I have an appreciation of SharePoint but tend to get slightly lost when exploring the nuances of Content Types as it is not something I am exposed to on a regular basis.
I am trying to achieve the following:
I have a document library at the site collection top level where I wish to store documents (source documents) which can then be used as content types in sub-sites. My intention is that updating the documents in this library will result in both existing and new sites where content types are enabled having access to this up to date document content type simply as a result of the source document being updated, to me this simplifies the Content Type process.
When defining a content type on Advanced Setting I elect to <label for="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_DocumentSection_rdo_urlDoc">Enter the URL of an existing document template - as an aside does this documentneed to be a Template (for Word - dotx) or a document (for Word - docx)? My source document is NOT a Template file. I enter the URL I have obtained from the Source Document by selecting it and choosing the "Get Link" option. When I then go to a document library in a sub-site and enable content types I can see my new content type is available and can add it to the library, however it does not appear on the New button in the document library. Checking my Content Type I can see that it has the name I have given it and no description - the parent and group values are both the same, this is where I get a bit confused with Content Types. Is my idea sound in principle and if so what am I doing wrong?</label>
With good wishes,
Dominic
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