Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Step by Step

by Londer, Olga M.; Coventry, Penelope

• ISBN13: 9780735627260
• ISBN10: 0735627266
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-15
• Publisher: Microsoft Press

Summary

Experience learning made easy-and quickly teach yourself how to use Microsoft SharePoint Foundation to enable effective team collaboration. With Step By Step, you set the pace-building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Build your own SharePoint site with easy-to-use templates Create lists and libraries to store information Add discussion boards, wikis, and blogs Set up Document and Meeting Workspaces for easy collaboration Share calendars, contacts, and data from Microsoft Office programs Customize your pages with Web Parts Your all-in-one learning experience includes: Files for building skills and practicing the book's lessons Plus other resources on the Web

Author Biography

Olga M. Londer, MCSE and MCT, is a technology evangelist for Microsoft Corporation and has served as a technical lead on numerous projects for blue-chip clients. Before joining Microsoft, Olga was a Microsoft MVP, and she has been involved with Web development, authoring, and infrastructure since 1992. Olga is a coauthor of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit among other books, and she is a frequent speaker at conferences such as Tech-Ed, VSLive!, DevWeek, and IT Forum.

Todd C. Bleeker, Ph.D., is regarded as an innovative, resourceful, and competitive technologist. Todd is co-owner of and an instructor at Mindsharp, a training company specializing in Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. Todd is a coauthor of Microsoft Windows® SharePoint Services Step by Step.

Penelope Coventry, MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, MCSD, MCAD, MCT, CTT+, MSF, ISEB IT Infrastructure Management, and IT Project+ certified, is an independent consultant with more than 25 years of industry experience. She currently focuses on the design, implementation, and development of Windows® SharePoint Services -based solutions. She produces courseware for Mindsharp and is a co-author of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Step by Step.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Features and Conventions of This Book

Using the Practice Files

Software Requirements

Installing the Practice Files

Using the Practice Files

Using the WSP Templates

Removing the WSP Templates

Deleting a Practice Site

Removing the Practice Files; Accessing Your Online Edition Hosted by Safari

Downloading the Online Edition to Your Computer; Getting Support and Giving Feedback

Getting Help with This Book and Its Practice Files

Errata

Additional Support

Getting Help with SharePoint Foundation 2010

We Want to Hear from You

Stay in Touch

Introduction to SharePoint Foundation 2010

What Is SharePoint Foundation?

Versions of SharePoint Foundation

Office Integration with SharePoint Foundation

SharePoint Products

Key Points

Navigating a SharePoint Site

Navigating the Home Page and the SharePoint Site

Navigating the Site Content Tree

Navigating the Ribbon Interface

Browsing Lists on a SharePoint Site

Browsing Document Libraries

Customizing the Top Navigation Area

Customizing the Left Navigation Panel

Understanding Web Parts

Using the Recycle Bin

Key Points

Creating and Managing Sites

Creating Sites

Managing Site Users and Permissions

Creating a Child Workspace

Changing a Site's Theme

Saving and Using a Site Template

Managing Site Features

Managing Site Content Syndication

Deleting a Site

Key Points

Working with Lists

Discovering Default Lists in a Site

Creating a New List

Adding and Editing List Items

Deleting and Restoring a List Item

Attaching Files to List Items

Adding, Editing, and Deleting List Columns

Adding Summary Tasks to a Task List

Sorting and Filtering a List

Setting up Alerts

Key Points

Working with Libraries

Creating a Document Library

Creating a New Document

Editing Documents

Adding Documents

Creating a Picture Library and Adding Pictures

Creating a Form Library

Creating a Wiki Page Library

Creating a New Folder in a Library

Checking Documents In and Out

Working with Version History

Using Alerts

Deleting and Restoring Documents

Working Offline with SharePoint Workspace

Working Offline with Outlook

Key Points

Working with Web Pages

Editing a Page

Changing the Layout of a Page

Creating a New Page

Adding Links

Working with Page History and Versions

Using Alerts

Adding a Web Part from the Web Part Pane

Removing a Web Part

Customizing a Web Part by Using the Web Part Tool Pane

Editing Web Part Pages

Moving Web Parts

Key Points

Working with List Settings

Setting the List Title, Description, and Navigation

Configuring Content Approval and Versioning

Working with Advanced List Settings

Creating a Content Type

Associating a Content Type with a List

Using List Validation

Deleting and Restoring a List

Managing Users and Permissions

Granting List Item Permissions

Configuring Incoming Email Settings

Configuring RSS Feeds for a List or Library

Creating Indexed Columns

Preventing Duplicate List Items

Key Points

Working with Library Settings

Opening Documents in the Client or the Browser

Modifying a Library Template

Configuring Required Checkout

Enabling Versioning

Managing Checked-Out Files

Configuring the Sites Assets Library

Creating a Custom Send To Destination

Managing Users and Permissions

Creating Content Types

Creating a View

Deleting and Restoring a Library

Configuring Other Library Types

Key Points

Working with List and Library Views

Working with a Standard View

Working with a Datasheet View

Working with a Gantt View

Working with an Access View

Working with a Calendar View

Creating and Using a List Template

Relating List and Item Views

Key Points

Working with Surveys and Discussion Boards

Creating a Survey

Responding to a Survey

Viewing the Results of a Survey

Creating and Using a Discussion Board

Enabling a Discussion Board for Email

Viewing a Discussion Board in Outlook

Key Points

Working with Workflows

Automating Business Processes Using SharePoint

Understanding the Built-in Workflows of SharePoint

Configuring a Workflow

Working with Workflows

Managing Workflows

Managing Workflow Tasks within Outlook 2010

Terminating Workflows

Removing Workflows from Lists and Libraries

Associating Workflows with Content Types

Key Points

Working with Workspaces and Blogs

Creating a Document Workspace

Accessing an Existing Document Workspace

Publishing a Document Back to a Document Library

Deleting a Document Workspace

Creating a Meeting Workspace

Understanding the Home Page of a Meeting Workspace

Adding Items to a Meeting Workspace

Customizing a Meeting Workspace

Creating a Blog Site

Creating a Blog Post

Adding a Blog Comment

Using RSS Feeds

Key Points

Using SharePoint Foundation with Outlook 2010

Connecting a SharePoint Contacts List to Outlook

Moving an Outlook Contact to a SharePoint Contacts List

Copying SharePoint Contacts into Outlook

Sending an Email Using a SharePoint Contacts List

Viewing SharePoint Calendars and Personal Calendars in Outlook

Taking SharePoint Content Offline

Managing SharePoint Alerts in Outlook

Creating Meeting Workspaces from Outlook

Configuring an RSS Feed

Key Points

Using SharePoint Foundation with Excel 2010 and Access 2010

Importing Data from an Excel Spreadsheet to a List in SharePoint

Exporting a SharePoint List to an Excel Spreadsheet

Exporting an Excel Table to a SharePoint Site

Exporting Data from an Access Database to a List in SharePoint

Importing a List to an Access Database

Linking an Access Database to a SharePoint List

Linking a Data-centric Application to a SharePoint List

Working Offline

Key Points

Using SharePoint Foundation with InfoPath 2010

Creating a Form Library

Modifying a Form Library

Creating a New Form

Editing a Form

Creating a Custom Office Document Information Panel

Viewing and Editing Custom Document Properties

Editing a Custom Document Information Panel

Key Points

Finding Information on the SharePoint Site

Searching the SharePoint Site

Searching for Files Across Multiple Document Libraries from Within Office 2010

Key Points

SharePoint Foundation Permissions

About The Authors

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