Rosemarie Withee - SharePoint For Dummies

Microsoft® SharePoint® For Dummies,® 2nd Edition

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021948978

ISBN 978-1-119-84298-9 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-84299-6 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-84300-9 (ebk)

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

5 Part 1: Getting Started with SharePoint Chapter 1: Getting to Know SharePoint Up and Running with SharePoint in Three Minutes Flat Wrapping Your Head around SharePoint Taking a Peek at a SharePoint Site Getting Familiar with SharePoint Terminology Chapter 2: Introducing SharePoint in Microsoft 365 Accessing and Using SharePoint Getting Familiar with SharePoint Online Determining What Version of SharePoint You Are Using Understanding Why SharePoint Online Has Become So Popular Differences between SharePoint Online and SharePoint On-Premises Exploring the Benefits of SharePoint Online Chapter 3: Wrangling SharePoint Functionality Coming to Terms with Website Templates Show Me the Apps Working with Web Pages Understanding Web Parts Digging into SharePoint Features Integrating with Office

6 Part 2: Diving Headfirst into SharePoint Chapter 4: Discovering SharePoint in Your Pocket Installing the SharePoint Mobile App Signing into the SharePoint Mobile App Finding Your SharePoint Stuff with the Find Tab Getting the Latest News with the News Tab All About You with the Me Tab Chapter 5: Understanding SharePoint Sites Accessing SharePoint Sites in Microsoft 365 Exploring the SharePoint Team Site Creating a SharePoint Site Requesting a SharePoint Site Grouping Sites with Hub Sites Chapter 6: Working with Web Pages and Web Parts Understanding SharePoint Web Pages Introducing the Ribbon Deciding What Type of Page to Create Digging into Web Parts Adding a Web Part to Your Page Choosing the Right Web Part Changing Web Part Properties Connecting Web Parts Managing Pages Categorizing Your Wiki Pages Taking a Peek into Custom Page Designs Chapter 7: Adding Content to SharePoint SharePoint as a Content Management System Wrangling the Overwhelming Mountain of Digital Content Getting Your Documents into SharePoint Creating New Content in SharePoint Using the SharePoint Mobile App to Peek at Content on the Go Chapter 8: Discovering SharePoint in Microsoft Teams Using Teams in Microsoft 365 Understanding the Marriage of SharePoint and Teams Adding SharePoint Pages and Lists to Teams Chapter 9: Working with SharePoint from Microsoft Office Getting Familiar with Office Versioning Working with Office on Your Desktop or Laptop Working with Office on Your Smartphone or Tablet Chapter 10: Getting Social Sharing and Following SharePoint Sites Staying Up to Date with News Information Sharing with Blog Style Sites and Wikis Communicating with Discussion Boards Connecting with Others Using RSS Feeds

7 Part 3: Customizing SharePoint Chapter 11: Customizing SharePoint with Apps Introducing SharePoint Apps Adding Apps to Your Site Accessing App Settings Configuring the General Settings Chapter 12: Developing a Custom App Planning Your App Creating Your App Importing a Spreadsheet as an App Taking Your App to the Next Level: Calculated and Lookup Columns Keeping Track of Locations Downloading Apps from the SharePoint Store Chapter 13: Taking Control of Your Profile and Content Organizing Your Personal Content with OneDrive Expressing Yourself with Your Profile Tracking Your Favorite Sites Chapter 14: Organizing and Viewing Content Working with Documents Sharing Your Documents Recovering Deleted Documents Uploading Documents into a Folder Discovering SharePoint Views Creating a Standard View Managing App Data in a Datasheet View Using Ad Hoc Views Creating a Calendar View Displaying Tasks in a Gantt View Managing Existing Views Displaying Views via Web Parts Chapter 15: Creating Workflows with Microsoft Power Automate Understanding Workflow Introducing Microsoft Power Automate Using the Traditional SharePoint-Only Workflow Chapter 16: Getting Answers with Microsoft Forms Signing into Microsoft Forms Creating a Form in Microsoft Forms Analyzing Microsoft Forms Data Displaying a Form in SharePoint Capturing Forms Data in SharePoint