Document status not working

I have WSS running on Server 2003 and Office 2003 installed on several
clients.

When I go to a document library I get the side bar with stats about the
document and the website. But if someone else opens the document also it
does not update the online status and show more than just myself looking at
it.

Also do I need to purchase Live Comm 2003 to enable instant messaging when
several people are looking at the same document?


Thank You

Rainer
Mon Jan 05 15:06:52 CST 2004

In article <uO9qZi60DHA.1736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, none@none.com
says...
> I have WSS running on Server 2003 and Office 2003 installed on several
> clients.
>
> When I go to a document library I get the side bar with stats about the
> document and the website. But if someone else opens the document also it
> does not update the online status and show more than just myself looking at
> it.

Are you talking about going with Word 2003 directly to a document
library? The side bar you are looking at within word shows you the
online status of all users. This will work if they installed Messenger
and are in your budy list. Online status shows you just that if they are
online or not. This has nothing to do if they are looking at the same
document.

>
> Also do I need to purchase Live Comm 2003 to enable instant messaging when
> several people are looking at the same document?
>
>
> Thank You
>

I didn't worked with LiveComm so far, but I doubt that you will get this
feature with Live Comm. AFAIK you would use Live Comm as an internal
alternative to using an external public Messenger Service.

Regards

Rainer

Daniel
Tue Jan 06 07:58:25 CST 2004

I was under the impression that if several people opened up the same
document you would be able to work together on it in real-time.

Is that not correct?

"Rainer Wittmann" <R.Wittmann@spirit.de> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a63f054ec30c7969896ee@news.microsoft.com...
> In article <uO9qZi60DHA.1736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, none@none.com
> says...
> > I have WSS running on Server 2003 and Office 2003 installed on several
> > clients.
> >
> > When I go to a document library I get the side bar with stats about the
> > document and the website. But if someone else opens the document also it
> > does not update the online status and show more than just myself looking
at
> > it.
>
> Are you talking about going with Word 2003 directly to a document
> library? The side bar you are looking at within word shows you the
> online status of all users. This will work if they installed Messenger
> and are in your budy list. Online status shows you just that if they are
> online or not. This has nothing to do if they are looking at the same
> document.
>
> >
> > Also do I need to purchase Live Comm 2003 to enable instant messaging
when
> > several people are looking at the same document?
> >
> >
> > Thank You
> >
>
> I didn't worked with LiveComm so far, but I doubt that you will get this
> feature with Live Comm. AFAIK you would use Live Comm as an internal
> alternative to using an external public Messenger Service.
>
> Regards
>
> Rainer

Mike
Tue Jan 06 11:07:04 CST 2004

>I was under the impression that if several people opened up the same
>document you would be able to work together on it in real-time.

I'm not sure if you are still talking about Live Comm 2003.

It's certainly not the case in WSS where if nobody has checked out a
document thus explicitly blocking it, there would be a "consolidation" phase
where as I understand it all people's changes except one would vanish.

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

"Daniel Edgar" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:%235%23Lq0F1DHA.1336@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I was under the impression that if several people opened up the same
> document you would be able to work together on it in real-time.
>
> Is that not correct?
>
> "Rainer Wittmann" <R.Wittmann@spirit.de> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1a63f054ec30c7969896ee@news.microsoft.com...
> > In article <uO9qZi60DHA.1736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, none@none.com
> > says...
> > > I have WSS running on Server 2003 and Office 2003 installed on
several
> > > clients.
> > >
> > > When I go to a document library I get the side bar with stats about
the
> > > document and the website. But if someone else opens the document also
it
> > > does not update the online status and show more than just myself
looking
> at
> > > it.
> >
> > Are you talking about going with Word 2003 directly to a document
> > library? The side bar you are looking at within word shows you the
> > online status of all users. This will work if they installed Messenger
> > and are in your budy list. Online status shows you just that if they are
> > online or not. This has nothing to do if they are looking at the same
> > document.
> >
> > >
> > > Also do I need to purchase Live Comm 2003 to enable instant messaging
> when
> > > several people are looking at the same document?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank You
> > >
> >
> > I didn't worked with LiveComm so far, but I doubt that you will get this
> > feature with Live Comm. AFAIK you would use Live Comm as an internal
> > alternative to using an external public Messenger Service.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Rainer
>
>

Daniel
Tue Jan 06 13:25:54 CST 2004

No I was just talking about WSS. From my understanding you could have
several people open a document and work on it together in real-time.

My other understanding was with Live Comm 2003 you could have instant
messaging along with the working on the document in real-time but otherwise
you would just lose the ability to chat without Live Comm 2003.


"Mike Walsh [MVP]" <englantilainen@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:u0K5CeH1DHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I was under the impression that if several people opened up the same
> >document you would be able to work together on it in real-time.
>
> I'm not sure if you are still talking about Live Comm 2003.
>
> It's certainly not the case in WSS where if nobody has checked out a
> document thus explicitly blocking it, there would be a "consolidation"
phase
> where as I understand it all people's changes except one would vanish.
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> WSS FAQ at wss.collutions.com
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
> "Daniel Edgar" <none@none.com> wrote in message
> news:%235%23Lq0F1DHA.1336@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I was under the impression that if several people opened up the same
> > document you would be able to work together on it in real-time.
> >
> > Is that not correct?
> >
> > "Rainer Wittmann" <R.Wittmann@spirit.de> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1a63f054ec30c7969896ee@news.microsoft.com...
> > > In article <uO9qZi60DHA.1736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, none@none.com
> > > says...
> > > > I have WSS running on Server 2003 and Office 2003 installed on
> several
> > > > clients.
> > > >
> > > > When I go to a document library I get the side bar with stats about
> the
> > > > document and the website. But if someone else opens the document
also
> it
> > > > does not update the online status and show more than just myself
> looking
> > at
> > > > it.
> > >
> > > Are you talking about going with Word 2003 directly to a document
> > > library? The side bar you are looking at within word shows you the
> > > online status of all users. This will work if they installed Messenger
> > > and are in your budy list. Online status shows you just that if they
are
> > > online or not. This has nothing to do if they are looking at the same
> > > document.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Also do I need to purchase Live Comm 2003 to enable instant
messaging
> > when
> > > > several people are looking at the same document?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thank You
> > > >
> > >
> > > I didn't worked with LiveComm so far, but I doubt that you will get
this
> > > feature with Live Comm. AFAIK you would use Live Comm as an internal
> > > alternative to using an external public Messenger Service.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Rainer
> >
> >
>
>