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Hello,<br />
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you could switch on Versioning for the document library. It would not add the version numbers to the document name, but it would keep a history of previous versions and they could be retrieved.<br />
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See here for details: <br />
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2007<br />
<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-sharepoint-services-help/introduction-to-versioning-HA010021576.aspx" rel="ugc">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-sharepoint-services-help/introduction-to-versioning-HA010021576.aspx</a><br />
<br />
2010<br />
<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/CH010372622.aspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/CH010372622.aspx</a><br />
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cheers, teylyn
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Hello,

you could switch on Versioning for the document library. It would not add the version numbers to the document name, but it would keep a history of previous versions and they could be retrieved.

See here for details:

2007
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-sharepoint-services-help/introduction-to-versioning-HA010021576.aspx [http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-sharepoint-services-help/introduction-to-versioning-HA010021576.aspx]

2010
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/CH010372622.aspx [http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/CH010372622.aspx]

cheers, teylyn

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Is SharePoint not prompting users before it saves over an original?
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Is SharePoint not prompting users before it saves over an original?

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It Is prompting users but i would like to keep a standard naming convention
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It Is prompting users but i would like to keep a standard naming convention

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Then I agree with ACH1LLES. This isn't available out of the box, and unfortunately you would need to look at developing a custom Feature or solution.
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Then I agree with ACH1LLES. This isn't available out of the box, and unfortunately you would need to look at developing a custom Feature or solution.

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Hi All<br />
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I have created a list and added a new document in content management and would like to know the following.<br />
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when a user fills out the document and saves it back to list is there a way i can give the document a different name everytime so that the documents do not save over each other, rather that relying on the user to rename it.<br />
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can i get it to autogenerate a number like 1,2,3,4 etc<br />
<br />
John 
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Hi All

I have created a list and added a new document in content management and would like to know the following.

when a user fills out the document and saves it back to list is there a way i can give the document a different name everytime so that the documents do not save over each other, rather that relying on the user to rename it.

can i get it to autogenerate a number like 1,2,3,4 etc

John 

SharePoint Naming Convention in Document Library

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