In the context of SharePoint a document refers to a computer file, usually stored in a SharePoint library.

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Document Library containing Managed Metadata when exported to Excel has weird characters

We have document library for storing assets in it. Document Library contains some of Managed Metadata lookup fields. When I try to use the Ribbon feature to export the list into an Excel, each of the ...
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How do I “give up” editing mode and view a document as read-only without closing and reopening?

In my SharePoint 2010 environment I currently have the document library setting "Require documents to be checked out before they can be edited?" set to no. All of my users are on Office 2007 and ...
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How to Display Uploaded Document Link to View/Download in InfoPath Form?

Hello I am new to Infopath! I have Two Share point Lists: 1. ClientList(ClientID,ClientName,Title,ID) 2. ClientDocuments(DocumentID,RelatedClient,DocumentName,Title,ID etc) RelatedClient field has ...
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Cannot open word document and Excel from Sharepoint 2010

I am not able to open any word documents and Excel from my Sharepoint2010 sites. I was able to open them before I re-installed everything from scratch. When I try and open any uploaded Excel document ...
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Active linking of document libraries

We are attempting to create a functional area for a time limited project which brings together documents from multiple SCs’ libraries. At the end of the project, all documents would be returned to ...
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Sharepoint Workflow 2013/2013 - Create list item to document library creates corrupt document

I have recently upgraded a 2010 site to 2013 with spd workflow running on the 2010 platform. The "create list item" to a library does not seem to work. It adds a document but the file is corrupt and ...
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How to disable Adobe Reader message asking you to Check Out & Open the file?

When i open a PDF file from Sharepoint page, an Adobe Reader message pops up that reads - Tip: WHen finished with the file, you can check it in using the "Sharepoint Server" option in the FIle Menu. ...
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Add a ‘Create New Document Set’ link to a web-page

I've found this page which explains how to add a ‘Create New Document’ link to a page : <img alt="" src="/_layouts/images/rect.gif">&nbsp; <a ...
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how to update Document in doc set

I've been trying to update the file name of a document inside of a doc set. I continually get either a "Invalid data has been used to update the list item. The field you are trying to update may be ...
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Most Efficient Way to Scan Large Volume of Records/Documents into SharePoint

What is the most efficient method you used to scan and upload large volume (> 10 TB) of records and documents into SharePoint? The things I am interested in are: Speed Ability to add metadata and ...
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Opening a document in read-only mode using an external control

I have a .Net application that (amongst other things) provides a front end to a sharepoint document library. Users are able to open documents, and I use the Open Documents Control to do so ...
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link a list element to a set/list of library documents same farm

i´m new to SharePoint 2013 and I would like to have a list where each element could have one or more documents from a document library. I have to define a folder where all element's list documents ...
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Reverting Document Versioning in Document Library

I accidentally published a new major version causing a document going from version 4 to 5. How can I revert the version number? I want the version number to be 4, and delete the 5. So that next ...
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Is there a Document Set web part?

So i'm reading about document set's and I just made one, and it seems more like a logical grouping under a main Document Library, my question is, if I have a page and I want to show just a specific ...
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File opens in read-only mode only

I have added a column of type URL to my list. The column stores the URLs to files located in the document library on the same site. So, when I view the properties of my list item I can click on the ...
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How to assign permissions to a single publishing page

As I know that a publishing page is a securable object, and in my case I need to grant certain users the permissions to Read certain pages in my publishing site (they cannot read other pages), in ...
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How can I “tag” or make documents in a library easily searchable in MOSS 2007?

I have a document library (MOSS 2007) that I want to try to make more easily searchable. Is there a way to "tag" the documents or something, so when I search for, say, "report", I will get all the ...
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New document does not default save to correct location

In sharepoint, I have created a new document library and have attached a template so that users can upload new documents with that template. When the user clicks New > MyDocument it opens up the ...
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How do I create a custom view and apply it to ALL document libraries on Sharepoint 2007 site

I am wanting to create a new default view for ALL document libraries on an intranet. How do I go about this without manually updating the All Items (default view) of each document library.
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Users unable to edit document properties

I have a document library on SP 2010 in which all users, including myself as the admin/owner, are unable to update properties of certain documents. Documents were moved to this folder from another ...
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SPFieldUserValue is not working with SPMetal generated CreatedBy column

I'm trying to get Document Authors (Created By) Email Id using SPMetal generated class code. It gives DocumentCreatedBy as one of the Sharepoint Foundation Base field. When I try to get LoginName ...
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Error on updating a document item

I have an issue with updating an item in ItemUpdated event. Basically on ItemUpdated, I would like to reupdate that item by setting some properties, because it is a docx I have to do it in ...
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Document Discussion in SharePoint 2013

My users like to have threaded discussions about documents in a document library. For example, as a policy is developed. they have a forum based discussion - without the discussion happening in the ...
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Document Sets not working when cloning a Sharepoint 2010 Collection

I created a large sharepoint 2010 collection which we are trying to clone throughout the company. Although we have some issues (like MMD disappearing, and Reusable workflows not being automatically ...
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Incomming E-Mail doesn't work for the second site

I have the following constelation. 1. Sharepoint Site called "site1" on Port 80 1. SharePoint Site called "SharePoint Site X" on Port 95 The E-Mail receiving feature (to send documents to lists) ...
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Document opens in read only when opened from navigation panel

I have a link in the navigation panel which opens a spreadsheet. All groups have Read access but the site admins have Full Control to it. Regardless of who opens it from the quick launch it opens in ...
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How to use the reorder method for document library?

I have a document library of 179 documents, and I want to reorder them. I have this code to try swapping the first two documents bool u = sharepoint.library.Ordered; if (!u) { ...
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SPS 2013 Document Set view all Properties

From inside a document set, in the Welcome page, I select "View All Properties" But the only property it shows is the Name field.... The "Edit Properties" shows all of the fields..... Can ...
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How to Print Document Library Item?

Document Library having Number of document items. how to create feature for print item in document library.
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change +Add document location in SharePoint 2010 [duplicate]

Is it possible to move the “+Add document” link in all the libraries to be at the top of the document list rather than at the bottom? Is it also possible to fix it globally?
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Broken Links within Sharepoint Document Library

I have a huge number of documents uploaded to the document library. These are the word and excel documents. We have some links within the documents refering to the old URL of the sharepoint website. ...
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Initialize word document content type properties using Javascript

I'm trying to create a new word document from a template using the following javascript code : var word = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application"); var doc = ...
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SharePoint Document ID Service and Imported Document Library List

I have an out-of-the-box document list that is created in dev and have the Document ID Service feature activiated. All works well. My test server has the Document ID Service enabled and document ...
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PowerShell: Upload documents to folder in document library

I'm using SharePoint Foundation 2010. I have to make a PowerShell script that copies a structure found on a network share. Its all good except for one thing... I know how to make Document Library's ...
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Export documents from sharepoint to another website

I'm trying to get files and lists from my Sharepoint server showed on another website. How should I do to make a document viewable on the webpage, that is exported from SP2013? I also want to search ...
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Programmatically create a new document based on a content type template

As in the title, I need to programmatically create a new document based on a content type template. Does anyone know the best way to do this? Normally, to add files you use Web.Files.Add(), but all ...
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Exporting document content from SP2013 to external webapp

How should I do to make a document viewable on a webpage, that is exported from SP2013 document library. A user should be able to, through a webpage send a request to view the content of a specific ...
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“Sent to” overview of sendet location is lost after moving the web to another location

I moved a web from "http://thehost.com/Site/Subsite/web" to "http://thehost.com/Site2/web". The move performs with an export an an import by powershell. In the source web, exists some documents, ...
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Difference b/w Read and View Only

I have a requirement to setup a permission level, where user can only see the document and see the associated metadata columns but cannot download or open the document. We have a permission level ...
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SharePoint 2010 Foundation

A new sharepoint foundation site has been established for just under a year. It contains many document libraries for several departments. Only the last three versions of a document are tracked. ...
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Move Document using Drop Off Library

I have a document library named "MyDocLibrary" and in that i have define content type. same content type define in Drop Off Library. also set Content Organizer Setting and Rules for when document is ...
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Some PDF fails to open with error “internet explorer cannot display the webpage” from a document library

We recently upgraded our browser Internet Explorer(Standard browser for our organization) from IE 8 to IE 9 and since then just one user(not all) having issue opening few PDF documents. In a same ...
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How to restrict a document library to a specific file type (extension)?

I have a SharePoint intranet site where I need to allow users to upload certain documents. These documents need to be only PDF files for example. What is the simplest way to restrict the document ...
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Creating Word document with tables from template

I found this blogpost about automatically creating Word documents from a list item using workflows in SP2010. ...
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How to increment the document reference (not version) as they are uploaded?

How to increment the document reference (not version) as the document is uploaded. Pre populate the column, so that when the next document is uploaded it will automatically have incremented in order. ...
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Solution techniques and alternat approaches to implement record searching with attachments

I hope all of you are well. Please go over my request and try to answer. My requirements are as follows i) have to create a record maintenance system ii) each record would have some entries, ...
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Allow users to “edit permissions” on their own documents

We have a customer who expressed a need to allow the "Author" of a document to edit the permissions of that specific document, without giving him/her the "Edit permission" - permission in the entire ...
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Uploading files using object model

I'm experiencing some problems adding documents to a library using the object model. I use the spfolder.files.add where I pass a filestream containing the document in. When I run my Internet Explorer ...
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Is it possible to check if a document has unique permissions using SP2010 Client Object Model

I have a 2010 site that has many documents in many different folders. I believe a number of them have broken permission inheritence. Is there a way i can code a C# console app to utilise client object ...
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SharePoint Foundation Missing Document Information Panel

All I created a Document Content Type with an excel template and for some reason I cannot find the setting to show Document Information Panel by default. The behavior at the moment the user actually ...

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