![]() In other words, you have to upload the document (by picking it via the Browse button) then set the properties. Uploading the document through the "Upload Document" option on the toolbar for the document library is a Upload->Set Properties excercise. The last two options require Office 2003 (although you can save from Office 2000 and XP it doesn't always work properly as WebDAV is a little kludgy) Upload multiple files via the Office 2003 capability.Save the document directly from Word/PPT/Excel into a WSS document library.Drag and drop a document via a mapped drive (Windows XP only) or through your Network Places folder.Copy and paste the document into Explorer View.There are four ways to upload a document to a SharePoint document library where this works: This assumes you've actually setup the fields in WSS (only the Title property is created by default). When you upload a document through one of several ways, properties from the document will transfer to SharePoint fields automagically. There are a few sources out there like the WSS FAQ section on Office Interaction but I thought I would try to get into some more detail here as there are some dos and donts and gotchas along the way. I've been spending a lot of time with Office and syncronizing properties with WSS document libraries I thought I would share.
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