Professional SharePoint® 2010 Branding and User Interface Design

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CHAPTER 4 SHAREPOINT DESIGNER 2010 OVERVIEW

There’s also a breadcrumb navigation that shows where you are

within the site. For example, if you are looking at the Shared

Documents, the breadcrumb has a link for each level in the hierar-

chy. In addition, the breadcrumbs themselves can be expanded. For

example, from Shared Documents, you can click the drop-down

for Lists and Libraries in the breadcrumb and go directly to the

Announcements list as in Figure 4-6.

The File Tab

The File tab in the upper-left corner of SPD

2010, located at the top of the ribbon, has

similar options to the File menu that has

been in the left-most position in toolbars in

Microsoft applications for many years. The

File tab enables you to open new sites, close

SPD, and add pages and items.

You can also use the File tab to change

the option for SPD and the Help fi les for

SPD, including the version number for SPD

2010. Most users typically look for the

Help menu along the top toolbar, so the new location takes a little getting used to. Also, once you’ve

clicked the File tab and want to return to your site, you can click the tab immediately to the right of

the File tab to be returned to the page you were viewing before clicking the File tab.

Checking and Changing the Current User

When you open SPD, it usually logs you in to the sites you are trying to access with the same cre-

dentials used for the machine ...