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Essential SharePoint
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Essential SharePoint

by Jeff Webb
May 2005
Beginner content levelBeginner
336 pages
10h 14m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Creating New Documents

There are two main ways to create new documents in an existing library. They differ based on where you start:

  • Creating a new library document from Word is familiar to most of us—there's little new to learn.

  • Creating from the library itself can provide a template to ensure all the documents are consistent.

The following sections show the two approaches.

Starting from Word

To create new document in a library from Word, simply save the document to a SharePoint library:

  1. Create a new document in Word.

  2. Choose File Save.

  3. Enter the address of the SharePoint library in File Name (for example, http://wombat/Shared Documents/). Word displays a list of the files in the library.

  4. Enter a name for the file and choose Save. Word saves the file to the library.

Once you save a document to a library, Word can display information about the library in the Shared Workspace task pane. To see the other documents in the library from Word:

  1. Choose View Task Pane. Word displays the Shared Workspace task pane.

  2. Choose the Documents icon to view other files in the library (Figure 6-6).

Viewing the library from Word

Figure 6-6. Viewing the library from Word

Word refers to this task pane as a workspace, even though it displays a document library from a team site.

Starting from the Library

To create a new document from the library:

  1. In your browser, navigate to the library and choose New Document.

  2. SharePoint displays a security warning. ...

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