2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network managed document is able to be utilized by a local application running on the client when a connection to the remotely located document manager is unavailable and wherein the alteration of the at least one data section is not saved to the network managed document until the remotely located document manager becomes available.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network managed document is able to be utilized by a local application running on the client when a connection to the remotely located document manager is unavailable and wherein the alteration of the at least one data section is not saved to the network managed document until the remotely located document manager becomes available. 3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a time-out condition is imposed upon the use of the network managed document so that when a connection to the document manager remains unavailable after the time-out condition is satisfied, access to the network managed document is automatically restricted.