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Essential SharePoint
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Essential SharePoint

by Jeff Webb
May 2005
Beginner content levelBeginner
336 pages
10h 14m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Putting SharePoint to Work

Once SharePoint is installed and your group or department has set up a team site, authorized members of the team can create document workspace sites from their desktops using Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Members create document workspaces when they want to get input from others. Workspaces are intended for works-in-progress rather than for completed documents.

Tip

To create workspaces over the Internet from Office, you must first add the SharePoint site address to the Trusted Sites list in Internet Explorer. Choose Tools Internet Options Security Trusted Sites Sites. Be sure to clear the Require server verification (https:) checkbox before entering the address.

The 2003 versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint all include a Shared Workspace task pane, as shown in Figure 1-11, that you use to create and maintain workspaces. The following example illustrates how to use a workspace to develop a project:

  1. Start Word 2003 and write a draft of the project plan.

  2. Once you are happy with your first draft, save the document on your PC, then choose View Task Pane Shared Workspace.

  3. On the Shared Workspace task pane, name the workspace, elect the location of the team site, and choose Create. SharePoint creates a new workspace site, adds the project plan to it, and links your local copy of the document to the copy on the SharePoint server.

  4. Use the Shared Workspace task pane to add the names of the teammates you want input from; then choose Send email to all members ...

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