Creating and adding new documents from Windows Explorer

You can create new draft documents from the places list in Microsoft Windows Explorer.

1. In your places list, open the place in which to add the document.
2. To put the document at the top level of the place, click the place. Otherwise click a folder in which to add the document.
3. Right-click an empty space in the right Windows Explorer pane, and click New.
4. Select from the list of installed applications that can be used to create the document, or click From Document Type.
   • When selecting from the list of installed local applications, you can select a document type other than Default. Click Change to select from a list of available document types, highlight the document to use, and click OK.
   • When you click New > From Document Type, select a local or shared document type for the document, either from the current place, or from another place in your place list, and click OK.
   Note: Open Office documents may not appear in the list of possible document types, even though you have Open Office installed and you can see Open Office documents while performing other tasks in the connector. This occurs when IBM Productivity Tools and Open Office are installed on the same system. To restore Open Office document types, uninstall IBM Productivity Tools, uninstall Open Office, and then reinstall Open Office.
5. Type a file name for the document. The file extension is added automatically, so you do not need to type it.
6. Click OK to launch the editing application and open a blank document.
7. Enter content for the new document and then save the document. If the Quickr File Monitor is active, it uploads the document to the server.