Hmm, this sounds like your making SharePoint a file dump instead of using it for content management.
Shh! I didn't say that. You did. ;) The CM side of things is still well in place with the number of mandatory metadata columns we have. This is more a short term solution until such time as we can rebuild them all for SharePoint use. Thanks for your advice. Paul From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Brown Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2008 10:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] Word template library Hi Paul, Hmm, this sounds like your making SharePoint a file dump instead of using it for content management. By doing so, you are losing some powerful functionality. As far as opening a new document based on a existing document in a document library, the default "click to open" is not designed to do this as it will just open the document in the application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc). The only way I could see this being implemented, is having a custom feature in the context menu and create a menu item "Open new Instance of this document" or something simular, However this would require custom development. Basically mimicking the "Download a Copy", However with some smarts to make it copy the document in the document library and then open that one instead. -DB From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Noone Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2008 10:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] Word template library Hi Daniel, It would be enormously impractical to have to create a content type or form for each one and then add them to one (or several) libraries within SharePoint. We already have our base content types (more than enough for my liking as I'm the only designer/developer). This is about storing existing dotx, pptx and xlst files (of which we have hundreds) within a document library rather than the traditional network drive location. Unfortunately SharePoint doesn't let them open a new instance of a document natively through IE (unless you use the 'Download a copy' option). NB: Nice to have the list back. :) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Brown Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2008 10:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] Word template library Hi Paul, Ø Does anyone know of a no-fuss way to have a dotx file open as a new Untitled.docx from a document library? I assume you mean though the "new" button? The only way I know of is via a content type. Ø The only method I've found which opens the document as expected is to use the Send To->Download a Copy function but this isn't very intuitive for end users. It's actually behaviour of IE, Check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870853 for more details Ø I'm trying to avoid creating a new content type for every document template and am sure there must be a simple way to achieve this. Isn't that the purpose of a Content Type? To apply a standard template to multiple document libraries? Cheers, Daniel Brown - MCP - MCTS - SharePoint MVP<https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Daniel.Brown> Blog: http://www.danielbrown.id.au<http://www.danielbrown.id.au/> Mobile: 0419-804-099 [cid:[email protected]] ý Please consider your Environment before printing this email. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Noone Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2008 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [OzMOSS] Word template library HI all, This seems like an exceedingly stupid question to ask (what's new I hear you ask?) but I'm trying to create a dedicated document library for Word templates and running into a few behavioural issues. No matter what I do, all default methods for opening a file result in it being opened as a Read Only server document (in IE at least). Does anyone know of a no-fuss way to have a dotx file open as a new Untitled.docx from a document library? The only method I've found which opens the document as expected is to use the Send To->Download a Copy function but this isn't very intuitive for end users. I'm trying to avoid creating a new content type for every document template and am sure there must be a simple way to achieve this. Kind regards, Paul Noone Online Developer, ICT CEO Sydney ph: (02) 9568 8461 fax: (02) 9568 8483 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: http://www.ceo.syd.catholic.edu.au/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. 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