The Document dialog
The central feature of the document function is the Document dialog, which you can open in different ways:
- By selecting New > Document.
- By opening an existing document.
The dialog consists of a main section with general information about the document, and the following tabs with additional information:
- Details
- Links
- More
Main section
The main section contains the following essential information about the document:
Document template
Click the arrow 
next to the type field at the top of the dialog to display a list of document templates that you can choose from.
These are defined in Settings and maintenance. Here you can also use FastSearcher.
Note
When you create a document, the template opens in the program it was created in. For example, DOCX files will open in Word.
Company
Enter here the name of the company you are writing to. You can search directly from this field.
Contact
Click the arrow next to this field and a list of known contacts in the company is displayed.
Project
Enter the name of the project that the document is linked to. You can search directly from this field.
Sale
Enter the name of the sale (if any) that the document is linked to. You can search directly from this field.
Type subject here
Enter the text to be used as a heading for the document (the text that is displayed in section tabs and reports where the document is listed).
Language
Select a language for the template. This option is only available if the selected template includes translated versions.
Date
Today's date is displayed automatically in this field. If you click the arrow next to the Date field, this brings up a monthly calendar where you can select the date you require.
Note
You can change the date only when you create the document. You cannot access this field in edit mode.
Our ref
Enter your own reference. The default entry for each template is defined in Settings and maintenance, but you can also edit the content of this field.
Your ref
Enter the addressee's reference from their communication.
Visible for
Click the Visible for field to display a list that allows you to choose if the document should be visible to all users, private (visible only to the user defined as owner), or visible to all users in one of the user groups that the owner belongs to.
Note
If you set visibility to owner only, the document will appear in italics on the Activities section tab.
Checked out for editing
If the document is checked out for editing, one of the following icons are displayed:
The document is currently checked out for editing by you.
The document is currently checked out for editing by another user.
Tip
Hold the mouse pointer over an icon to show information about the user who checked out the document.
Completed
By default, the document is marked as completed (
), but you can remove this check mark if you wish (
). The document will then be displayed on the Activities section tab in the Diary screen until it is marked as completed.
Note
You cannot edit a completed document until you have undone its Completed status. How to change Completed status of an activity.
User-defined fields
Three of the user-defined fields from the More tab may also be displayed here, as defined in Settings and maintenance. The fields displayed can vary from user group to user group.
Note
User group membership is defined in the Users screen in Settings and maintenance.
Task
When you click this button, the following options are displayed:
- Delete: Deletes the current entry.
- Help: Opens the help for the active dialog.
- Copy shortcut: Copies a shortcut to the active entry.
- Revert to saved version: Select this option to cancel a check-out. For example, if you checked out the document by mistake and are unable to check it in again.
Below these options are shortcuts to other relevant tasks that can be performed on the active entry. In Settings and maintenance, you can also define your own tasks and add them under the Task button.
Details tab
The Details tab contains detailed information about the document.
Description: Here you can enter a description of the document. This may be useful for freetext searching.
Document: Click the link to upload the document or drag and drop the document from Windows Explorer to the Document dialog.
For details, see Create new documents and Edit documents.
Publish: Check here if you want the document to be visible to external users in Audience (requires a separate license).
Links tab
This tab contains information about activities (documents and follow-ups) and sales that are linked to the document in question. If anything is registered in this tab, a dot is displayed next to Links.
Read more about how to add links.
More tab
This tab displays any user-defined fields configured in Settings and maintenance.
The www tab
In the www tab, you can specify a shortcut to a URL address, to get information from other applications via a URL. The URL address can be specified using a template variable. The www tab can be displayed in several places in SuperOffice CRM, as defined in Settings and maintenance. If you click a shortcut, the linked URL address opens.
Tip
In the Labels tab in the Options window in Settings and maintenance, you can specify a different name for this tab than www. You can also specify a different location in GUI - Web panel.
Here you can click Open in separate window to view the web page in a separate browser window.