SharePoint 2013 RTM and Office 2013 RTM are now available for download on MSDN. John ChapmanHello, I’m John Chapman. I am a SharePoint Developer for NewsGator living in Denver, Colorado. I develop solutions using ASP.NET, C#, jQuery, SQL, SharePoint, etc, and I thrive on the challenge of writing code to overcome the impossible, annoying, or [...]
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[SharePoint 2007] “Use my local drafts folder” Default Option
When opening Office documents in a Microsoft SharePoint document library that requires Check Out, users generally receive a pop-up window to confirm that they want to open and check out the document, such as the one below: The pop-up window has the option to “Use my local drafts folder.” For many users, using this option [...]
[Outlook 2010] Meeting Workspace Options
One of the great features of Outlook 2007 was the ability to create SharePoint 2007 meeting workspaces within the appointment details in Outlook. In Outlook 2007, the button for managing these workspaces was on the Office Ribbon: In Outlook 2010, this option is no longer in the ribbon by default. The good news is, however, [...]
Using Content Controls to Repeat Form Fields in Microsoft Word 2007 and Word 2010
When creating Microsoft Word-based forms there may be a need to have a form field repeated throughout the whole document. For instance, with a company name, you may want this information repeated automatically throughout the document rather than manually entering the company name into every place it is needed. This helps greatly to ensure fewer [...]
