Hi all, I'm using SharePoint 2007 to _link_ properties into a Word 2007 document. Those _meta_data are used in Word 2007 as quick parts, to be read in Word 2003 (with Compatibility pack). Documents are setup as template in a library and copied into another library with a workflow. When viewing the original file, Word 2003 renders the quick part correctly. But after the document is copied, Word 2003 doesn't not renders the quick parts values but only the quick parts tag. I've tried to copy the document via a custom activity in SharePoint Designer and also via the SharePoint interface. I'm struggling with this issue, can anyone help me ? Thanks JL

many not be able to help, but...  a. I wouldn't really expect Word 2003 to deal with this /well/ because the features that enable the _link_s to Sharepoint data are only in Word 2007. That means a conversion to Word 2003 format is going to lose those _link_s or transform them so they won't work the same way. If the conversion is sensible enough to try to insert the necessary data into the Word 2003 document and throw away any _link_ informaiton, at least you get to see the current state of the document. But if it tries harder, then any _link_ information it tries to retain is likely to be lost rather easily.  b. when you get the the point where you make the copy, are you copying the original Word 2007 document, or are you copying a Word 2003 document (.doc format or old Word 2003 WordProcessingML ._xml_ format) that you created by (for example) opening the WOrd 2007 .docx in Word 2003 (via the converter, obviously), then saving it as .doc/.dotx?  c. When the document is open in Word 2003, do the quick parts display as field codes if you use Alt-f9 to toggle field code display (e.g. are they actually INCLUDETEXTs, _link_S, or some such? Peter Jamieson JL < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it wrote in message Hi all, I'm using SharePoint 2007 to _link_ properties into a Word 2007 document. Those _meta_data are used in Word 2007 as quick parts, to be read in Word 2003 (with Compatibility pack). Documents are setup as template in a library and copied into another library with a workflow. When viewing the original file, Word 2003 renders the quick part correctly. But after the document is copied, Word 2003 doesn't not renders the quick parts values but only the quick parts tag. I've tried to copy the document via a custom activity in SharePoint Designer and also via the SharePoint interface. I'm struggling with this issue, can anyone help me ? Thanks JL- Masquer le texte des messages précédents - - Afficher le texte des messages précédents - Hi Peter, Thanks for the input. The document was a Word 2003 (.doc) saved in Word 2007 (.docx) without the maintain compatibility thing. But i've tested with a pure Word 2007 and its the same behaviour. The copied one does not work and the original is working. There is no converting in my copying process. I have transformed the .docx documents in .zip for testing, and the values are present in both _xml_ files of the .docx document. The document opened in Word 2003 only show the quick parts as tag ( [myfield] ) but i can't do anything on them, since is use 2003 to open them. Jean-Luc

many not be able to help, but...  a. I wouldn't really expect Word 2003 to deal with this /well/ because the features that enable the _link_s to Sharepoint data are only in Word 2007. That means a conversion to Word 2003 format is going to lose those _link_s or transform them so they won't work the same way. If the conversion is sensible enough to try to insert the necessary data into the Word 2003 document and throw away any _link_ informaiton, at least you get to see the current state of the document. But if it tries harder, then any _link_ information it tries to retain is likely to be lost rather easily.  b. when you get the the point where you make the copy, are you copying the original Word 2007 document, or are you copying a Word 2003 document (.doc format or old Word 2003 WordProcessingML ._xml_ format) that you created by (for example) opening the WOrd 2007 .docx in Word 2003 (via the converter, obviously), then saving it as .doc/.dotx?  c. When the document is open in Word 2003, do the quick parts display as field codes if you use Alt-f9 to toggle field code display (e.g. are they actually INCLUDETEXTs, _link_S, or some such? Peter Jamieson JL < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it wrote in message Hi all, I'm using SharePoint 2007 to _link_ properties into a Word 2007 document. Those _meta_data are used in Word 2007 as quick parts, to be read in Word 2003 (with Compatibility pack). Documents are setup as template in a library and copied into another library with a workflow. When viewing the original file, Word 2003 renders the quick part correctly. But after the document is copied, Word 2003 doesn't not renders the quick parts values but only the quick parts tag. I've tried to copy the document via a custom activity in SharePoint Designer and also via the SharePoint interface. I'm struggling with this issue, can anyone help me ? Thanks JL- Masquer le texte des messages précédents - - Afficher le texte des messages précédents - Hi Peter, Thanks for the input. The document was a Word 2003 (.doc) saved in Word 2007 (.docx) without the maintain compatibility thing. But i've tested with a pure Word 2007 and its the same behaviour. The copied one does not work and the original is working. There is no converting in my copying process. I have transformed the .docx documents in .zip for testing, and the values are present in both _xml_ files of the .docx document. The document opened in Word 2003 only show the quick parts as tag ( [myfield] ) but i can't do anything on them, since is use 2003 to open them. Jean-Luc