Approve or reject a document in the backward-compatible document library

If you are an approver for a document, you receive an approval e-mail containing a link to the item under review after the author submits the document for approval. You can approve or reject an item by using the appropriate commands in the approval e-mail message, the backward-compatible document library, or from the portal site. After a document is approved, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 publishes the approved version. Users with appropriate permissions can search for and view the document on the portal site. As an approver, if you reject a document, it returns to the backward-comaptible document library in a checked-in, unpublished state.

Approve or reject a document from the document library

In the document library, find the document that you want to approve or reject.
Right-click the document, and then click Approve or Reject.

Approve or reject a document from the approval request e-mail message

In the document approval request, click Click here to approve or reject this document.
The portal site opens the Document Inspection page.
Verify that the correct document is selected, and then click Approve.
Click OK.

Approve or reject a document through the portal site

On the navigation bar of the portal site, click Document Library.
On the Document Library page, locate the document that you want to approve.
It may be available from a list in the Document Library view, or it may be located in a subfolder.
Click the Show Actions link for the document.
The Document Inspection page opens.
Verify that the correct document is selected, and then click Approve or Reject.
Click OK.

Approve or reject a document in the backward-compatible document library

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