In the new era of intelligence, with the use and popularization of office automation, paper file work is facing reform. With the help of computer and office software, the efficiency of filing documents has been greatly improved, but there are still problems of management security and vulnerability in document circulation and filing. Based on the process of document formation, this paper expounds the characteristics and problems of document archiving in office automation environment, aiming to combine the actual situation, explore circulation filing strategy to establish a relatively perfect office automation file management system.