1. A method for directed routing of electronic documents comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of electronic documents of different types, each received electronic document including at least one identifiable electronic document property attribute, wherein at least one electronic document is stored within an associated document management system and at least one electronic document is stored outside of the associated document management system, and wherein a storage location of each electronic document is reflected by its associated electronic document property attribute; receiving, from an associated user, at least one user-specified routing destination for a plurality of selected electronic documents; analyzing at least one property associated with each selected electronic document; identifying an electronic document property attribute associated with each selected electronic document; identifying at least one destination as being within the document management system in accordance with the specified electronic document property attribute and the user-specified routing destination; identifying at least one destination as being outside the document management system in accordance with the specified electronic document property attribute and the user-specified routing destination; selectively converting each electronic document to a format corresponding to the at least one destination in accordance with the step of identifying so as to selectively import or export electronic documents from the document management system such that metadata associated with each electronic document is maintained for documents communicated to the document management system and metadata is not retained for documents communicated outside of the document management system; and outputting each received electronic document to an identified destination in accordance with an associated electronic document property attribute.