Open a document in the backward-compatible document library

You can open and edit any file in the backward-compatible document library from the portal site, Microsoft Windows Explorer, or a Microsoft Office application.

When you save a document in a standard folder, you automatically publish any changes that you made to that document. The document is available for users with appropriate permissions to view.

To save changes to a document in an enhanced folder, you must first check out the file. If you have checked out the document, you can open the file and save changes to it. You must check in your document to use the enhanced document management features. If the document is checked out, a coordinator or author on the folder can open the latest draft version in read-only format. All other readers can open the last public version of the document in read-only format.

To open a document, choose one of the following:

By using Windows Explorer

Choose one of the following:

Right-click the document, and then click Open.
Double-click the document.

By using the portal site

Click the document.

The document opens in your Web browser. Unless you have checked out the document, it opens in read-only mode.

Note You can see only those documents and folders for which you have at least read access permissions.

By using an Office application

On the File menu, click Open.
In the Open dialog box, click the Web folders button.
Click the Web folder for the workspace that contains the document that you want to view, and then click Open.
Click the document that you want to view, and then click Open.

Unless you have checked out the document, it opens in read-only mode.

Open a document in the backward-compatible document library

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