diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.ViewDocument.php b/views/bootstrap/class.ViewDocument.php
index 02e2955d7..2bbdfe836 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.ViewDocument.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.ViewDocument.php
@@ -485,6 +485,9 @@ class SeedDMS_View_ViewDocument extends SeedDMS_Bootstrap_Style {
 <div class="row-fluid">
 <div class="span4">
 <?php
+		$txt = $this->callHook('startLeftColumn', $document);
+		if(is_string($txt))
+			echo $txt;
 		$this->documentInfos();
 		$this->preview();
 ?>