Re: Document Collaboration Issue

Sorry. You'd be surprised how many times the reason I gave was the reason.

Have a look at this KB article

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;870853

It might help.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Meredith Brodsky" <meredith_brodsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8D728617-268F-4884-9C4D-EEB85EF13603@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thank you for the response! However, we are in fact using the 'Edit in
> Microsoft Word' function and using Office 2003. For some reason, the file
> opens in read only mode, and then we are not even given the option to save
> back to the site direclty.
>
> If you have any additional thoughts, please lt me know. Thank you again
> for
> the quick response.
>
> Meredith
>
> \\"Mike Walsh" wrote:
>
>> You should use the 'Edit in Microsoft Word' function. Then you ought to
>> be
>> able to Save back to the site. It seems you are opening the file by
>> clicking
>> on the filename or icon, in this case the file is opened read only.
>>
>> Edit in MS Word only works if you have Office XP or Office 2003 installed
>> on
>> the client. Otherwise you are forced (there is a fix for Office 2K -
>> search
>> the WSS FAQ for that) to download the file and re-upload it.
>>
>> [By the way: the standard way for saying 'WSS without Portal Server' is
>> 'standalone WSS']
>>
>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> Please post questions to the newsgroup only
>>
>>
>> "Meredith Brodsky" <meredith_brodsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:D2F9883D-C2C0-4362-A6AE-AEA87D753815@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I am currently using WSS without Portal Server. When I check out any
>> > type
>> of
>> > document from my Sharepont site and edit it (e.g., in Microsoft Word),
>> > it
>> > opens in "read only" format. Then, once changes have been made to the
>> > document, it will not allow you to save the file back to the site/web
>> folder
>> > directly and check it back in. It only allows you to save the file
>> > back
>> to
>> > your local machine and then upload a new file. This prevents us from
>> using
>> > any of the version history and version control features. Can anyone
>> > help?
>>
>>
>>


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