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The Shared Workspace Task Pane

The Shared Workspace task pane connects the Word document to the SharePoint document library. When a document stored in a SharePoint document library is opened, you should see something similar to Figure 13.2. The six tabs are numbered in the figure. Here's a brief description of the contents of these tabs:

1. Status— Provides errors or restrictions about the file. If the file is checked out, Status will show who has checked it out as well as allow the file to be checked in and allow comments on that version to be added.

2. Members— Provides a list of the different members of the site and whether they are online (if instant messaging is enabled on the network). Online status indicates whether the user is available for ...