Essential SharePoint 2007: A Practical Guide for Users, Administrators and Developers

6.3. Creating New Documents

There are two main ways to create new documents in an existing library. They differ based on where you start:

• Creating a new library document from Word is familiar to most of usthere's little new to learn.

• Creating from the library itself can provide a template to ensure all the documents are consistent.

The following sections show the two approaches.

6.3.1. Starting from Word

To create new document in a library from Word, simply save the document to a SharePoint library:

1. Create a new document in Word .

2. Choose File Save .

3. Enter a name for the file and choose Save. Word saves the file to the library .

Once you save a document to a library, Word can display information about the library in the Shared Workspace task pane. To see the other documents in the library from Word:

1. Choose View Task Pane. Word displays the Shared Workspace task pane .

2. Word refers to this task pane as a workspace, even though it displays a document library from a team site.

   6.3.2. Starting from the Library

   To create a new document from the library:

   1. In your browser, navigate to the library and choose New Document .

   2. SharePoint displays a security warning. Choose OK .

   3. SharePoint starts Word and creates a new document based on the library's document template .

   4. Save the new document. SharePoint sets the save location to the SharePoint library. The new document won't appear in the library until you save it there .

   As with starting from Word, you can view other documents in the library by choosing View Task Pane.