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The lighter side of Microsoft #11: Using Wiki Pages for Business Process Mapping

  Wiki Pages are an amazing functionality in SharePoint which allows normal contributors (they don't even need full control) to create HTML pages, add content and web parts and build navigation which is not reliant on the site structure. Wikiwiki... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #10: Mailto e-mail links

  For years I've been adding hyperlinks to objects and text in my favourite Microsoft Office Products. Highlight the word / select the object > right-click with the mouse and (insert) hyperlink. This allows for users / readers to click... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #9: SharePoint Surveys

  Tired of sending surveys out as emails or Word documents and then spending days gathering / merging the data into useable content? How accurate is this data, as it needs to be recaptured on a spreadsheet and then presented?... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #8: SharePoint Libraries with folder permissions

A while back I wrote a post "The lighter side of Microsoft #4: Folders vs Metadata in SharePoint" and I spoke about folders vs metadata. I feel quite strong about NOT using folders as people are lazy to categorize content,... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #7: Filtered Views & Filtered Email Alerts

During September I presented at a couple of SharePoint Saturdays and was surprised at how many people (business and technical) didn't know about 'filtered email alerts'. See my presentations on SlideShare. I'm pretty sure I stumbled across this accidentally years... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #5: Be more creative with Microsoft Office

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while” – Steve Jobs... Continue Reading →

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