Saving Problems with Title column marked as required
Problem Description
If the "Title" column of a document library is configured as required, the save operation in the Office 2007 client applications doesn't work as expected. The Office client application seems not to recognize the required column and therefore allows saving the document without filling the title field. This causes error messages on closing the document and the document is left checked out.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new Document Library (default settings, without versioning)
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Set the "Title" column of the Document Library to "required"
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Enable Content Types
- Document Library Settings
- Advanced Settings
- change the "Content Types" option to "Yes"
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Set the "Title" column to required
- Document Library Settings
- in the "Content Types" section click on the "Document" content type
- in the "Columns" section click on the "Title" column
- change the column settings to "Required (must contain information)"
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Create a new document an save it to the document library
- In the document library click on New – Document (Word starts with a new, empty document)
- Enter some text into the document an click on "Save" (the "Save as" dialog pointing to the document library appears)
- Enter a document name and click on "Save" – the document will be saved
- Click on "Close" to end Word – the following message box appears:
- Click on "Yes" – the following dialog box appears:
- Click on "OK" – the following error message appears:
- Click on "OK" – the document stays open.
You have two options to save and close the document properly:
- Click on "No" in the first message box appearing after the "Save as" dialog. This works but the document is left checked out.
- Before saving the document the first time, display the Document Information Panel and enter a value in the "Title" field. (The "Title" field isn't marked as required with a red star)
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The good end of the story: Microsoft has a Hotfix for this issue:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950132
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