SharePoint 2010 - Loading the Document Information Panel in MS Word throws a warning when 'Run ActiveX controls & PlugIns' for internet zone is set to 'Administrator Approved'

What is Document Information Panel in Microsoft Word?

A document information panel is a form that is displayed within the client application, and which contains fields for the document metadata. Document information panels enable users to enter important metadata about a file anytime they want, without having to leave the client application.

Document information panels are available in Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, and Microsoft Excel 2010. For SharePoint documents, these client applications auto generate the document information panels for a document, based on the metadata schema of the content type assigned to the document.

Problem Description:

If a site falls in the intranet zone and the internet security setting “Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins” for the internet zone is configured to “Administrator Approved” and a user tries to create a new document within a document library, they gets the following warning

Microsoft InfoPath
One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed because either:

Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page, or
You have blocked a publisher of one of the controls.

As a result, the page might not display correctly.

While troubleshooting the issue, I came across multiple resolutions as well as workarounds and would like to share with all of you.

Resolution

Option 1: Change the IE security setting from Administrator Approved to Enable for internet zone.

Option 2: Customize the Document Information Panel using InfoPath so you can modify the security setting in InfoPath from “Restricted” to “Domain” and re-publish the XSN back to your content type. This will now cause InfoPath to adhere to the “Local Intranet” security settings in Internet Explorer.

Note: Once you publish the Document Information Panel using InfoPath every user must have InfoPath installed on their machines for the Document Information Panel to display.

Option 3: Add the Managed Metadata Control to the list of approved controls. To do this there are two options:

Roll out the following registry modification to all users:

·         HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\AllowedControls

·         Create a new DWORD value that is the GUID for the Managed Metadata control, which is: {64247C52-5C34-4597-B2A3-17BF5617F17F}
- Set this value to: 0

How to reproduce the issue:

1)      Add site to intranet zone in Internet Explorer.

2)      Configure the “Run ActiveX Controls and PlugIns” settings to Administrator approved for the internet zone and enabled for intranet zone.

3)      Open a SharePoint 2010 site and then a document library that has at least one managed metadata column.

4)      On the ribbon, click on Documents and then New Document.

5)      Word opens, and then we get a warning dialog

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. 
I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

This document could not be registered. It will not be possible to create links from other documents to this document

Problem Description:

Consider the Following situation:

You create a file or have a file that has the maximum allowed characters in the filename of that file on a Microsoft Windows 7 computer.

Note: This size limitation incudes the path to the file as well as the filename.

When you try and open the file with Microsoft Word 2003, 2007 or 2010 you get the error "This document could not be registered. It will not be possible to create links from other documents to this document" 

Probable cause:

The filename and path is too large. The maximum filename and path size is 255 characters.

Resolution:

To work around this issue the filename will have to modify to a shorter length. This issue occurs because of a 255-character limitation on creating and saving files in the Office products. Also, you receive an error message when you save or open a file if the path of the file meets the following condition for the appropriate program.

This will be applicable for word2003, word2007 as well as word2010.

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.

I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you J

Word cannot publish this post

Posts are an essential part of a blog. They are typically journal-like entries that contain information, ideas, and opinions. They are displayed in chronological order, starting with the most recent posts.

You can create a post on a SharePoint blog by using a Web browser, if you have permission to contribute to the Posts list. You don't need additional tools or programs to create content, add pictures, apply formatting, and insert hyperlinks. To post comments to a blog, you must have permission to contribute to the Comments list. In some cases, comments must be approved before they will appear on the site.

Problem Description:

User attempts to publish the Blog post from Word 2010 to SharePoint Blog it fails with following error message  

Word cannot publish this post

To verify the error message that you receive, press Ctrl+Shift+I. The following number is displayed in the lower-right corner of the error message dialog box:

701797

Probable Cause:

The error is due to Document opened in Compatibility Mode (.doc) format the .doc format disables the features required to publish the Document to Blog Site. While reviewing Blog Template in Word 2010 noticed some of the options were grayed out. Example: Home Page, Insert Category, Open Existing Icon. 

Following settings were configured in User workstation:   

1.   File | Options | Save | Save Files in this format | Word 97 – 2003 Document Format (*.doc)

2.   File | Options | Advanced | Scroll to Compatibility Options | Lay out this document as if created in Microsoft Word 2003

Resolution:

This is working as designed and to work around the issue user needs to switch the document format (*.docx).

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.

I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues J Thank you.