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A document information panel is a form that is displayed within the client application, and which contains fields for the document metadata. Document information panels enable users to enter important metadata about a file anytime they want, without having to leave the client application.

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How can we sort the filter options in the information panel?

Head scratcher here. I'm wondering how/if we can change the display order of choice options in the filter info pane. Does anyone how to do this, or even better, why this appears to be an order set at ...
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Manage MSDS in Sharepoint document library

I want to manage MSDS in SP document library Requirements: IDH (Unique Number for each material) - Total MSDS count will be 200*3+ Picture (200No.) Supplier 1 Supplier 2 Supplier 3 Attach Valid MSDS ...
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Splitting Document Set properties over separate web parts

I am currently trying to reconfigure the welcome page on my company's SharePoint so that the document set properties is split over three web part, with different information in each. There would be a ...
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File activity in a Document Library/List Item

The modern SharePoint has the details pane on the right hand side of the screen. When you are in a Document Library or List and you click that little i, if there is not item selected, you will get the ...
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Advice on SP2013 Contact list with over 5000 items to work as Lookup for document information panel

Disclaimer: I am completely new to Sharepoint and web design. Sharepoint 2013, on-premises. The company needs to have multiple document libraries and it is necessary to be able to tag documents with ...
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Sharepoint metadata greyed out in Excel file

We are using SharePoint 2013 and Excel 2013, together with Managed Metadata using content types. Some Excel 2013 users are intermittently experiencing greyed out managed metadata fields. They only ...
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How to disable Document Information Panel in Word 2010?

I am using SharePoint 2013 and Word and InfoPath 2010. I use a document template in my document library (content type). The information panel in word didn't bother me in the first place but then ...
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Generate the edit Path of Infopath for Document library item

We are creating the item in document library from SharePoint List designer workflow and on it's item creation in document library we are loosing edit path of infopath for item in library, which is ...
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Unable to Open the Infopath in browser to Edit Items of Document library

I am generating the code in one my sharepoint list,And creating the item in one of document library by adding the generated ID of the list.And document library is designed with infopath forms When I ...
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Change the Control of CAML XML fragment

I am able to update the Infopath Form to SharePoint List by following the msdn link,But it is accepting only text box control values Below are the fields which are in CAML XML fragment format,And I am ...
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Hide Document Information Panel (DIP) in Word

I have a SP 2013 site which has a document library. I have set the Allow Management of Content Types. For the Document Content Type, in the advanced settings, I uploaded a Docx file and set this as ...
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The file is locked for shared use by domainName\user

I have a document library in a SP 2013 site. I have a document content type with a document template associated to it. Now, I have written an ItemUpdated event receiver which will update the document ...
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Version System column and word information panel

In SharePoint 2010 library I have Version system column based which shows version of the document. I want to add this column to the content type of document because I want this field to be shown in ...
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Cannot select term in required managed metadata column in Word Document Information Panel?

I have created a custom contenttype. Inside this ct I have a managed metadata field which is required. When I try to create a new word document by the ribbon (so NOT uploading an existing word ...
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How do I get a column to appear in DIP (word document) but not on the SP edit item form?

I have a column which I want to use in a word document, however when I make the column hidden so that it does not appear on the edit form in sharepoint - it also hides it from the Word Insert -> ...
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autopopulate Document properties

Is there a way to autopopulate document properties? I've read things about creating a list and a document library and use a workflow but this is not the approach i'm looking for (this only works for ...
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Hide document information panel

I run SharePoint online in Office 365. I have document content type at site collection level with a few properties. And now when I use it in document library I always get document information panel. I ...
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Content Types created in Visual Studio don't appear in Document Information Panel

Hallo I'm proceeding this way: create some site columns and content types using them, in VS2013 reference some docx/dotx attach them to the Content Type using elements.xml create a Library Template ...
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Set content type of document when uploading using client object model

I am trying to use the Client Object Model in SharePoint to upload a document to a specific library. Right now I have it saving the document but I can't figure out how to specify the content type ...
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How to print content type template with document information panel?

I created an Excel template for a custom content type in SharePoint 2013 and then I created a custom document information panel (DIP) using InfoPath 2013. When I add a new file to my document library ...
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Sharepoint Online Presence and Contact Cards

We are using O365/Sharepoint Online 2013 Plan 1 and I've been wondering that do we really need Lync to use the presence feature in Sharepoint (Newsfeed, comments, mysite etc.) or is there a way to ...
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Force users to enter document metadata before creating a new document in Sharepoint 2013 document library?

First off, I'm new to Sharepoint. With that out of the way, I have a document library based on a custom content type. When working with Sharepoint document libraries some users find the document info ...
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Word 2013 Document Information Panel "Currently Unavailable" bug with SharePoint 2013

I think I’ve found a bug in Word 2013 and Word 2013 SP1 when using SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2013 SP1. When the Document Information Panel is used in a Word Document, it doesn’t support Lookup ...
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MS-Word not allowing users to save a SharePoint document which has a field with multiple taxonomy terms

I tried creating an out of the box document library and added one taxonomy field. After I created a document and added a number of terms (about 50). If I try to edit the document in word it gives me ...
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Programmatically trigger "New document" action in a document library

I've been asked to check if it is possible to trigger the creation of a new document linked to a content type. Like, to make it simple, you have a webpart, a button, you click it, and it opens the ...
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Display read only properties

I am trying to add a 'Security Classification' field to the properties of a document. The requirements are that certain users should be able to change the field at a document library level, or if not ...
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Custom content type columns not getting displayed in document information panel

I created a new content type "Sales Proposal" inheriting from Document content type, which has a few required columns, and added it to my document library. However, when I create a new Sales Proposal ...
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Metadata changes in DIP not reflected in properties

we have a problem with Managed Metadata and changes in Document Information panel in Word. When a user changes a property in the DIP, the changes are not reflected in the documents properties after ...
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Document Information Panel (Infopath 2007 .xsn) crashes Word 2010 when creating an instance of the content type, any idea why?

My problem seems to be that whenever I create an instance of a document content type it seems to crash Word 2010, I've tested it on another PC with Word 2007 installed and it opens the document just ...
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Can an InfoPath 2010 form be built from an existing content type

I have several custom content types defined in a site collection defined as a hub. These content types have been published and I have some other sites that use these content types. I would like to ...
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How to enforce metadata in document information panel in SP2010

My document library supports several custom content types. When "Add new document" is clicked, the Browse dialog for uploading the file is followed by the Document Information Panel which is properly ...
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Using additional fields from Lookup in Word Document Information Panel

I have a Document Library in which I have a lookup columns to a Contact list, the contact list also includes linked values as email, phone numbers and so on. When creating a new word document in ...
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How to hide the Document Information Panel when creating a new Word document from a .DOTX file which was on a sharepoint site?

The title more or less says it all. I have DOTX files in a document library which people can download and create new word files from. The library DOES NOT have required columns or any special custom ...
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Document Properties Demotion from ListItem field is not working

I have a content type in a library configured with a word document as a template, it is the default content type. When creating via the UI from New item entering information into the DIP sets values ...
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Use of QuickParts in Word Templates in combination with Site Content Types

Situation: A Site ContentType (CT): Report (Parent = Document) A Word Template is attached to the report CT 1 root site with several subsites (A, B, C) Every subsite contains a library with the '...
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Shared columns of document set not set in Document Information Panel

After I upload a document in a document set, the edit form is being displayed and all of our shared columns of the document set are set by default as metadata of the document. When we start with a ...
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Hide managed metadata column in document information pannel

I am trying to hide a managed metadata column in the document information panel. I attempted to do this by setting the ShowInFileDlg property of the field to false however the field still shows. I've ...
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jQuery cascading dropdowns and Word

If a user clicks on New from a document library then a word template opens with metadata in the header section, will the SPServices jQuery cascading dropdowns work in the word's header? I doubt it. If ...
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Custom DIP Using InfoPath calling a web service - DIP Unable to Load

I have a Custom Document Information Panel developed in InfoPath 2010 - within which I am calling a Web Service to return a date value from the server. The DIP when opened independently works fine, ...
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Document Information Panel with Word Web App

When a SharePoint 2010 Document is opened inside Word Client, it shows the properties of that document in a Document Information Panel. How does this work with Word Web App?
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Custom DIP Validations not preventing word from Saving the document

I have a Custom Document Information Panel on a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Document Library. In the DIP, I have fields in which custom InfoPath rules have been written to validate certain fields. For ...
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