Mike
Thu Nov 04 13:06:26 CST 2004
I wasn't upset if that's what you thought. I was just trying to avoid
someone else coming in and wasting their time correcting "me".
All my (new) text is an assumption but until someone comes in and says it's
rubbish then I'll assume that it's as logical as I think it is :)
Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
"RDavid" <r@c-m.NOSPAMcomm> wrote in message
news:#VK5nOpwEHA.3832@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Mike,
>
> I certainly didn't mean to imply that your original response was
> insufficient. You have provided me (and others) with many fixes,
> work-arounds and just general knowledge as I've read your replies to a
> myriad of questions and concerns. Thank you for what you do here!
>
> I appreciate the clarification on the "opening" of doc or xls files from
> WSS. I guess I had naturally been using what appeared to be the best
method
> of editing "on-line" documents and just never gave much thought to the
title
> link and how it opened a document.
>
> Thank you for the info.
>
> Rich
>
>
> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u7b5y9iwEHA.1984@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > (I suspect I said a bit more - like using this to download to your hard
> disk
> > and edit there.)
> >
> > When you just click on the document it's opened in read-only mode hence
> you
> > not being able to save back to where it came from (the site). You could
> use
> > Save As to save it to your hard disk (just as you can use Save As to
save
> > any Read-only file) but not Save. [Using Save As takes longer than just
> > downloading to the harddisk from the web site as you need to wait for
Word
> > to open]
> >
> > Provided you have Office XP or Office 2003 installed on the client you
can
> > use the "Edit in Word" function instead. This opens in a normal
> > non-read-only mode and the document can therefore be saved back to where
> it
> > was opened from i.e. to the site.
> >
> > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> > WSS FAQ at
http://wss.collutions.com
> > Please post questions to the newsgroup only.
> >
> >
> > "RDavid" <r@c-m.NOSPAMcomm> wrote in message
> > news:%23ggrETfwEHA.3584@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Mike Walsh suggested, in an older reply, that you should open a doc or
> xls
> > > file using the drop-down list and not just by clicking on the title
> > showing
> > > in a shared document library (WSS). That's fine and how I've been
doing
> > it
> > > all along. But someone here wants an explanation as to why just a
click
> > on
> > > the link, which opens the doc xls in IE, can't then be edited and
saved
> > back
> > > to WSS.
> > >
> > > Anyone have a bit more input on this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rich
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>