Sharepoint version number in document properties

Hi,
How can I set the SharePoint version number in my Word document, so that when the Sharepoint version number increases also the number in the document increases. We are running BPOS not 365.
Thanks

The question wasn't about turning Sharepoint versioning on, it was about getting the Sharepoint version numbers to synchronise with the Word document property of the same name.
It ought to work. It doesn't (the Sharepoint version number doesn't even show up in the Document Information Panel or document property fields). I believe there is a workaround out there, but like the Original Poster I haven't found it yet.
As far as I can tell this has been broken in different ways in all the differnt versions of Sharepoint, at elast up to SP 2007. It's about time it was fixed.
Hi, All you will need to do is turn on versioning for your document library. You will need to navigate to the document library you would like to have versioning enabled on, click on settings and then document library settings. In the document library settings
click on versioning settings. From the versioning settings you will be able to enable the feature. Thanks, Tim Muth Microsoft Online Services Technical Support

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