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Microsoft Word and SharePoint 2007 Integration InformationWorker.co.za. What are Quick Parts. Faster and Smarter way to populate metadata between SharePoint 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007
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Microsoft Word and SharePoint 2007 Integration InformationWorker.co.za
What are Quick Parts... • Faster and Smarter way to populate metadata between SharePoint 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007 • Easier to ensure that if you change metadata in SharePoint the same data will restructure your document. Remember your versioning! • It is the new AutoText and doesn’t have integrate with SharePoint properties. • Manage and control your Enterprise Data with metadata that live with the document
What to Use Quick Parts For...(With SharePoint) • “Office” to build your document - Client: • Building Blocks of metadata using SharePoint to populate and categorise your document • Document Information Panel (DIP) • “SharePoint” - Server: • Hosts Content Types, Columns, Views and Content • Use with a defined SharePoint Content Type • Map to SharePoint columns • SharePoint Metadata Control and Validations
What to watch out for... • Referencing SharePoint columns that are: • System columns (ie Date Fields, Version, Last Modified By) • Site Columns that Lookup to other List columns • You’ll need to have your document template defined as a Content Type • Using Labels in SharePoint to provide a means to view System Columns • Don't expect much from Combo Boxes population onto the Word Document. • Formatting of Currency and Number Columns
Quick Part DEMO
Quick Part - Resources • Replace the DIP with your own InfoPath designed XSN file... Get the How To at http://www.sharepointblogs.com/maartene/archive/2009/03/13/using-sharepoint-metadata-in-word-documents-the-lookup-column-issue.aspx • Creating a Label for the Version number http://www.marclenferna.com/blog/archive/2009/04/28/todays-quick-tip---sharepoint-version-numbers-in-ms-word-2007.aspx • www.informationworker.co.za/forums • marcl@3fifteen.co.za