SharePoint Designer Tutorial: Working with SharePoint Websites

183 Pages·2008·5.015 MB·English

by  Mike Poole

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SharePoint Designer Tutorial
Working with SharePoint Websites
Get started with SharePoint Designer to put together a
business site with SharePoint
Mike Poole

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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SharePoint Designer Tutorial
Working with SharePoint Websites
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First published: July 2008
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Credits
Author Project Manager
Mike Poole Abhijeet Deobhakta

Reviewer Project Coordinator
John Jansen Lata Basantani
Senior Acquisition Editor Indexer
Douglas Paterson Hemangini Bari
Development Editor Proofreader
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Technical Editor Production Coordinator
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Editorial Team Leader Cover Work
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About the Author
Mike Poole owns and runs 2F3 Internet, which he established in 1997 to specialize
in providing Microsoft-based web development and IT training.
He has received a much acclaim for his web development from many satisfied
customers including the BBC, British Medical Association, Microsoft, and six
different agencies of the Scottish Government. His work has won him awards
from Scottish Enterprise (winner of best e-commerce site) and Microsoft (IM bot
competition finalist and winner in both UK and international phases).
Mike has also written and taught courses in Microsoft Excel and Web Development
at Edinburgh University.
His current technological interests include creating highly efficient/scalable database
solutions and integrating online solutions into virtual environments.
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About the Reviewer
John Jansen is a Test Lead for the SharePoint Designer product group in Microsoft.
He has been working at Microsoft for the past nine years, and before that, was a
freelance website designer, as well as database administrator and teacher.
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Dedicated to my parents for generously allowing me to squander their money
on computers at university, my wife for sitting patiently at dinner parties while
friends badger me with their IT questions, and my God who still loves me despite having
to compete with technology for my attention.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Introduction to SharePoint 7
What is SharePoint? 7
Why Choose SharePoint Designer? 9
What is SharePoint Designer? 10
Installing SharePoint Designer 10
Connecting to an Existing SharePoint Site 13
Further Information 15
Summary 15
Chapter 2: SharePoint Designer and its Environment 17
Development Tool Options 18
Tour of the Environment 18
Task Panes 19
Organizing Our Task Panes 25
Code View 26
The Button Bar 27
The Status Bar 28
Summary 31
Chapter 3: Adding Content and Tables 33
The Wine Company 33
Creating a New Site 33
Creating Our First Page 35
Adding and Formatting Text 37
Previewing Our Page 38
Creating Hyperlinks 39
Adding Images 41
Creating Tables 42
Table and Cell Properties 43
Layout Tables 47
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