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DocumentTemplate Element (ContentType)

SharePoint 2010

Published: May 2010

Specifies the document template for the content type. This is the file which SharePoint Foundation opens as a template when a user requests a new item of this content type.

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<DocumentTemplate
  TargetName="Text"
/>

Attribute

Description

TargetName

Optional Text. Specifies the path to the document template. This path can be absolute, relative to the server base URL, or relative to the content type's resource folder.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 1

The following example specifies a document template for a content type. In this case, the path specified is relative to the server base URL.

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<ContentType 
…
  <DocumentTemplate TargetName="/_layouts/NewCTDoc.aspx" />
</ContentType>

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May 2010

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If Deployed in a feature, Word Ignores the Content Type When Saving
If the content type is deployed and assocated to the template in a Feature, Word 2010 will ignore the content type assocaited with this template when the documents is saved back to SharePoint. If the same operations are undertaken via the SharePoint UI. Word will preserve the associated content type when the document is saved into the Document Library.

A document created from a Content Type Foo (associated with FooTemplate.docx ) that derives from Document  will be saved to the document library with a content type of Document rather than the expected Foo.  IF the document template is associated to the content type using the SharePoint UI -- things work as expected.
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