Linking documents within Photoshop

I have CS2 running on XP with a Wacom tablet. I need to copy select layers of several designs into a larger layout. I've tried to link and paste and I can't get multiple layers highlighted to link. As a work around, I've copied them and merged them and then copied and pasted the single layer -- overall not a pleasant solution. Any thoughts about why the layers aren't linking?
Thanks.

Sharon,
In versions previous to CS3 you can't highlight several layers at once, but you can link them by clicking on the little link icon box to the right of the eye in the Layers palette.
Then they can be moved together. Putting them in a Layer Set (Group) is also a good solution.

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