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There's nothing like teamwork for making progress on a project, but sharing information and building on each other's successes can be challenging when your team is scattered across the miles. Microsoft's SharePoint helps teams and organizations close the distance. With SharePoint, groups construct web sites specifically for collaboration--sites where individuals can capture and share ideas, and work together on documents, tasks, contacts, and events. It's the next best thing to being in the room together.Unfortunately, much of the documentation for SharePoint is written to help system administrators get it up and running, which often leaves end users in the dark. The SharePoint User's Guide takes another approach: this quick and easy guide shows you what you need to know to start using SharePoint effectively and how to get the most from it. You'll learn how to create sites that your organization can use to work together or independently, from an end user's point of view. Now, even beginners can learn how to: access sites that are already set up create new sites personalize sites use the document and picture libraries for adding and editing content add discussion boards and surveys to a site enhance securityYou'll learn how you can receive alerts to tell you when existing documents and information have been changed, or when new information or documents have been added. You can even share select information with partners or customers outside your organization. No one that uses SharePoint collaboration services can afford to be without this handy book.The SharePoint User's Guide is designed to help you find answers quickly, explaining key concepts and major points in straightforward language. With SharePoint, any team or organization can overcome geographic or time-zone challenges, and the SharePoint User's Guide will show them how.
List of contents
Preface;
Who This Book Is For;
About This Book;
Conventions Used in This Book;
We'd Like to Hear from You;
Chapter 1: Working with Sites and Workspaces;
1.1 Types of SharePoint Sites;
1.2 Working with SharePoint Sites;
1.3 Creating Your Own Sites;
1.4 Modifying a Site;
1.5 Creating Extra Pages;
1.6 Personalizing a Site;
Chapter 2: Basic Web Parts;
2.1 What Is a Web Part?;
2.2 Basic List Functions;
2.3 Advanced Web Parts;
2.4 Library Web Parts;
2.5 Advanced Web Part Features;
Chapter 3: Extending Site Pages;
3.1 Linking to External Content;
3.2 Creating HTML Pages;
3.3 Sharing Information Between Web Parts;
3.4 Custom Web Part Pages;
Chapter 4: Securing SharePoint Sites;
4.1 Users and Site Groups;
4.2 User Management;
4.3 Site Group Management;
4.4 Security Architecture;
Chapter 5: Integrating with Office 2003;
5.1 Finding Out Who's Online;
5.2 Shared Workspaces;
5.3 Form Libraries;
Chapter 6: Setting Up Windows SharePoint Services;
6.1 Requirements;
6.2 Installing Windows SharePoint Services;
6.3 Integrating with SharePoint Portal Server 2003;
6.4 Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1;
Colophon;
About the author
Infusion Development Corporation offers software development services, developer training and consulting services for large financial firms, such as Dun & Bradstreet, Deutsche Bank, MetLife, and Wachovia. A Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider, the company focuses on emerging and established Windows NT and Unix software development technologies. Infusion Development Corp is also a TIBCO Alliance Partner and Authorized Learning Partner (TALP).
Their expertise lies in the architecture and implementation of the most popular technologies in use today, including: C++, COM/COM+, .NET, Java™, EJB™, Visual Basic, CORBA, Win32, XML, XSLT and TIBCO, as well as a number of relational database systems including Oracle, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Summary
This straightforward guide shows SharePoint users how to create and use web sites for sharing and collaboration. Learn to use the document and picture libraries for adding and editing content, add discussion boards and surveys, receive alerts when documents and information have been added or changed, and enhance security.
