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Smart Art Templates for Word 2007

OBTS — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:54:11 GMT

Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:15:50 PST
Subject: Smart Art Templates for Word 2007
From: Hollis Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.pagelayout

The Microsoft Office Newsletter tells from where to download some new smart art templates. I did that, and put them in a folder of my choosing, as they did not suggest an Office folder. The instructions are to open Word 2007, click insert - smart art - and choose a gallery. Well, surprise, surprise, they aren't showing up in any gallery. How do I tell Word 2007 where to look for the new templates? Or, to where should I move them to have them show up?

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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From: Jay Freedman <jaydotfreedmanatverizontodnet>
Subject: Re: Smart Art Templates for Word 2007
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:03:10 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.pagelayout

The download page should have placed a .glox file in the hidden folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\SmartArt Graphics. If you downloaded it to somewhere else, copy or move it there.

You may have to search through the SmartArt gallery for the new template. The template itself tells Word which category to put it in, but the web page doesn't give you any hint of where to find it. For example, the Picture Organization Chart template goes into the Hierarchy group, while the Tabbed Arc template goes rather arbitrarily into the Relationship group. (If you know the trick of changing the extension from .glox to .zip and opening the archive, you can find the category in the \diagrams\layoutHeader1.xml file.)

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Jay Freedman
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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:13:56 PST
Subject: Re: Smart Art Templates for Word 2007
From: Hollis Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.pagelayout

Thank you, Jay. I tried to follow that path, and was blocked at Documents and Settings. Even though I ran as administrator, it would not let me open that file. Do you know how to do that?

Anyway, I do have access to the stuff under <My Name>, including and Application data. So, I followed it down to the SmartArt Graphics folder, found it was empty, and pasted in the new .glox files. Sure enough, I was able to find two of the new graphic thingies, whatever it is. There were, of course, all those that come with the Office07 installation. It is really a shame that they can't show the colored graphics in the list, so we could recognize the new ones by their colored scheme.

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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Outlook 2007 Installation Hangs on Windows Vista

OBTS — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:56:22 GMT

From: "Mel" <mommymellieatgmaildotcom>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Subject: Outlook 2007 Installation Hangs on Windows Vista
Date: 9 Mar 2007 11:10:46 -0800

I have searched through the archives and haven't found an answer so am posting hoping someone can help.

I am running Windows Vista on my new laptop and it came with Microsoft Office 2007 Home & Student preinstalled, I purchased an activation key for it and have it activated.

I have since decided that I would like Microsoft Outlook 2007 so purchased the stand-alone program and am trying to install it from the DVD. It asked if I wanted to uninstall Outlook 2003 and I did; installation got about 3/4 of the way completed then hung and had to be closed.

I verified that Outlook 2003 has been uninstalled (it was the only Office 2003 component I had installed) and have rebooted several times but the installation hangs up at the same spot every time, about 3/4 of the way through.

Might anyone have any suggestions to help me get this installed? I see a lot of problems of the program hanging upon boot but I can't even get that far. :)

Thank you,

Melissa

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From: "Mel"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Subject: Re: Outlook 2007 Installation Hangs on Windows Vista
Date: 9 Mar 2007 12:00:13 -0800

Responding to my own post with the fix in case anyone else comes across this problem. If you have Microsoft Expression Web installed you will need to remove it prior to the Outlook 2007 installation. Once it was removed the program installed.

Melissa

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How do I publish content from Word 2007 Redux

OBTS — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:18:49 GMT

From: BarryC <BarryC discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Re: How do I publish content from Word 2007?
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 07:30:20 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

We've been struggling with these issues as well, but from a different perspective. First of all, it seems that the only standard way of saving files of any sort to a site is by entering the URL to the library, clicking OK, logging in (if you click "remember..." it frequently will keep remembering credentials during the session, but not if you log out) and then saving the file.

The usual way to deal with this is to copy the URL and paste it into the open file dialog box and go from there.

Sometimes, a Network place gets created, sometimes not. Whatever, if you have lots of sites on the same server you need to rename them so you can tell which is which - or you get Doc Library on Server(1), Doc Library on Server(2) and so on. While OK, it's very kludgey and a big collection with lots of sites can result in dozens of network places to sort through.

These work, but there are obvious problems. I'll add one more: users who don't know what a path is, and don't want to type or copy/paste a URL. These are usually users who never make shortcuts, don't save bookmarks (favorites) and never use the links bar in IE so they find the options too complex.

So besides dealing with the save problem - which I think I've covered indirectly - the real issue is that users are familiar with navigating file system hierarchies and don't like having to treat each library location as an entirely separate file system. This is the greatest barrier to using SharePoint for document management.

If you instead use it as one giant library, saving the path becomes straight forward, but there's no straightforward way of associating documents with collaboration sites.

Thoughts on the matter?

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Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:32:43 -0800
Subject: Re: How do I publish content from Word 2007?
From: Hollis 64 Paul <nospam@noserver.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Until Microsoft solves the Network Places issues with Vista and I can reliably create NewtWork Places and Document WorkSites reliably appear in Network Places, I cannot recommend that Vista Ultimate be used. Period. For me, this is a migration killer.

The problem with the URLs that you get in Favorites Center is that those are URLs to documents, not to folders. They can't be used to point to document folders.

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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Docs on Sharepoint 2003 read-only with vista/office 2007

OBTS — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:16:17 GMT

From: csinnett <csinnett discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Docs on Sharepoint 2003 read-only with vista/office 2007
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:15:00 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I'm running Vista & Office 2007 (enterprise editions) at work. Whenever I try to open one of the word or excel documents on our Sharepoint (2003) site via IE (7) it comes up as [read-only][compatibility mode]. The only way I can save the document back to our shared document space is to save it locally and then upload the file.

Has anyone else seen this behavior and if so, is there a fix for it?

Thanks,

Chris

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From: Phl <Pl discussions microsoft com>
Subject: RE: Docs on Sharepoint 2003 read-only with vista/office 2007
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:55:00 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Hi Chris,

I have the same problem. Found the solution?

Regards,
Phl

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From: csinnett
Subject: RE: Docs on Sharepoint 2003 read-only with vista/office 2007
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:21:44 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Nope. I think it has something to do with IE7 but can't prove it.

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From: mickmick <mickmick discussions microsoft com>
Subject: RE: Docs on Sharepoint 2003 read-only with vista/office 2007
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:56:17 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Has anyone out there come up with a solution to this yet? I'm experiencing the same problem. My user permissions seem to be fine. When a user edits a document using Office XP or Office 2003, it works properly. For the same user Office 2007 (on Windows XP) brings the document up as [read-only][compatibility mode].

Kevin

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Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:32:43 -0800
Subject: Re: Docs on Sharepoint 2003 read-only with vista/office 2007
From: Hollis 64 Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

That is not my experience here, using Vista Ultimate against SPPS03. I browse to the doc lib, use the drop-down control and check-out the document. I then use the control again to select open the document in word. I asks me for my credentials and then opens in Word 2003 compatibility mode. I can edit it, save it back, get prompted for version comments, it asks if I want to check it in, I say yes, and all is well.

The minor problem I am seeing is that the credentials request box is hidden behind the Word windows. I use a multi-desktop tool, and when I first tried this, Word came up over the SharePoint window, and just sat there. The next time I moved the word application over to another desktop, clicked over to that desktop, and the word app was still empty. But, then I could see the outline of the dialog box sitting on tip of the SharePoint window. Moved that over to the Word desktop, it sat on top, I reply yes to the credentials dialog box, it goes away, and the Word app fills up with the doc.

Are you using the dodo control to select the open in word command?

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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How do I publish content from Word 2007?

OBTS — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:56:56 GMT

Both respondents are trying to publish from Word 2007 to their SPPS2003 portals.

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From: mudgie <mudgie discussions microsoft com>
Subject: How do I publish content from Word 2007?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:08:00 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I am trying to publish to my Document Management Server from within Word 2007, but my Sharepoint server isn't listed (only "My Web Sites on MSN" is listed). How do I navigate to my server?

I feel stupid asking... I can publish from my desktop, not my laptop. I tried publishing from within Sharepoint and it worked fine. I thought it would automatically remember the path and show it to me next time...

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:41:22 -0800
Subject: Re: How do I publish content from Word 2007?
From: Hollis 64 Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I tried to create a worksite, but the creation failed. I did then start the web service, and gave my user account full administrative priviledges. Still no go. I did notice that when I came back to Word2007, to try it again, that it had remembered the worksite name I used the first time. So, Word 2007 does remember the site name, but does not put it in the network places. Unless you are using a roaming profile, I would not expect your Word 2007 on the laptop to know about the site names, or network places, in the desktop.

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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From: mudgie
Subject: Re: How do I publish content from Word 2007?
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:08:10 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I found a possible solution. My desktop PC had the Folder Option checked for "Automatically search for network folders and printers". My laptop did not. I change the laptop and now it remembers where I have been.

Still, there has to be an easier way...

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:38:40 -0800
Subject: Re: How do I publish content from Word 2007?
From: Hollis 64 Paul <
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Where are you finding that option? And what is your OS on the desktop PC. I am not finding that in the Folder Options for Vista 64.

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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From: mudgie
Subject: Re: How do I publish content from Word 2007?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:45:05 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I'm on XP Pro. From the Windows explorer I click "Tools" > "Folder Options", and it's the first option under the "View" tab. I know Vista has those options, but they are a bit harder to find.

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From: mudgie
Subject: RE: How do I publish content from Word 2007?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:11:08 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I guess I just had to figure it out myself. When publishing, in the "file name" box, just type the entire path. For instance, if the server is called "Server1" and the document library is called "Client Data", and the document is called test.doc, type the following:

http://server1/client%20data/test.doc

(the %20 represents the space between "client" and "data")

It will go there and it will create a new network shortcut for future saves.

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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:21:22 -0800
Subject: Re: How do I publish content from Word 2007?
From: Hollis 64 Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Sounds like after you choose publishing, you clicked on the document server choice. I tried that, pasted in the URL before the file name, told it to go, and it put the document into the document library I had selected. I did not get a network place out of the process. I will check to see if it is there when I next boot into that client.

When I tried publishing it to a document worksite, the name field is separated from the site address field. In this case, it collects my credentials, starts the process, then says it can't do it. This user does have full admin rights to the portal and to the individual site collections, so it should work, but doesn't. I will see if putting it all on one url will work.

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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:16:56 -0800

I tried creating a doc worksite using the one line approach but that failed. I next tried creating it as a subsite of the site I had explicitly given my user account permissions (rather than relying on inheritance) and the site was created. It did show a link in the upper left pane in which the doc worksite creation parameters were collected. But, I did not find any new links in the Network places. Also, the recent list in the open dialog box does not show where the file is stored. That is annoying. But no package is perfect.

Anyway, I consider my problems with the publishing wizard to have been permissions issues, which I don't really understand, and don't want to waste energy/time figuring it out. If Microsoft winds up committing harikari and disappears from the face of the earth, it will because it will have made its software so secure it can't be used.

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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How to see the components of a Word 2007 XML Format file

OBTS — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:36:10 GMT

From: Walkthrough: Word 2007 XML Format

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms771890.aspx

"Word 2007 Document Packages
The file format in Word 2007 consists of a compressed ZIP file, called a package. This package holds all of the content that is contained within the document. Using the package format decreases file size for Office documents because of the ZIP compression. The new format is also more robust to errors in transmission or handling. It allows you to manipulate the file contents using industry-standard ZIP-based tools. An easy way to look inside the new file format is to save a Word 2007 document in the new default format and rename the file with a .zip extension. Double-click the file to open and view its contents.

Note To understand the composition of a file based on Microsoft Office Open XML Formats (Office XML Formats), you may want to extract its parts. To open the file, it is assumed that you have a ZIP utility, such as WinZip, installed on your computer. To open a Word XML Format file in Word 2007:

a) Create a temporary folder in which to store the file and its parts.
b) Save a Word document (containing text, pictures, and so forth) as a .docx file.
c) Add a .zip extension to the end of the file name.
d) Double-click the file. It will open in the ZIP utility. You can see the document parts that are included in the file.
e) Extract the parts to the folder that you created earlier.
f)Integrated ZIP compression reduces the file size by up to 75 percent.

Files are further broken down into a modular file structure that makes data recovery more successful and enhances security. The new format segments files into components that you can manage and repair independently. Files created in the new format also have a distinctive file extension for each application, depending on the file type.

Table 1. File extensions for Word 2007 file types

Word 2007 File Types Extension
Word 2007 XML Document .docx
Word 2007 XML Macro-Enabled Document .docm
Word 2007 XML Template .dotx
Word 2007 XML Macro-Enabled Template .dotm "

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Word document templates on sharepoint

OBTS — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:05:37 GMT

From: TEN <TEN discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Word document templates on sharepoint
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:14:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Hi,

I want to have a Word document on our Sharepoint server, that other users can click on to open as a Word document, and then forced to save as a document. Now, as I have uploaded the Word template, when I click this on the portal, I only am editing the template, not the document, Hence, all changes the users does, will be saved to the template(!) and not in a new document.

How can I make a template behave as a template also on Sharepoint?

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From: henry <henry discussions microsoft com>
Subject: RE: Word document templates on sharepoint
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:35:00 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Here's a write-up I just did if you're using the 2007 stuff:

http://blog.henryong.com/2007/02/12/how-to-create-document-templates-for-document-libraries/

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http://www.henryong.com

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docx file registering as zip file in Portal 2003

OBTS — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:31:47 GMT

From: Henry <Henry discussions microsoft com>
Subject: docx file registering as zip file in Portal 2003
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:15:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I added the new Office 2007 extensions to my Portal 2003 server.

I understand that a docx file consists of multiple files but when I browse my document libaray and click on the docx file, it shows up as "Type" Compressed (zipped) Folder" and opens up in the Windows Zip utility and my only option is to save it. If I open the same docx file on my desktop, it opens in word 2007. Is there a way to have my computer launch word 2007 when I click on the file?

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From: "Daniel Webster" <daniel.webster@mindsharp.com>
Subject: Re: docx file registering as zip file in Portal 2003
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:20:24 -0600
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

In IIS manager, register the mime type for docx, docm, pptx, etc. and they will download/open correctly.

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[Word 2007] How to get the XSLT views to stick with the document?

OBTS — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:15:04 GMT

Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:52:06 PST
Subject: [Word 2007] How to get the XSLT views to stick with the document
From: Hollis Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.pagelayout

In Word 2003, I have a Word XLM document with XSLT-formatted views. When I open the document in word, the available views are all listed in the pane on the right, and I can click from one to the other. If I save the document in compatibility mode, the document opens in data view, but the other views are not listed. One at a time, I can browse to the XSLT files and add them to the list. When they are all there, I can click from one view to the other, as in Word 2003. However, if I close the file, and reopen it, the XSLT views are gone from the list.

How do I get the document to open with the XSLT views already in the list?

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:39:38 PST
Subject: Re: [Word 2007] How to get the XSLT views to stick with the document
From: Hollis Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.pagelayout

The XML add-in is there in the add-ins. Supposedly it becomes active when you open an XML document. But the first time you have to select it out of the Add-in list, click go, and then add the schema and solutions. The help files have enough to get one started, as long as you can remember the term "schema".

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider

OBTS — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:03:02 GMT

From: "_Bob" <bobatkpmg at yahoo dot com>
Subject: Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 23:51:16 -0600
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I create a new site collection using the Blog template (so the blog site created is the top level site), everything works fine when accessing the site in a browser. However, when trying to use Word 2007 as the blog program to post to the site, it doesn't work. Here're the steps I tried:

1. Click the "Launch blog program to post" on the site home page, which launches Word 2007

2. On the New SharePoint Blog Account message box, it correctly shows the site URL.

3. Click OK and it displays another message box saying When Word sends information to the blog service provider, it may be possible for other people to see the information, and ask you to confirm to continue.

4. Click Yes to continue and a new message box comes up saying "Word cannot register your account. The provider where you are tyring to publish is unavailable. Contact your provider for assitnace."

My computer and the SharePoint server are on the same Windows domain though not the same segment, and I'm logged in as a domain user. I can navigate to the site without problem, and I can open the site for editing in Sharepoint Designer without problem. Is there a service or something needs to be turned on? or somehow my credentials are not sent over?

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From: "Ian Morrish" <ian.morrishatmorrsoftdotcom>
Subject: Re: Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 20:45:16 +1300
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Hi,
Go to http://server/blogsite/_layouts/metaweblog.aspx

and enable the "Accept user name and password from the API" option

Regards,
Ian
http://www.wssdemo.com

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From: "_Bob"
Subject: Re: Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 12:17:23 -0600
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Ian, thanks a lot. I get this error displayed in the browser when browsing to http://..../_layouts/metaweblog.aspx

"The metaweblog.aspx page is used by SharePoint compatible blogging applications."

I think you are pointing me in the right direction but I'm still in the dark :)

Bob

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From: "_Bob"
Subject: Re: Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 12:54:24 -0600
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Ian, it's not necessary for the blog site to be under My Site in order for this to work, is it?

I downloaded Windows Live Writer and tried there. It has more details about connecting to a providr. On the Select Provider screen, it has a place to select the provider. I selected Custom (Metaweblog API) and entered http://..../_layouts/metaweblog.aspx It then shows the erorr "The remote server returned an error: (401)Unauthorized." This may be the problem but I'm not sure what needs to be done as my domain login credentials have site admin access to the blog site and it's also in the Blog Owners group. Does the site have to allow anonymous access first?

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From: "Ian Morrish"
Subject: Re: Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:53:56 +1300
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Sorry, I copied from the wrong part of my notes. That url was what client apps like Word 2007 use to publish a blog.

You need to go to the Central Admin Web site and it is a general application setting http://server:admin_port/_admin/vsgeneralsettings.aspx

Regards,
Ian
http://www.wssdemo.com

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From: "Ian Morrish"
Subject: Re: Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:59:58 +1300
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Oops, wrong again. Assuming you have already set this, check your IE security setting. Depending on the Zone the SharePoint site is in, word may be trying to use your current network login hash (Office uses the default IE settings for security and proxy details for all http communication). You should be ale to tell IE to never send current credentials, should always prompt instead.

The blog site can be under any type of parent site. I always post prom Word 2007 to wssdemo.com/blog.

The blogging features are primarily designed for corporate blogging with integrated security (i.e. not internet style track pack or ping feature)

Regards,
Ian
http://www.wssdemo.com

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From: "_Bob"
Subject: Re: Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 15:28:07 -0600
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Ian:

After I set it to accept user name and passowrd in Central Admin Web site -> Web application general setting http://server:admin_port/_admin/vsgeneralsettings.aspx, I was able to configure Windows Liver Writer to use my domain login and pwd to publish to the SharePoint blog site. However, Word 2007 still doesn't work. The same message just comes up instantly like before. I tried setting the all zone to prompt for user name and password and it indeed does that in IE. However, it doesn't prompt me in Word 2007. I created another SharePoint Web Application with anonymous access and a blog site on that but it gives exactly the same behavior in Word 2007. I also tried changing NTLM to Kerberos in Authentication Providers -> IIS Authentication Settings but has no effect.

Both my computer and the SharePoint server are on our corporate intranet, on the same domain.

Thanks a lot

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From: "_Bob"
Subject: Re: Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:16:32 -0600
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I have been selecting SharePoint Blog as the provider in the dropdown, which seems to be the obvious choice. I tried Other and was able to register with the server successfully with my username and password. Whew! You'd think Microsoft provided the SharePoint Blog provider in Word 2007 and it should be straightforward. Probably some integrated authentication there doesn't work but it doesn offer any useful error information either.

Thanks a lot for your help Ian.

Bob

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From: Simon <Simon discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Re: Word 2007 cannot connect to Sharepoint Blog Provider
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:15:00 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Bob,

Just to let you know that you're not the only one to have suffered this problem. After many different attempts at different things, I (thankfully) found this thread. Even on a simple domain (just out of the box settings) we could not get Word to talk to a SharePoint blog.

Can anybody offer any reason why Word should struggle to talk to a SharePoint blog so much?

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Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point

OBTS — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:03:03 GMT

From: TrussworksLeo
Subject: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:51:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Hello Everyone,

I have a quick question.

I would like to export all of our Public Folder Contacts and Import them into SharePoint.

I know how to export them into an excel spreadsheet and import them into sharepoint as a list, But I need them to be imported as contacts.

The reason for this is you cannot connect outlook to a list. They must be contacts for outlook to connect.

Thanks for any help.

Leo
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Thank You, Leo

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From: wufacta <wufacta discussions microsoft com>
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:39:00 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I have the same problem. In addition, I would like to be able to import contacts from Outlook overwriting existing lists. Currently, I have to create a new custom list and specify "import from spreadsheet." That is not convenient if I am just updating a list. In SPS 2003 there was an "Import from Outlook" button which was very easy, I guess it was too easy for Microsoft.

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From: Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook] <elegaultZZZ at REMOVEZZZmvps dot org>
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:48:56 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Have you tried going directly to the Contacts list in WSS that you want to import into and clicking the "Import Contacts" button on the toolbar? This will allow you to choose any Outlook Contacts folder that's been exposed as an Outlook Address Book (including Public Folders).

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Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, MCTS: Messaging & Collaboration) Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

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From: TrussworksLeo
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:55:03 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Eric,

I dont have that option?

I am the adimistrator?

What could I be missing?

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Thank You, Leo

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From: Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:05:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Your list must be created using the Contacts List template in order to provide the "Import Contacts" option on the toolbar.

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Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, MCTS: Messaging & Collaboration) Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

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From: TrussworksLeo
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:36:02 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

The list was created using the standard contacts creation. Is there somewhere else to create contact lists?

Thank You, Leo

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From: Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:56:04 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

This is WSS 2.0, correct? Are you looking at the main page for the Contacts list (at http://servername/sitename/Lists/Contacts/AllItems.aspx), or the Web Part? Make sure you navigate to the main page for the list via the Documents and Lists page - you should see the Import Contacts button on the list toolbar. You usually don't see the toolbar on just the Web Part that displays the list (unless you select Summary View).

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Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, MCTS: Messaging & Collaboration) Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

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From: TrussworksLeo
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:04:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Hello Eric,

We are on WSS 3.0. Yes It is under http://twmain/Lists/Contacts/AllItems.aspx

I even tried to add the web part to the main page and change the toolbar option to full. It was still not in the menu.

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Thank You, Leo

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From: Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:33:00 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Sorry, the Import Contacts feature was only for WSS 2.0. Your best bet is to export your Contacts to a spreadsheet, and edit that Contacts list in spreadsheet mode. You'll have to massage the data into the list, but it seems to be the only option that'll still let you synch the list with Outlook as a Contacts folder.

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Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, MCTS: Messaging & Collaboration) Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

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From: wufacta
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:20:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

That's what I wrote in my post just before yours, Eric. Leo and I had the same problem.

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From: Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:36:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Here's another idea:

- create a Contacts list in WSS 3.0
- Synch it with Outlook 2007
- navigate to the Contacts folder you want to import from in Outlook
- copy the desired Contacts to the synchronized WSS Contacts folder in Outlook

The linked Contacts folder in Outlook 2007 will then synch with the WSS Contacts list.

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Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, MCTS: Messaging & Collaboration) Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

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From: Hikmer <Hikmer discussions microsoft com>
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:06:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Looks like the SharePoint Outlook folder is read only :(

I also need a way to manage contacts in SharePoint across multiple Site Collections...with login permissions outside of Active Directory...this will be a major problem for me in the near future.

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From: Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:40:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Are you sure you're using Outlook 2007 against WSS 3.0? Here are the steps I did exactly:

- Created a Contacts list in WSS
- Added a test Contact
- Chose "Connect to Outlook" from the Actions dropdown on the list toolbar
- Accepted the prompt in Outlook
- Opened another Contact folder and dragged a Contact into the newly linked folder
- Went back to the Contacts list in WSS and refreshed - the Contact I just added in Outlook is displayed

Regarding managing a single Contacts folder: you can allow anonymous connections to the list, and create a Data View Web Part that pulls from the source list. Then export and import that web part into all other pages on other Sites that need to view it. You can also just publish a URL to that Contacts folder in Links lists on other Sites.

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Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, MCTS: Messaging & Collaboration)
Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

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From: Hikmer
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:58:02 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Nope, don't think Outlook 2007 will reach my desktop anytime soon....

Also, I need to share between Site Collections...not sites and subsite...I don't think the webpart solution will help, but will look into it.

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From: Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
Subject: RE: Importing Contacts from a Public Folder to Share Point
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:43:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

Yup, you need Outlook 2007 (or Groove) to handle the synchronization back to WSS 3.0 lists and libraries.

A Data View web part is simply a window into ANY list in any site. You can export that web part and import it into any other site in any other site collection - it'll still read the list from the site that it is reading from (not the site that the web part is displaying in).

--
Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, MCTS: Messaging & Collaboration)
Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

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Office 2007 crashes IE7 with MOSS after updates

OBTS — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:05:29 GMT

From: Guinn <Guinn discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Office 2007 crashes IE7 with MOSS after updates
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:22:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

I have a MOSS 2007 site set up with document libraries. As of 1/9/07 I was able to open and save Excel and Word documents with no problems. However, when I try to open these documents now, IE7 crashes. I get the dreaded "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." message.

I am able to open .PDF files just fine. It appears to be just Office docs that cause the problem. (The docs are actually saved in Office 2003 format.) I can access the Office docs just fine from a machine that has Office 2003 installed.

The only changes to the computer having the problem that I am aware of were the Security Updates applied the evening of 1/9/07. I have attempted to uninstall these, but IE7 still crashes.

Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas on where to go next?
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Guinn

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Some 20 messages here

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From: Mindy <Mindy discussions microsoft com>
Subject: RE: Office 2007 crashes IE7 with MOSS after updates
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:32:03 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.general

In case this helps anyone...

I have Office 2003 Professional, IE7, SharePoint Designer 2007 and a MOSS 2007 RTM server farm.

I was suddenly running into all of the problems listed in this post.

Searched on and renamed owssupp.dll (there were two, one from 2003 in the Office11 directory and one from 2006 in the Office12 directory). I then ran a repair on my Office 2003 installation and IE7 works perfectly with MOSS again.

Mindy

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Office Component Installation Prompt

OBTS — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:55:52 GMT

From: "songstre" <songstre at gmail dot com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver
Subject: Office Component Installation Prompt
Date: 9 Jan 2007 06:16:53 -0800

I am readying to deploy a new intranet through Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 and we have a very mixed environment (OS's, Office versions, browsers, etc...) It seems that when new users open the portal for the first time (and them some) they get prompted to install Office components. Very undesirable. Can someone explain why this happens and how to avoid it? It would be greatly appreceiated.

Tnx.

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From: "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen at hotmail dot com>
Subject: Re: Office Component Installation Prompt
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:47:08 +0200
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver

One thing that comes to mind is that if you are using the server-side "Office web parts ands components", people running on back OS's and back office versions will need to install the client side equivalent "Office web parts ands components" on their PCs and that very well they could be prompted for this (or rather given an error message saying they need to access URL xxx to get it. (That particular address may no longer work, too!)

Mike Walsh
WSS FAQ www.wssv3faq.com / wss.collutions.com
No private questions please (additions to FAQ welcome)

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Vista and Office: View Data Your Way

OBTS — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:44:32 GMT

Vista and Office
View Data Your Way With Our Managed Preview Handler Framework

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/01/PreviewHandlers/default.aspx

An Article By: Stephen Toub
In MSDN Magazine, January 2007 Vol 22 No 1

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Contents

Hosting a Preview Handler
The PreviewHandler Framework
Implementing PreviewHandler
Using the COM Interfaces
Registering Handlers
Debugging
Conclusion
Sidebars

Using ActiveX Controls
Preview Handlers and Windows XP

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"Every version of Microsoft Windows and Office brings new methods and approaches for improving your ability to see, interact with, and understand data. Likewise, each version also presents new and improved extensibility points for plugging in custom functionality. In Windows Vista™ and in the 2007 Microsoft® Office system, these two areas of advancements have merged, giving you the ability to write custom preview handlers for Windows Vista and for Outlook® 2007. ..."

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This article discusses:
Writing managed add-ins for Windows and Office
Implementing a managed preview handler framework
Developing custom preview handlers for any file extension COM interop

This article uses the following technologies:
.NET Framework, Windows Vista, Outlook

Code download available at:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/7/f279e71e-efb0-4155-873d-5554a0608523/PreviewHandlers2007_01.exe (444KB)

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Outlook 2007 - Open in Browser in One Click

OBTS — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:31:42 GMT

From: <a discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Outlook 2007 - Open in Browser in One Click
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:44:00 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

I know that OL 2007 no longer renders HTML using IE. This prevents using HTML forms in Outlook email. I know that by clicking Other Actions, then Open in Browser that the email can be opened in IE and the HTML form works as it did in Outlook 2003.

Is there any way to add a button or link within an HTML email that opens the email in IE directly? Basically, the user would open the email in IE with one click instead of two.

This question is not for me (I don't mind opening the email in IE with two clicks), it is for my users (4000). They will always prefer opening in one click. It may seem trivial, and I know that "The users need to adapt" is one response. What I would like to know if it is possible.

Thanks in advance.

Stephen

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>
Subject: Re: Outlook 2007 - Open in Browser in One Click
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:00:35 -0500
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

No, it's not possible. There's no URL syntax for that, which means it's not possible without writing script in the HTML message, which of course Outlook won't run.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
   Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
     http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
   and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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From: <a discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Re: Outlook 2007 - Open in Browser in One Click
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:20:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Thank you Sue. I suspect that this question will be frequently asked when OL 2007 is released to the general pubic.

I wanted to add something that may be of use to others: Displaying text at the top of the html form email when viewed by OL 2007. I added the following text just below the <body> tag.

Users with older versions of Outlook will not see this text. OL 2007 users will see "To submit your selection using Outlook 2007 click the Other Actions button, then View in Browser." at the top of the email. At least users will be able to know what to do without having to contact the help desk to find out.

Credit goes to Syd Low at AlienCamel for this one. He was mentioned in an article in Windows IT Pro (http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=93346&DisplayTab=Article) I found while searching for a solution. I contacted him, and he was kind enough to reply. Thanks, Syd!

Stephen

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>
Subject: Re: Outlook 2007 - Open in Browser in One Click
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:32:37 -0500
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Thanks for reminding about that technique. I'm working on a chapter on message body formats for my Outlook 2007 programming book this week and will be sure to include that tip. I'll also post a comment on the online article to make sure the tip is available to those readers.

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