How to setup Branching in Sharepoint Survey

setup branch questions

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction In a SharePoint Survey, Branching is used to collect additional information based on the user’s response. For example, if the user likes Chinese food, the branching question can be relating to ‘favorite Chinese restaurants’. Branching is enabled after creating the basic Survey Prerequisites Before you can setup Branching, create the question to which [...]

Create online approval form in SharePoint

approval columns

{lang: ‘ar’}Overview In an Organization approval of the key stakeholders is required for various tasks such as the project plan, design document, user documentation etc. The approval can be either a physical signature or it can be in electronic form.  This article outlines using SharePoint (2007, 2010, or even 2003 versions) to capture the approval [...]

SharePoint Discussion Board Hide Columns

message content type hidden value

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction The SharePoint Team Discussion Board has two Content Types (1) Discussion and (2) Message.  The Subject and the Post of a discussion item are represented by the Discussion content type and the Replies to the feedback item are represented by the Message content type. When you create a new column for the Team [...]

Understanding SharePoint Discussion Board Permissions

item level permissions

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction SharePoint Team Discussion Board is commonly used to solicit feedback on documentation, product, service etc. Permissions can be set up to determine who can access the Team Discussion Board and who has access to edit feedback items. Permissions can be broadly classified into the following categories. General Advanced General Settings > Discussion Board [...]

SharePoint HTTP Error 401.1

{lang: ‘ar’}HTTP Error 401.1 can occur due to several reasons related to authentication. The following example outlines one such scenario: Example: You are using windows authentication to call a Web Service or to query the Database. Based on these credentials, a workflow is active on a list or a discussion board that calls a Web [...]

Publish PowerPoint Slides to SharePoint

document management pane

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction If you have Microsoft PowerPoint presentations on the local drive publish it to SharePoint to enable other users to review and make changes. PowerPoint 2007 gives the option to publish onto a SharePoint Document Workspace, edit local or server copy,  and keep it synchronized. This article explains the following Creating a Document Workspace [...]

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 [...]

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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