SharePoint Calendars Overlay

Calendars Overlay

{lang: ‘ar’}The Calendars Overlay feature in SharePoint 2010 allows you to display items from one or more calendars in the same calendar view. Example You have a Project calendar to track the project deliverable’s, meetings, and other key milestones. A separate calendar tracks vacation of the employees associated with the Project, called Vacation Calendar. Using [...]

SharePoint 2010 Calendar Features

SP2010 calendar features

{lang: ‘ar’}The calendar functionality in SharePoint 2010 is similar to the one in SharePoint 2007. However, the Ribbon interface in SharePoint makes it easier to access the calendar functionality from the toolbar. This article outlines some of the features in SP 2010 calendar Enhanced Interface The new interface makes it easier to access most of [...]

Publish Excel 2007 data onto SharePoint

Excel Add-Ins

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction In Excel 2003 it was possible to retrieve data from a SharePoint list and keep it synchronized.  In Excel 2007 you can still export the SharePoint list to Excel, though the ability to synchronize data with the SharePoint list is not available. Access 2007 is now the preferred mode to synchronize data with a [...]

SharePoint Button Caption Different in IE and Chrome

import spreadsheet

{lang: ‘ar’}Trying to import a spreadsheet into SharePoint 2010 Foundation, I observed the button caption being different in Internet Explorer 8 /Firefox and Google Chrome. Sequence of steps Site Actions > More Options > Import Spreadsheet Click Create Difference in Button Caption Google Chrome [alert]Note the File location button displays Choose File [/alert] Internet Explorer 8 and [...]

Import Spreadsheet as SharePoint 2010 List

import spreadsheet

{lang: ‘ar’} Introduction If you maintain data in a spreadsheet the columns and data can be imported to SharePoint. The imported data becomes a list. The steps are outlined below for SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Excel 2007. Application Used SharePoint 2010 Foundation Microsoft Excel 2007 Steps Select Site Actions > More Options Select Import Spreadsheet and click [...]

Import Spreadsheet as SharePoint List

Import Spreadsheet

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction Having a spreadsheet and would like to bring it to SharePoint as a list? Simple, steps outlined below: Select Site Actions > Create Select Import Spreadsheet from the Custom Lists tab Enter Name and optionally Description for the list Click Browse and select the spreadsheet to be imported onto SharePoint. Import to Windows [...]

Validating List Columns SharePoint 2010

Column Validation formula

{lang: ‘ar’}SharePoint 2010 provides the feature to validate list columns by using formulas. The validation can either be done at the column level or at the list level. Column Validation Example: You have a list for entering Orders and one of the conditions is the applicant has to be of age 20 or above to [...]

Display additional columns in SharePoint Calendar monthly view

new column

{lang: ‘ar’}[table-of-content] Introduction By default the monthly calendar view can only display one calendar column as the option to display an additional column can only be specified for the weekly and daily views. Displaying more than one column in the monthly calendar view can be achieved by following the steps outlined below Create Calculated Column [...]

Format E-mail Message in SharePoint Designer 2007

Actions Send an Email

{lang: ‘ar’}While defining a custom workflow one may need to send e-mail notifications to the users. The user interface that SP Designer 2007 provides is basic and does not provide any formatting styles for use. Knowledge of the basic HTML tags will be useful for formatting. This article provides an example of an unformatted email [...]

How to Check Out Word 2007 Document

{lang: ‘ar’}The following are the ways to check out a Word document that resides in a SharePoint Document Workspace (1) Check out the document by clicking the check out icon in the Quick Access Toolbar   If the Check Out icon is not visible, enable it as follows: Select Office Button > Word Options > [...]

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