I am familiar with multiple document management systems and have used SP2010 for a few years and just got to take my first look at SP2013! I have a few documents that I need to manage in SharePoint and also keep the working current copy on my lap top. When I am ready to update the configuration managed SharePoint item I select add document and add as new version to existing documents. Where this feature is really lacking in functionality is around the use of managed metadata. If you add a new version with this method it does not inherit the managed metadata from the previous version you have to repopulate your managed metadata. This was one feature I really hoped Microsoft would have fixed with SP2013. I don’t think it is too much to ask to be able to add a new version from your client into an existing document in a document library and maintain the previous versions managed metadata. I don’t even want to mention that I think you should be able to select a from your client with a different file name than the SharePoint item and be able to that as a new version. It would be nice if you could treat the SharePoint item as a node and have the freedom to have different version file names. I just find this not that user friendly the way everything is built around managed metadata but you have to reenter.
Thanks for replying somebody! Maybe you have a workaround
Chris
Chris J.