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EndUserSharePoint.com: Can I save searches as links?

The question of the day comes from Chris: Do you know of a way users can save searches as links? Chris - The basic search is a ‘get’ in the URL, so setup the search, click the search button and then copy the URL to use as the href in the link Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

EndUserSharePoint.com: Can I show documents to people who do not have MS Office?

The question of the day comes from Michael: We are going to be implementing a document center at our facility. The documents being housed will be for reading only (mainly). Our problem is that some computers do not have Office installed, and they need Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

EndUserSharePoint.com: Update on creating a desktop shortcut to a SharePoint library

In a previous post, I outlined the steps for creating a desktop shortcut so that you could drag and drop files to and from a document library. This is one of the easiest ways to get End User buy in when first rolling out SharePoint. While going through Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

EndUserSharePoint.com: Can I save a view and use it in another library?

The question of the day comes from Susan in Kansas: I have document libraries (different ones) that I store videos for the different applications that I train on, i.e., Word, Excel, etc. I created a library to store my flash files and want to do this Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

EndUserSharePoint.com: Check In - bug or feature?

The question of the day comes from Doug in California: I’ve tracked down and confirmed consistently that I’m seeing an issue with Check In/Out. It is repeatable. User creates new or uses existing Document Library. Library contains a required Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

EndUserSharePoint.com: How do I expand and contract categories in a view?

The question of the day comes from Shane: I see other SharePoint sites have expand and collapse view function in their document libraries. How do you set this up? I would like to have a subject which can be expanded to list supporting documents. I have Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

SharePoint Training Videos 01.30.08

Tour a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Site (WSS3DemoTourASite.exe) - Successful projects are often founded on good teamwork—and good teamwork relies on excellent communication. In this demo, you’ll see the following: Getting started with Windows SharePoint Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

EndUserSharePoint.com”: Project based libraries vs master libraries

The question of the day comes from Sasha: I have a parent “Clients” site and then multiple (>20) client sites under it. Some docs are unique to each client, some are shared across clients. All documents change frequently. I don’t Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

EndUserSharePoint.com: How do I move a list or library?

The question of the day comes from Doug in California: In the Site Settings: Site Admin: Content and Structure view I am able to move Sites, but not any Lists or Libraries. Is this correct functionality? Doug - I do believe this is by design. In every Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

EndUserSharePoint.com: Can I hide the “Publish a major version” function?

The question of the day comes from Rui: Do you know if is it possible in a document library to hide the “Publish a major version” in the [context sensitive] dropdown menu list in the list of documents items? I want to do it depending on the Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

Saving Important Email to SharePoint

One of the questions that comes up regularly is how to save an important email into SharePoint. One of the easiest ways to accomplish this is to use the Save As functionality in Outlook. Before continuing with this article, you should create a shortcut Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

How can I see multiple calendars in a single view?

Today’s question comes from Felice in San Francisco: ” I am just about to begin implementation of a team ‘out of office’ calendar and a team ‘release calendar’ on SharePoint so that Product Managers can merge these extraneous events with their Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

Criteria to use when deciding to create a new library

Janis Hall from MindSharp has written a thoughtful post for the Get the Point Blog on the criteria to use when deciding to create a new library. While not comprehensive, it touches on major issues to consider when deciding how to structure your data. Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

Use a web part to filter the display in another web part

The Connection functionality between web parts allows one web part to drive or filter the content of another web part on the same page. As an example, a web part displaying a list of information types such as Budget, Contract and Expense Report can be Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

Office Document Information Panel not Displaying Desired Metadata Structure

As part of the screencast series for creating a Document Management Center, I demonstrate how to create a library to hold templates that can be attached to content types in various libraries. I received this comment from Susanne: “Have you noticed Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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