library’s setting page and choose Advanced Settings. Turn on the allowing of content management.
- Add the Document Set content type to your library.
Reference : http://dotneteers.net/blogs/aghy/archive/2009/10/21/how-to-set-up-document-sets-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx