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I had to Add trusted locations on my network (not recommended) because I didn't know how to browse to SharePoint on my server. It didn't work.<br />
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Do I need to actually add SharePoint. And, if so, where should it be on SBS 2008?<br />
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Thank you.
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Hi Walter,<br />
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Thanks for your post. My apologies for taking so long to get back to you. Let me show you where I am at this point. All of the information I have given and the problem I am having stems from trying to open the document Letterhead.docx in SharePoint. It can be any document, but I am trying to be consistent. BUT, also it all stems from doing so on MY computer. When I simply left click on the document in the Documents section of SharePoint 3.0, I get the following dialog window:<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/04_w16/1158041/My-computer-initial-screen.PNG" target="_blank" title="Opened from my computer (12 KB)"><img alt="Opened from my computer" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 448px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/04_w16/1158041/My-computer-initial-screen.PNG" /></a><br />
I do not need to save it (although sometimes I do), so I choose Open. This gets me:<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/04_w16/1158042/My-computer-after-opening.PNG" target="_blank" title="Word document in read only initially (12 KB)"><img alt="Word document in read only initially" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/04_w16/800_1158042/My-computer-after-opening.PNG" /></a><br />
But, if I open SharePoint from Room two's computer, it is different:<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/04_w16/1158043/PC-room-2.PNG" target="_blank" title="Dialog as described by Walter (9 KB)"><img alt="Dialog as described by Walter" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 405px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/04_w16/1158043/PC-room-2.PNG" /></a><br />
I don't need to show the result of selecting Edit. It opens in Edit mode <br />
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My permissions, which I am guessing stem from SharePoint on the server give me full control. I have looked through the Word documents themselves to look for differences. I am signed in to both. So, my brilliant deduction is there must be a setting which is different on Room two's computer than on my computer.<br />
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Thanks.
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Is the same version of Word installed on the machines. The dialogs come from Word, not SharePoint and they are very different.<br />
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Just a thought...
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Right now everything is Word2013 32-bit. Started to upgrade to 2016, but didn't see the point. But, the computers and Office should be identical.
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I should give some perspective. Every computer has Word 2013. And, they all open to:<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/04_w16/1158052/From-HDD.PNG" target="_blank" title="Open from computer HDD (13 KB)"><img alt="Open from computer HDD" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 609px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/04_w16/1158052/From-HDD.PNG" /></a><br />
Once you click in the blank document it opens to a full Word document which is editable. It is only the ones opened from within SharePoint. And, then you get the inconsistency. I have actually tried it on three machines, and I get three dialogs. The two you have seen and another which is basically the same as Open, Open as and Save.
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Thanks for the screenshot. I see it is 2013. The first open dialog is not coming from 2013 though. SharePoint works with Office web components, which are a part of Office. Is it possible that the first machine, although Office 2013 is installed, did not have the newest Office web components installed. Are the machines from the same image or same build?
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In general, the computers are identical. Maybe a stick of RAM here added or a new SSD.
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Here is some information about Office Web Components<br />
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<a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj229903.aspx" rel="ugc">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj229903.aspx</a><br />
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Not anything definitive, but may help...
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Going to go grab something to eat. In the end, it probably doesn't matter. I mean it's not that hard to click on View | Edit. or Edit mode. Just bothering me.<br />
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Will probably upgrade to Office365 soon anyway, lol.
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Our posts crossed in the Internet. I will check it out at home. Thanks!
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Sounds good. I am seeing some information that Web Components are not in 2013, so could be totally wrong. I have seen articles saying they are still there, some say they aren't. It's been a long time since I was working on deploying Office, so not sure any more.<br />
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Have a good one...
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I will. Thanks. Will post back what I find.
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The answer may be a little different than the ones suggested. But, my finding isn't exactly what I was requesting. But, David got me thinking as to Trusted Locations, which made me think of Trusted Sites. I also looked there, because Chrome and Firefox both open to Edit mode. <br />
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I ended up liking the dialog which gave the choice between Read mode and Edit mode. So, I went to I.E. Trusted Sites and made sure SharePoint was there. It was there, and it would only open in Read mode (I mean you could enable Edit mode). One would think being there would say that I.E. trusted the SharePoint site. <br />
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But, when I removed SharePoint from the Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer, it would open to the Read/Edit dialog. Very cool. <br />
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So, I think all of the answers and my guessing led to a successful conclusion. Thank you both!
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Glad it is working.<br />
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Thanks
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Well, it was opening in read only mode and in read mode (meaning with the arrows). Then, I Googled a bit, and Microsoft said to:<br />
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Go to File | Options | General and uncheck the Open email attachments and other uneditable files in reading view. So, it does now open in Edit Document &quot;view&quot; but I still have to click on Edit Document in order to edit it. (even hit the return key).<br />
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I read somewhere to uncheck the three boxes under Protected View in the Trust Center. Did nothing for this.<br />
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I should say that my Word documents on the client computers open in Edit Mode. It is when I open it from SharePoint that I have the problem.<br />
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FYI: I am leaving work to go home, so I may not see your answers until tomorrow, but I will get back to you promptly.
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Well, it was opening in read only mode and in read mode (meaning with the arrows). Then, I Googled a bit, and Microsoft said to:

Go to File | Options | General and uncheck the Open email attachments and other uneditable files in reading view. So, it does now open in Edit Document "view" but I still have to click on Edit Document in order to edit it. (even hit the return key).

I read somewhere to uncheck the three boxes under Protected View in the Trust Center. Did nothing for this.

I should say that my Word documents on the client computers open in Edit Mode. It is when I open it from SharePoint that I have the problem.

FYI: I am leaving work to go home, so I may not see your answers until tomorrow, but I will get back to you promptly.

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