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Essential SharePoint 2007, 2nd Edition
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Essential SharePoint 2007, 2nd Edition

by Jeff Webb
September 2007
Beginner content levelBeginner
448 pages
10h 2m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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What's New?

I don't think many people realized SharePoint's potential back in 2003. For the last four years, the SharePoint community has really taken the lead in stretching the limits of SharePoint and creating solutions. Microsoft has been watching: SharePoint 2007 incorporates the best ideas from the community and breaks new ground handling workflow. The following table lists the top-ten new features.

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Tabbed navigation

Tabs at the top of each page link to subsites.

Recycle Bin

Deleted items go to the Recycle Bin before they are completely removed. Those items can be easily restored if needed.

Customized QuickLaunch

You can easily add items to Quick Launch or use a hierarchical view of the site instead.

RSS feeds

Feeds allow you to collect content from any location and display it all on a single page.

Actions

Lists can record actions that users take, such as clicking on a link or sending email, and then change their status based on those actions.

Email improvements

Lists and libraries can receive email.

Workflow

Document approval and other structured tasks can be routed through workflows to track their progress and ensure completion.

Master lists

Lists can now be shared with subsites. For example, a top-level Departments list can be used as a look-up within all subsites.

Master pages

Master pages determine the initial layout and content for other pages that are based on them.

Performance

Pages that have been modified (unghosted) no longer incur a performance ...

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