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Michal Sacewicz
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Oct 03, 2018

SharePoint Word document linked from another Word document doesn't display properties

Hi,

 

There seems to be an issue when linking Word documents placed on SharePoint from other Word document. Document properties are not displayed (quick parts) in that case. When opening the document directly from SharePoint, everything is fine.

 

To reproduce the issue one can just open a new blank Word document and paste a link to the SharePoint document using its Document ID, for instance:

http://tenant/site/_layouts/15/DocIdRedir.aspx?ID=XXX123

 

Then, when the hyperlink is clicked, document opens without properties populated. If, however, I create a direct link to the same file using document name, all properties are loaded, for example:

http://tenant/site/documentlibrary/filename.docx

 

Of course we would prefer to use links with document ID, so they stay valid if the document's name or location changes.

 

Would anyone have any solutions to this?

Thanks

 

It is SharePoint 2016

Word version is 1809

 

 

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