We'd like to open an empty Word/Excel/PowerPoint doucment form  a "Promoted Link" in SharePoint 2013.What would the URL be?

NB! Both SharePoint 2013 and Office Web Apps are "on-premisis"

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Hi,

This is a quick note to let you know that I am trying to involve someone familiar with this topic to further look at this issue.

Thanks! Still need this .... got some additional info:

http://YOUR-DOMAIN/_layouts/CreateNewDocument.aspx?id=http://YOUR-DOMAIN/Design/Forms/template.dotx&SaveLocation=http://YOUR-DOMAIN/Design&Source=http://YOUR-DOMAIN/Design/Forms/AllItems.aspx&DefaultItemOpen=1

(Design seems to be the name of the list....) but still can't get this to work, probably problems related referencing the template..

 

Save a document in a SharePoint library

You can start with the SharePoint page in your browser and upload a document from your computer, or you can start with Microsoft Office 2010. If you dont have an Office desktop application, you can use your browser to create a new document in the SharePoint library.

Start with the SharePoint page in your browser

1. Go to a document library, such as Shared Documents, on your SharePoint site.
2. On the Documents tab within the Library Tools tab, click the arrow below Upload Document.
3. Click either Upload Document or Upload Multiple Documents, depending on whether you want to upload one or more than one document.

Start with Office 2010

The steps for saving a document in a SharePoint library depend on the Office program you are using.

In Word 2010, Excel 2010, or PowerPoint 2010

1. Open your document in Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2010, or Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.
2. Click the File tab.

1. Click Save & Send, and then click Save to SharePoint.
2. Click Browse for a location to locate your SharePoint site.
   

    Note    If you are saving the document to a SharePoint location you have already used, double-click its name.

3. In the File name box, type the web address of the document library, such as http://fabrikam/shared documents, and then press ENTER.
4. Type a name for the document, and then click Save.

In OneNote 2010

1. Open your notebook in Microsoft OneNote 2010.
2. Click the File tab, and then click Share.
3. Click the notebook you want to save.
4. Click Network, and then click a document library in the list of locations. If the document library you want is not listed, click Browse to locate it.
5. Click Share Notebook.
6. OneNote gives you an opportunity to send a link to the notebook. If you want, click E-mail a Link, and compose an e-mail message. One link in the message opens the notebook in the OneNote desktop application, and the other link opens the notebook in OneNote Web App.

Start with a computer where Office is not installed

If the Office desktop applications are not installed on your computer, you can use Office Web Apps to create documents. This feature can be configured by the administrator of the document library on your SharePoint site.

1. Go to the document library on your SharePoint site.
2. On the Documents tab within the Library Tools tab, click the arrow below New Document.
3. Click the kind of new document you want to create. The choices available can be customized by the administrator of the library.
4. Type a name for the document, and the click OK. The document opens in the appropriate Web App.

 

Open documents to view or edit in Office Web Apps

To open a document in Office Web Apps, go to the document library on your SharePoint site, and then click the link associated with the document. The document opens in the appropriate Web App.

If SharePoint asks you to choose between Read Only and Edit, then the library has not been configured to run Office Web Apps by clicking the document link. Instead, do this:

Hover over the document name until a drop-down arrow appears, and then click the arrow.

 In the menu that appears, click View in Browser to read the document, or click Edit in Browser to edit the document.

More information

For more information about using each of the Web Apps in SharePoint, see the following:

• Use Word Web App in a SharePoint library
• Use Excel Web App in a SharePoint library
• Use PowerPoint Web App in a SharePoint library
• Use OneNote Web App in a SharePoint library

• Proposed as answer by Sagar 1987 Monday, May 27, 2013 8:45 PM
• Marked as answer by Office Support - MSFTModerator Friday, June 07, 2013 12:42 AM

Use Word Web App in a SharePoint library

If coworkers store documents in your organizations SharePoint library, you can use Word Web App to view them, without having to start Word. Find text youre interested in. You can even copy and paste from the document.

Go to a document library on your SharePoint site, and then click the link associated with the Word document.
The document opens in Reading view.

Add that last paragraph, from anywhere

The report is almost done; its saved in your teams SharePoint library. You want to finish it up before going home, so you quickly open it in the browser and type the last two paragraphs.

1. Go to a document library on your SharePoint site, and then click the link associated with the Word document.
2. Click Edit in Browser.
   Word Web App switches to Editing view, and the display of the document may change. The content is not altered, however.
3. When you are finished, click the File tab, and then click Save.

If you want to make changes to the document beyond what you can do in the browser, do this:

1. On the Home tab, click Open in Word.
2. In Word, save the document. It is saved back on the SharePoint site.

Print from the browser

The document you print from the browser looks the same as it would if you printed it from Word.

With the document open in Word Web App in Reading view, click the File tab, and then click Print.

• Proposed as answer by Sagar 1987 Monday, May 27, 2013 8:47 PM
• Marked as answer by Office Support - MSFTModerator Friday, June 07, 2013 12:42 AM

Use Excel Web App in a SharePoint library

While viewing a spreadsheet, you interact with live data. Sort and filter columns or expand PivotTables to see relationships and trends. Recalculate values and refresh the data.

Go to a document library on your SharePoint site, and then click the link associated with the Excel workbook.
Excel Web App opens the workbook in a mode where you can view, sort, filter, recalculate and refresh data.

Edit a spreadsheet in the browser

When you edit in the browser, you can change data, enter or edit formulas, create tables and charts, and apply basic formatting within the spreadsheet.

1. Go to a document library on your SharePoint site, and then click the link associated with the Excel workbook.
2. Click Edit in Browser.

If you want to make changes to the workbook beyond what you can do in the browser, do this:

1. On the Home tab click Open in Excel.
2. In Excel, save the workbook. It is saved back on the SharePoint site.

Work together simultaneously on a spreadsheet

Got a signup sheet or group project? You can collaborate with other people on the same workbook at the same time. No more e-mailing a list around, or waiting for your teammate to check it back in on the SharePoint site.

1. Click the link associated with the Excel workbook, and then copy the URL displayed in the web browser to an e-mail or instant message that you send to the people you want to work with.
2. In Excel Web App, click Edit in Browser to edit the workbook.
   Recipients of your message can click the link you sent and edit the workbook while you are editing it. You will see each others changes as they are made.

• Proposed as answer by Sagar 1987 Monday, May 27, 2013 8:47 PM
• Marked as answer by Office Support - MSFTModerator Friday, June 07, 2013 12:42 AM

Use PowerPoint Web App in a SharePoint library

With PowerPoint Web App, you can review your teams slides or step through a presentation in your web browser, without waiting for PowerPoint to open the presentation on your computer.

1. Go to a document library on your SharePoint site, and then click the link associated with the PowerPoint presentation.
2. Click the arrow buttons at the bottom of the display to step through the slides, or click Start Slide Show to play the slide show in full-screen view.

Quickly add some slides

If your colleague wants you to add a few slides to the team presentation, you can quickly do that in your browser.

1. Go to a document library on your SharePoint site, and then click the link associated with the PowerPoint presentation.
2. Click Edit in Browser.
3. Click New Slide.

If you want to make changes to the presentation beyond what you can do in the browser, do this:

1. On the Home tab click Open in PowerPoint.
2. In PowerPoint, save the presentation. It is saved back on the SharePoint site.

• Proposed as answer by Sagar 1987 Monday, May 27, 2013 8:47 PM
• Marked as answer by Office Support - MSFTModerator Friday, June 07, 2013 12:42 AM

Use OneNote Web App in a SharePoint library

OneNote Web App gives you and your team a centralized place for collecting notes, brainstorming on a topic, or assembling the bits and pieces that will become a formal document.

1. Go to a document library on your SharePoint site, and then click the link associated with the OneNote notebook.
   The notebook opens in Editing view, ready for you to add some notes.
2. If you want to make changes to the notebook beyond what you can do in the browser, click Open in OneNote on the Home tab (requires OneNote 1010).
   OneNote Web App automatically saves your changes on the SharePoint site.

Brainstorm together

In OneNote Web App, when you work in a notebook with others, you can work simultaneously. Similar to a wiki page, you can see who made which changes, and you can roll pages back to a previous version if someone makes changes you dont want.

1. Click the link associated with the OneNote notebook, and then copy the URL displayed in the Web browser to an e-mail or instant message that you send to the people you want to work with.
2. In OneNote Web App, click Edit in Browser to edit the notebook. Recipients of your message can click the link you sent and edit the notebook while you are editing it. You will see each others changes as they are made.
3. To keep track of who is contributing which pieces of content, click the View tab, and then click Show Authors.
4. To view a previous version of a page, click Page Versions on the View tab, and then click the time stamp for the version you want to see.

• Proposed as answer by Sagar 1987 Monday, May 27, 2013 8:47 PM
• Marked as answer by Office Support - MSFTModerator Friday, June 07, 2013 12:42 AM

I would also like to do this.

Currently I have a generic web part with

<a onclick="CoreInvoke('createNewDocumentWithRedirect2', 
	event, 
	'https://DOMAIN.sharepoint.com/Dept/field/JSA_Library/Forms/JSA.dotm', 
	'https://DOMAIN.sharepoint.com/Dept/field/JSA_Library/', 
	'SharePoint.OpenDocuments', 
	false, 
	'http://DOMAIN.sharepoint.com/_layouts/CreateNewDocument.aspx?id=http://DOMAIN.sharepoint.com/Dept/JSA_Library/Forms/JSA.dotm', true, 1); 
	return false;" href="#" >
<img src="https://DOMAIN.sharepoint.com/Dept/field/SiteAssets/JSA-icon-wide.png" alt="Create JSA"/></a>

Is this possible from the simple url field in the promoted links?