PacktLib: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Getting Started—SharePoint Essentials

Introduction

Creating a SharePoint list

Creating a site column

Creating a content type

Creating and accessing my My Site

Updating my user profile

Tracking colleagues using my My Site

Viewing the SharePoint sites I am a member of

Tagging a SharePoint page so I can find it again later

Reviewing the tags and notes other users have posted on a SharePoint page

Adding an alert to a SharePoint page

Managing my alerts in SharePoint

Determining my permissions in a SharePoint site

Checking another user's permissions in a SharePoint site

Applying unique permissions to a SharePoint list

Working Together—Using SharePoint to Collaborate

Introduction

Creating a Team Site

Adding users to a Team Site

Adding a new page to a Team Site

Adding a link to the Top link bar of a Team Site

Adding a slide library to share PowerPoint slides

Adding a slide to a presentation from a SharePoint slide library

Creating and tracking a discussion item

Managing a Team Site Calendar with Outlook 2010

Creating a task and assigning it to another user

Using the datasheet to bulk-edit tasks in a task list

Managing a SharePoint task list in Outlook 2010

Creating a SharePoint contact list and connecting it to Outlook 2010

SharePoint as the Data Hub—Storing and Integrating Data

Introduction

Creating a custom list

Creating a custom list view

Creating a term set using the managed metadata service

Creating a list column based on a term set

Creating an external content type

Creating an external list

SharePoint Document Management Deep Dive

Introduction

Uploading an existing document to a document library

Uploading multiple documents to a document library

Creating a new document in your My Site

E-mailing a link to a document in SharePoint

Downloading a copy of a document

Creating an alert on a document to be notified when it is updated

Requiring users to check out a document before they can edit it

Enabling versioning on a document library

Publishing a major version of a document

Restoring a previous version of a document

Enabling content approval on a document library

Take SharePoint documents offline using Outlook 2010

Co-authoring an important document

Use content types to store different types of document in the same document library

Getting the Message Out—Using SharePoint to Communicate

Introduction

Adding an announcement to a Team Site

Creating a blog in my My Site

Posting to my blog from Microsoft Word 2010

Creating a new page on a publishing site

Changing the page layout of a publishing site page

Publishing a publishing site page

Using web analytics to see which are the most popular pages on your site

Where's My Stuff?—Finding Things with SharePoint

Introduction

Performing a basic search

Performing an advanced search

Finding experts using a people search

Saving a search as an alert and being notified when the results change

Using search analytics to see what people are searching for

Gaining Insights— Using SharePoint for Business Intelligence

Introduction

Creating a chart using the Chart Web Part

Creating a Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

Creating an Excel spreadsheet to run on the server

Creating a report using Report Builder

Creating a chart using the PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer

Building a PerformancePoint business intelligence dashboard

Automating Business Processes—Recipes for Electronic Forms and Workflows

Introduction

Creating an InfoPath Form for a SharePoint List

Creating a holiday request InfoPath form and publishing it to a form library

Using the Collect Feedback workflow to receive feedback on a Microsoft Word 2010 document

Creating a list workflow using SharePoint Designer 2010

Using Microsoft Visio 2010 to model a SharePoint workflow

Joining the Dots—Creating Composite Applications