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• EndUserSharePoint.com: Taming the Elusive “Calculated Column” - Customizing a Contacts List (Part II-III)

  Overview In the previous two articles (Part II-I and Part II-II), we looked at an approach to "Data Validation" in an "Employee Contacts" list by creating calculated columns that perform "Find-and-Replace" operations on a phone... Posted Sep 21 2008, 10:09 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, calculated column, Dessie Lunsford

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Taming the Elusive “Calculated Column” - Customizing a Contacts List (Part II-II)

  Overview Last time, we began working with the concept of "Data Validation" in a "Contacts" list by creating a calculated column that reformats a phone number from a "space-separated" sequence into a "dash-separated" sequence... Posted Sep 03 2008, 12:25 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, calculated column, Dessie Lunsford

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Taming the Elusive “Calculated Column” - Customizing a Contacts List (Part II-I)

  Overview Last time, we modified the default “Contacts List” in order to see what other functionality we could introduce that could extend its default capabilities. This is a continuation of the previous article “” in which we created... Posted Aug 26 2008, 11:59 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, calculated column, Dessie Lunsford

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Taming the Elusive “Calculated Column” - Customizing a Contacts List (Part I)

  The default collection of “Lists and Libraries” within SharePoint are a great way for most users to begin collecting and sharing information.  Often however, the defaults may not have the full capabilities you want in order to present... Posted Aug 16 2008, 02:00 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, calculated column, Dessie Lunsford

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Taming the Elusive “Calculated Column” - Text and Data

  One of the more useful categories of functions available to use in Calculated Columns is that of the “Text and Data” set of formulas. Through their use you can combine fields, compare data existing in other columns, apply formatting rules... Posted Aug 01 2008, 02:00 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, calculated column, Dessie Lunsford

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Enough about “Me”. What about [Me]!

  The question of the day comes from George: “Users submitting InfoPath forms to a library must have contribute permissions. How do you prevent these users from viewing and deleting the forms of other users? “ Response from guest poster Ryne... Posted Jul 29 2008, 01:00 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Web Parts, Views, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, Permissions, ryne crabb, guest post, secure views

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Live, Online Workshop - The Fundamentals of Libraries and Lists

  EndUserSharePoint.com is starting a series of live, online workshops. The first workshop, on August 21, will be lead by Mark Miller, founder and editor of EndUserSharePoint.com. “The Fundamentals of Libraries and Lists” will cover basic, End... Posted Jul 28 2008, 10:05 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: lists, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, workshop, libraries, workshops, mark miller, live online

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Taming the Elusive “Calculated Column” - Customizing a Task List (Part IV)

  Dessie Lunsford Points-of-Sharing If you haven’t read through the previous three articles in this series (Part I, Part II, Part III), I would encourage you to read them first as we’ll be continuing on with the use of an Excel spreadsheet developed... Posted Jul 24 2008, 01:00 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, calculated column, Dessie Lunsford

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Taming the Elusive “Calculated Column” - Customizing a Task List (Part II)

  Dessie Lunsford Points-of-Sharing If you haven’t read through the previous article in this series and wish to follow along in the walkthrough, I encourage you to read it first, especially since we’ll be working with the Excel spreadsheet we... Posted Jun 27 2008, 01:27 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, moss, Content Type, End User, Libraries and Lists, training, calculated column, Dessie Lunsford

• EndUserSharePoint.com: What is Send To Destination used for?

  The question of the day comes from Shannon: Can someone explain to me just how Custom Send To Destination option in the Advance Library Settings works and perhaps give me an example? Shannon - The Custom Send To Destination allows you to create a link... Posted Jun 25 2008, 01:00 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, moss, End User, Libraries and Lists, library, training, send to

• EndUserSharePoint.com: How can I manage columns widths in list views?

  The question of the day comes from Jenny: What can I do to manage and/or set my column widths in a list? Whether I import an Excel spreadsheet for a list or create a list from scratch, there comes a time when the column widths go wacky. Sometimes the... Posted May 28 2008, 04:47 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, Libraries and Lists, list, library, training, Question of the Day, column width

• EndUserSharePoint.com: How do I get a specific file to always be on top of the library list?

  The question of the day comes from Denise: How do I get a specific file to always be on top of the library list? Denise - This is a very common request. The problem here is that by default the library will display first in - first out. Here is a simple... Posted Apr 15 2008, 01:41 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, library, training, column, Question of the Day, sort

• EndUserSharePoint.com: How can I create and Employee of the Day slideshow?

  The question of the day comes from Gwen: I would like to get my employee introduction slide deck on the [Quote of the Day] webpart that would say, “Meet the Team”. Each slide has a few pics of people and some introductory text. . then a link... Posted Apr 14 2008, 06:34 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Web Parts, End User, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, library, web part, training, slideshow, Question of the Day

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Feedback on Tricks and Traps with Libraries and Lists

  The second installment of the free SharePoint 101: Tricks and Traps ebook was sent in the weekly newsletter this morning. For those of you who have received it, please scroll to the bottom of this page to leave your comments, feedback, suggestions, rants... Posted Apr 09 2008, 03:54 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: content types, lists, Content Type, End User, Books, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, training, libraries, tricks and traps, sharepoint 101, site administrator, site collection administrator

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Desperately seeking use cases for Content Types

  The question of the day is short and simple from Pamela: I’m desperately seeking examples of how content types can be used . . . Pamela - Here’s a quick one that will give you a running start. Setup a Finance Library that will hold four different... Posted Mar 24 2008, 10:53 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Content Type, End User, Libraries and Lists, library, training, Question of the Day

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Why has my content type stopped inheriting changes?

  The question of the day comes from Liz: I’m having trouble with a content type at the library level that seems to have stopped inheriting changes made at the site collection level. I defined a content type at site collection level, added site columns... Posted Mar 19 2008, 12:00 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Content Type, End User, Libraries and Lists, training, Information Architecture

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Can I use SharePoint to store linked video files within PowerPoint?

  The question of the day comes from Craig: I have a user that works as an assistant to a high-level exec. The exec travels extensively and they want to use SharePoint to store his powerpoint presentations … the trick is, often these presentations... Posted Mar 19 2008, 05:12 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Document Library, End User, Document Management, Libraries and Lists, powerpoint, training, Question of the Day, embedded video

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Comparing Document Management Solutions - Homegrown or Third Party?

  Today’s post was written by Ryne Crabb. He would like help from the EndUserSharePoint.com community evaluating two solutions for management of documents in SharePoint. Please use the comments section to voice your opinions, questions or End User... Posted Mar 14 2008, 10:00 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, General Observations, Document Management, Libraries and Lists, training, document management solution, dms, ryne crabb

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Can I use a calculated column as a lookup value?

  The question of the day comes from Toby in the UK: Does anyone know how to get it so I can have a Lookup field that uses a calculated field in another table? My requirements is to create a concatenated name from first name and last name in Contacts (not... Posted Feb 27 2008, 05:17 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Screencast, End User, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, list, training, lookup

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Can I save searches as links?

  The question of the day comes from Chris: Do you know of a way users can save searches as links? Chris - The basic search is a ‘get’ in the URL, so setup the search, click the search button and then copy the URL to use as the href in the link... Posted Feb 27 2008, 11:21 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Search, End User, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, list, library, training, metadata

• EndUserSharePoint.com: How can I change the name of an existing Document Library?

  The question of the day comes from Zeynep in California: I’m currently setting up a sub-site and loading in files. I created a Document Library and now I would like to revise the name of the Document Library. How do I do that? I poked around a bit and... Posted Feb 19 2008, 07:56 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Document Library, End User, Libraries and Lists, training, Site Administration, change, title, name

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Can I show documents to people who do not have MS Office?

  The question of the day comes from Michael: We are going to be implementing a document center at our facility. The documents being housed will be for reading only (mainly). Our problem is that some computers do not have Office installed, and they need... Posted Feb 13 2008, 04:09 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, Document Management, Libraries and Lists, library, training, files, web pages, save as

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Check In - bug or feature?

  The question of the day comes from Doug in California: I’ve tracked down and confirmed consistently that I’m seeing an issue with Check In/Out. It is repeatable. User creates new or uses existing Document Library. Library contains a required... Posted Feb 10 2008, 03:08 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, library, check in, check out, training, invisible

• EndUserSharePoint.com: How do I expand and contract categories in a view?

  The question of the day comes from Shane: I see other SharePoint sites have expand and collapse view function in their document libraries. How do you set this up? I would like to have a subject which can be expanded to list supporting documents. I have... Posted Feb 05 2008, 05:00 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, End User, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, list, library, training, group by

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Tricks and Traps 2008-01-30

  The major topic in the EndUserSharePoint.com Shanghai workshops this week has been structuring information. The tip of the week is this: Consider creating “buckets” (libraries) for each of your major content areas and utilize views... Posted Jan 30 2008, 05:11 PM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, Web Parts, End User, General Observations, Document Management, Views, Libraries and Lists, Tips and Tricks, document libraries, training, Information Architecture