Accessing document library version history

I have a version enabled document library in FrontPage
2003 with documents with different versions, but I cannot
find any way of accessing the version history of these
documents. Does anyone know how to do this?

More details if required:
I have Windows Sharepoint Services installed on Windows
Server 2003 (I am not using Sharepoint Portal Server). I
have a web set up on that server. If I open this web with
FrontPage 2003 I can create a new document library in
that web. By right clicking the document library, and
selecting "Properties", I can "Enable versioning of
documents" in the "Settings" tab. I can create new
documents (I have tried both .htm and .doc) in this
document library and I can check these documents in and
out. When I have a document checked out I can see its
version number in the "Summary" tab of the "Properties"
of the file. This version number increments each time I
check the file in and out.

So it seems as though it is keeping version of the file,
but I have no idea how to view the previous versions. I
have managed to find a single webpage on this topic:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/all
/adminguide/en-us/stsf07.mspx but this page only mentions
Word, Excel and Powerpoint even though it refers to Web
Designer site groups, and in any case what it says does
not seem to be available in FrontPage 2003.

Mike
Wed Aug 11 07:03:04 CDT 2004

It's not easy to find is it.

I've done it before yet I still had to go to WSS's own Help function and
there it was

"1. On the page that displays the library, in the row where the name of the
file appears, point to the file, click the triangle on the bar that appears,
and then click Version History on the menu that appears."

(2. In the Modified column, click the version of the file you want to view.)

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
Please reply to the newsgroup

"Peter Agar" <peter.agar@chelmer.co.nz> wrote in message
news:3ecb01c47f53$4b376070$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I have a version enabled document library in FrontPage
> 2003 with documents with different versions, but I cannot
> find any way of accessing the version history of these
> documents. Does anyone know how to do this?
>
> More details if required:
> I have Windows Sharepoint Services installed on Windows
> Server 2003 (I am not using Sharepoint Portal Server). I
> have a web set up on that server. If I open this web with
> FrontPage 2003 I can create a new document library in
> that web. By right clicking the document library, and
> selecting "Properties", I can "Enable versioning of
> documents" in the "Settings" tab. I can create new
> documents (I have tried both .htm and .doc) in this
> document library and I can check these documents in and
> out. When I have a document checked out I can see its
> version number in the "Summary" tab of the "Properties"
> of the file. This version number increments each time I
> check the file in and out.
>
> So it seems as though it is keeping version of the file,
> but I have no idea how to view the previous versions. I
> have managed to find a single webpage on this topic:
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/all
> /adminguide/en-us/stsf07.mspx but this page only mentions
> Word, Excel and Powerpoint even though it refers to Web
> Designer site groups, and in any case what it says does
> not seem to be available in FrontPage 2003.

Peter
Wed Aug 11 17:35:06 CDT 2004

Thanks for the reply Mike

But I don't follow. Which "page that displays the
library" are you talking about. In frontpage, or
somewhere else? Because I simplay can't get a bar with
triangle on it to appear anywhere in frontpage, so I have
no menu. Could you please elaborate on where the "page"
you are talking about is.

Thanks
Peter Agar

>-----Original Message-----
>It's not easy to find is it.
>
>I've done it before yet I still had to go to WSS's own
Help function and
>there it was
>
>"1. On the page that displays the library, in the row
where the name of the
>file appears, point to the file, click the triangle on
the bar that appears,
>and then click Version History on the menu that appears."
>
>(2. In the Modified column, click the version of the
file you want to view.)
>
>Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>Please reply to the newsgroup

Mike
Thu Aug 12 01:16:33 CDT 2004

Sorry. Not in FrontPage.

You go to the WSS site via your browser and (usually) click on the link to
the Document Library that is in Quick Launch (or open it via Documents and
Lists on the menu bar) This gives you the full page version of the document
library and it's there you do what the Help says.

You'll find that some things are easier (sometimes = only possible) using
the WSS User Interface in your browser and other things easier (or only
possible) using FP. It takes a while to get the hang of which is for which.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Peter Agar" <peter.agar@chelmer.co.nz> wrote in message
news:48f001c47ff3$73a54d10$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the reply Mike
>
> But I don't follow. Which "page that displays the
> library" are you talking about. In frontpage, or
> somewhere else? Because I simplay can't get a bar with
> triangle on it to appear anywhere in frontpage, so I have
> no menu. Could you please elaborate on where the "page"
> you are talking about is.
>
> Thanks
> Peter Agar
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It's not easy to find is it.
> >
> >I've done it before yet I still had to go to WSS's own
> Help function and
> >there it was
> >
> >"1. On the page that displays the library, in the row
> where the name of the
> >file appears, point to the file, click the triangle on
> the bar that appears,
> >and then click Version History on the menu that appears."
> >
> >(2. In the Modified column, click the version of the
> file you want to view.)
> >
> >Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
> >Please reply to the newsgroup
>

Peter
Thu Aug 12 16:27:23 CDT 2004

Thank you so much for all your help Mike, I've got it all
under control now and everything is working sweetly.

Thanks,
Peter Agar

>-----Original Message-----
>Sorry. Not in FrontPage.
>
>You go to the WSS site via your browser and (usually)
click on the link to
>the Document Library that is in Quick Launch (or open it
via Documents and
>Lists on the menu bar) This gives you the full page
version of the document
>library and it's there you do what the Help says.
>
>You'll find that some things are easier (sometimes =
only possible) using
>the WSS User Interface in your browser and other things
easier (or only
>possible) using FP. It takes a while to get the hang of
which is for which.
>
>Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>
>"Peter Agar" <peter.agar@chelmer.co.nz> wrote in message
>news:48f001c47ff3$73a54d10$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for the reply Mike
>>
>> But I don't follow. Which "page that displays the
>> library" are you talking about. In frontpage, or
>> somewhere else? Because I simplay can't get a bar with
>> triangle on it to appear anywhere in frontpage, so I
have
>> no menu. Could you please elaborate on where the "page"
>> you are talking about is.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Peter Agar
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >It's not easy to find is it.
>> >
>> >I've done it before yet I still had to go to WSS's own
>> Help function and
>> >there it was
>> >
>> >"1. On the page that displays the library, in the row
>> where the name of the
>> >file appears, point to the file, click the triangle on
>> the bar that appears,
>> >and then click Version History on the menu that
appears."
>> >
>> >(2. In the Modified column, click the version of the
>> file you want to view.)
>> >
>> >Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> >WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
>> >Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>
>
>.
>