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.. i18n: You've seen several methods of accessing documents quickly:
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You've seen several methods of accessing documents quickly:
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.. i18n: * From attachments to an Open ERP resource,
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.. i18n: * Using the menu :menuselection:`Document Management --> Structure of Directories`.
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* From attachments to an Open ERP resource,
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* Through FTP access to Open ERP,
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* Using the menu :menuselection:`Document Management --> Structure of Directories`.
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.. i18n: Management --> Search for a file`. You get to a document search screen that lets you search amongst
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.. i18n: all the attachments and all the documents in the FTP server.
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.. i18n: You can search for a file using various different criteria:
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.. i18n: * The directory that it's found in,
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.. i18n: * Its creation and modification dates.
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* The owner of a file,
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* The directory that it's found in,
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* Its creation and modification dates.
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.. i18n: which partner is associated with a document is automatically detected by Open ERP when the document
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.. i18n: has been stored in a directory. This information is never input by the user – it's detected
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.. i18n: automatically using the information about the resource when it's being saved as a file.
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Notice here an important advantage for an integrated document management system. Information such as
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which partner is associated with a document is automatically detected by Open ERP when the document
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has been stored in a directory. This information is never input by the user – it's detected
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automatically using the information about the resource when it's being saved as a file.
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.. i18n: But your search isn't limited to these few fields. You can also search on the content in the files.
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.. i18n: Each file is automatically indexed by the system to give you a search engine rather like Google's on
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.. i18n: the whole set of company documents.
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But your search isn't limited to these few fields. You can also search on the content in the files.
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Each file is automatically indexed by the system to give you a search engine rather like Google's on
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the whole set of company documents.
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.. i18n: .. note:: Supported file formats
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.. i18n: The Open ERP document management system can index the following file formats:
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* **TXT** : text files,
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* **DOC** : Microsoft Word files.
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.. i18n: This functionality is very significant. All you need to do is search for a partner name or an order
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.. i18n: number to automatically get all the documents that are referenced there. And you can use a fragment
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This functionality is very significant. All you need to do is search for a partner name or an order
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number to automatically get all the documents that are referenced there. And you can use a fragment
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.. i18n: Using Outlook and Thunderbird
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.. i18n: .. figure:: images/document_attachment_outlook.png
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*Sending an attachment that's in the document management system from Outlook*
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.. i18n: To make the document management system's use as unobtrusive as possible the system's users should
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.. i18n: suppliers. So Open ERP supplies dashboards to help system users approve their acceptance of such
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suppliers. So Open ERP supplies dashboards to help system users approve their acceptance of such
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.. i18n: So you'll find two dashboards in the menu :menuselection:`Dashboards --> Document Management`. One
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.. i18n: dashboard is for the document management system manager and one dashboard is for tracking use by different
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So you'll find two dashboards in the menu :menuselection:`Dashboards --> Document Management`. One
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dashboard is for the document management system manager and one dashboard is for tracking use by different
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.. i18n: The first lets you track the change of documents by month, by customer and by type of resource. You
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*Dashboard for the document management system manager*
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.. i18n: You can see the number of files sent by each user and who uses the document
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*Modifying the definition of a report*
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.. i18n: attachment`. Once you've done that each document print action will automatically be saved as an
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.. i18n: the user sees a process view of the relevant document he would be able to click on the directory to
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company processes. Then on each node of your management process you could store a procedure. Once
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So you could also efficiently store the documents required for each phase of a process.
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