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Bob
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:17 am    Post subject: check in/out with office 97 Reply with quote
Hi,

I have some clients with office 97 and they can not open word created in
office 2003. Also, for office 97 posted documents the drop down will not work
the same way it does for office 2003 documents. By clicking on the drop down
they will go to a page with horizontal menu for check in or out version
history and edit document. If they click on edit document they will get the
following error:
'Edit Document' requires q Window SharePoint Service-compatible application
and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater.
They can check out the document, but can they open it for changes after they
checked out a document and check it in back.

Thanks,
Bob
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Mike Walsh
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:24 am    Post subject: Re: check in/out with office 97 Reply with quote
Functionality goes down with the version of Office.

There is a comparison paper from MS outlining what is the functionality in
respectively Office 2003; Office XP and Office 2000. Even that doesn't go
back as far as Office 97 (even my former employer an insurance company moved
off Office 98 a year ago).

Edit document isn't available with Office 97 I think it's safe to say and if
I remember correctly you need Office XP to be able to use it.

Adding IE 5.0 or greater will not help a bit.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
(where you'll find the comparison paper in the Useful Documents / MS
Articles section)
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"Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Hi,

I have some clients with office 97 and they can not open word created in
office 2003. Also, for office 97 posted documents the drop down will not
work
the same way it does for office 2003 documents. By clicking on the drop
down
they will go to a page with horizontal menu for check in or out version
history and edit document. If they click on edit document they will get
the
following error:
'Edit Document' requires q Window SharePoint Service-compatible
application
and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater.
They can check out the document, but can they open it for changes after
they
checked out a document and check it in back.

Thanks,
Bob
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Mike Walsh
Guest
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:54 am    Post subject: Re: check in/out with office 97 Reply with quote
I should add that for *reading* most Office 2003 documents there are free
Viewers available from Microsoft.

They would need to install these and make sure that the respective Office
2003 files were opened in them and then probably the Office 2003 files
stored in WSS would also open. (Read Only and they still wouldn't have
dropdown and Edit In functionality)

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Functionality goes down with the version of Office.

There is a comparison paper from MS outlining what is the functionality in
respectively Office 2003; Office XP and Office 2000. Even that doesn't go
back as far as Office 97 (even my former employer an insurance company
moved off Office 98 a year ago).

Edit document isn't available with Office 97 I think it's safe to say and
if I remember correctly you need Office XP to be able to use it.

Adding IE 5.0 or greater will not help a bit.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
(where you'll find the comparison paper in the Useful Documents / MS
Articles section)
Please reply to the newsgroup

"Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:20730D26-7A3A-4B91-8DFB-E56E68A395B9@microsoft.com...
Hi,

I have some clients with office 97 and they can not open word created in
office 2003. Also, for office 97 posted documents the drop down will not
work
the same way it does for office 2003 documents. By clicking on the drop
down
they will go to a page with horizontal menu for check in or out version
history and edit document. If they click on edit document they will get
the
following error:
'Edit Document' requires q Window SharePoint Service-compatible
application
and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater.
They can check out the document, but can they open it for changes after
they
checked out a document and check it in back.

Thanks,
Bob

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Bob
Guest
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:21 am    Post subject: Re: check in/out with office 97 Reply with quote
Mike,

I had IE 5.0 and upgraded to IE 6.0 and now I will get the drop down.
However, now when I check out a document I do not knwo how can I open it to
make the changes, since edit will not work. Is this mean all users need to
upgrade from office 97 in order to use the check in/out functionality.

Thanks,

"Mike Walsh" wrote:

Quote:
Functionality goes down with the version of Office.

There is a comparison paper from MS outlining what is the functionality in
respectively Office 2003; Office XP and Office 2000. Even that doesn't go
back as far as Office 97 (even my former employer an insurance company moved
off Office 98 a year ago).

Edit document isn't available with Office 97 I think it's safe to say and if
I remember correctly you need Office XP to be able to use it.

Adding IE 5.0 or greater will not help a bit.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
(where you'll find the comparison paper in the Useful Documents / MS
Articles section)
Please reply to the newsgroup

"Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:20730D26-7A3A-4B91-8DFB-E56E68A395B9@microsoft.com...
Hi,

I have some clients with office 97 and they can not open word created in
office 2003. Also, for office 97 posted documents the drop down will not
work
the same way it does for office 2003 documents. By clicking on the drop
down
they will go to a page with horizontal menu for check in or out version
history and edit document. If they click on edit document they will get
the
following error:
'Edit Document' requires q Window SharePoint Service-compatible
application
and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater.
They can check out the document, but can they open it for changes after
they
checked out a document and check it in back.

Thanks,
Bob


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Mike Walsh
Guest
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: check in/out with office 97 Reply with quote
The usual method if you don't have Edit In functionality is to download the
document to your hard disk; amend it there; save it there; and then upload
it back to the WSS site (by default overwriting the original).

I don't use this method so don't I'm afraid know if check out first before
doing this would be possible. Sorry. [I would imagine not, but you can test
this for yourself]

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B2F9DEB8-3FAE-48BF-B9B9-82011C58AEA2@microsoft.com...
Quote:
Mike,

I had IE 5.0 and upgraded to IE 6.0 and now I will get the drop down.
However, now when I check out a document I do not knwo how can I open it
to
make the changes, since edit will not work. Is this mean all users need to
upgrade from office 97 in order to use the check in/out functionality.

Thanks,

"Mike Walsh" wrote:

Functionality goes down with the version of Office.

There is a comparison paper from MS outlining what is the functionality
in
respectively Office 2003; Office XP and Office 2000. Even that doesn't
go
back as far as Office 97 (even my former employer an insurance company
moved
off Office 98 a year ago).

Edit document isn't available with Office 97 I think it's safe to say
and if
I remember correctly you need Office XP to be able to use it.

Adding IE 5.0 or greater will not help a bit.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
(where you'll find the comparison paper in the Useful Documents / MS
Articles section)
Please reply to the newsgroup

"Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:20730D26-7A3A-4B91-8DFB-E56E68A395B9@microsoft.com...
Hi,

I have some clients with office 97 and they can not open word created
in
office 2003. Also, for office 97 posted documents the drop down will
not
work
the same way it does for office 2003 documents. By clicking on the
drop
down
they will go to a page with horizontal menu for check in or out
version
history and edit document. If they click on edit document they will
get
the
following error:
'Edit Document' requires q Window SharePoint Service-compatible
application
and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater.
They can check out the document, but can they open it for changes
after
they
checked out a document and check it in back.

Thanks,
Bob


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