Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Step by Step | 
| Author: Penelope Coventry
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 9077
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Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 1.4
MPN: 9780735625334
ISBN: 0735625336
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.682
EAN: 9780735625334
Publication Date: January 20, 2008
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Product Description
The smart way to learn Office SharePoint Designer 2007 one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to master the fundamentals of building customized SharePoint sites and applications. You ll learn how to work with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 to create Web pages complete with Cascading Style Sheets, Lists, Libraries, and customized Web parts. Then, make your site really work for you by adding data sources, including databases, XML data and Web services, and RSS feeds. You ll even learn how to create workflows and applications with custom forms, templates, and dashboards to enhance your team s productivity. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes an easy-search companion CD with hands-on practice files, a complete eBook, and more!
Key Book Benefits:
Includes coverage of the fundamentals for building custom SharePoint sites and applications to enhance your productivity
Covers Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007
Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on skill-building exercises
Includes an easy-search companion CD with practice files, a complete eBook, and other resources
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Outstanding resource August 25, 2008
Great book for the advanced information worker that needs to do work on Sharepoint.
Supporting Sharepoint in our organization as well as being president of a local Sharepoint user group, I do see one common problem - people using Sharepoint Designer that have no understanding of the underlying technology. So let me reiterate: Sharepoint Designer is for the ADVANCED Sharepoint user.
The reader of this book should have a basic understanding of programming concepts and working with web pages, as it's VERY easy to render a Sharepoint page unusable with relatively "simple" changes. (Don't forget to make a backup first!) Chapter one does a very good job of getting the user started and should be required reading for anyone using SHarepoint Designer.
The biggest plus on the Microsoft Step-by-Step books is that the reader is given the opportunity to learn exactly what they need, when they need it. This book is well written and Penelope Coventry does a thorough job (in my opinion). The CD that comes with the book is a HUGE plus as well, with full examples and test files the user can learn on before making changes to Sharepoint sites.
I also recommend the reader look at Office 2007 books, as the integration between Sharepoint and Office is powerful and can really extend the reach of your Office apps. (I like "So That's How! 2007 Microsoft Office System: Timesavers, Breakthroughs, & Everyday Genius", by Evan Archilla & Tiffany Songvilay)
 Great Developer Resource August 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We are just finishing up our first SP project and this book was INVALUABLE resource. If you are doing SP work you should get this book!
Sharepoint Designer is not only for SP projects, it is also a great xhtml & javascript editor, with nice intellisense! It is making my life much easier.
I know of no other resource that has so much on SPD and I doubt there is anything in print that has more on it.
When you are buying SPD, buy this book as well - you will thank me later!
 Not for designers. July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a designer with a heavy background in web layout and flash programming and design. By no means am I a developer.
I purchased this book hoping it would help me get aquainted with sharepoint. It turns out the book depends heavily on the sample files being set up in a server enviorment, which I've no idea how to do. The examples it walks you through all depend on these files, so if you can't set up the files you won't be able to gain hands on knowlege.
It will help you understand structure and navigation a bit, but so will playing with SP designer.
If you're a programmer, get this, if you're a deisgner, don't bother.
-Austin
Fantastic approach to learning SPD July 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with AC, the topics Penelope Coventry covers in this title are covered very well. I found within just a few hours that I was creating new forms and views with the DFWP, styling the output from DVWP and building some nice customised applications.
The style is not like so many other books making you do menial tasks for the sake of step-by-step. Penelope instead has created some thoughtful and interesting exercises, assuming the reader wants to be engaged and create business value as a result of investing time working through the book. A refreshing approach I must say.
I recommend the book to any aspiring SharePoint designer but, would equally recommend some grounding in WSS architecture beforehand.
Great Reference Book while doing Sharepoint Deployments May 23, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this first version of this book back in February for my 2nd Customer Deployment of Sharepoint. There are several things you may already know about Sharepoint Designer, but I found this book best used by intermediaries; as Reference Material.
For Beginners I also recommend to have and take the time to use the book because there will be things that will make more sense when you are presented with Business Case situations.
I put the book down for a month and now have started a 3rd customer deployment for a Bio-Tech company that wants to control workflows. Now I am re-referencing the book for additional triggers.
Down the road I can see using Data-Sources to create reports connected to Oracle DBs, but there is not a need right now or security access.
Hence the reference material.
If you are the Chief Designer-Dev of a Sharepoint Implementation this book is a must have for the meager cost.
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