XML mapping with Word & SharePoint

re: XML mapping with Word & SharePoint

mariam — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:37:56 GMT

Thanks for the article. I have an extended question. I would like to enter a list of items (buyer, seller, item) in a word document. Where the list length is not predefined. Can i do that with word and sharepoint?

re: XML mapping with Word & SharePoint

asembler — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:03:08 GMT

Is it me or is the link to the video broken?

channel9.msdn.com/showscreencast.aspx

Otherwise great article! This is exacly what I've been looking for. Now if only it was as easy to surface SharePoint versions in Word docs (I really don't like the idea of using Lables via Info Policies).

re: XML mapping with Word & SharePoint

Smith15 — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 02:51:55 GMT

I have a SharePoint 2007 library that has certain columns which are configured as a "Choice - Check Box" where in theory the user can select one or multiple options from the list of choices. The theory is to use a Word 2007 document (i.e. table constructed as a form) and include this form as a content type within the SharePoint library. The end-user would use this form to create, review, and even update documents within the library.

At this point, I can get drop-down lists to intregrate with the Word form by using Quick Parts and selecting the corresponding column from the Document Property selections.

Problem: I orginally had this library column configured as a "Choice - Checkboxes (allow multiple selections)". However, when I edit the Word form (aka content type), this column option is not included as an available Quick Parts - Document Property option to select and include within the form.

What have I tried? I have tried re-configuring the library column in SharePoint to use "Radio Buttons" and was able to bring this column into the Word form however rather than radio buttons, the Quick Part was converted to a drop-down list.

How can I bring this column (configured as "checkboxes") into the Word form? If not a Quick Part, is there another process for doing this?

Any help is greatly needed!!!

Thanks

re: XML mapping with Word & SharePoint

Andrew Goodwin — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:38:27 GMT

This can be implemented for custom metadata and a few defaults, however 'Version' doesn't seem to be available? Or am I missing something? Surely one of the more important columns that users may wish to include in a document header. How can this be added?? /Andrew

re: XML mapping with Word & SharePoint

Derek Daniels — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:53:27 GMT

This is great for a library of Word documents. But could this be extended to let me pull data from multiple InfoPath forms into a single Word document? I would like to combine information from 40+ status reports submitted to a SharePoint via InfoPath into one Word document with full control over the way the document looks. InfoPath lets me "merge," but I have been unable to get the data formatted the way I need it. So far I haven't had much luck even accessing this data through code. Any suggestions? Thanks! Derek

re: XML mapping with Word & SharePoint

Matthew Robertson — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:24:58 GMT

As an avid Office user, I was severely disappointed when the RTM version of Word 2007 had a button to old WordArt. Yes, old WordArt. Dear God. Why this damn this still here? In B2 and B2TR, I thought it was put there temporarily. But in RTM?! (I downloaded the trial.) What really shocks me is that the new WordArt is implemented. It's in Excel. It's in PowerPoint. But why does Word have old WordArt? (Actually, the new WordArt *is* implemented in Word, but through a loophole. When you create a SmartArt, the SmartArt Tools' 'Format' has new WordArt styles.) Oh, how I wished my computer illiterate friends would finally replace those horrible old WordArt styles in their documents. I seriously hope there's an update for this. (NB. I just don't get it -- it's there; it's there. But then, it's no there. Ran out of time?) (NB2. This e-mail is not a sledge to the Office 2007 suite as a whole. As a whole its revolutionary. I just wonder why this *feature* is absent from *Word*) Cheers, Matthew.

re: XML mapping with Word & SharePoint

wes — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:18:08 GMT

HELP! Who decided to save the .qat files to the LOCAL SETTINGS folder? This prevents it from roaming with users who use roaming profiles so our users lose their settings every time they log off and back on (terminal server environment). How can we address this?

Please let us know!

thanks,

Wes

wes@myf.org

re: XML mapping with Word & SharePoint

Stefan KZVB — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:51:53 GMT

I'm still examining the issue with the write-protected files in the start folder of Word 2007. I discovered the following which seems like the same issue:

1) Open the normal.dotm from a location on C: using Word 2007 => it will open without any dialog or write-protection!

2) Change the user template path in Word's options to a network location and copy your normal.dotm there

3) Restart Word 2007

4) Open the normal.dotm from the network location using Word 2007 : You'll get a dialog telling you that normal.dotm is in use by yourself, offering to open it write-protected, open a local copy or get a notification. Why is Word behaving different when the file is on a network location?