SharePoint
I occasionally write tips, processes, and other miscellaneous stuff around Microsoft Sharepoint. I've used it since the first (crappy) versions. Now, it's good, I like it, and I'm not ashamed to be associated with it... :)
You can open documents on your Sharepoint site directly from most Microsoft Office applications. This allows convenient and efficient use of the documents stored in your document library without having to manually open the website, check out, download, upload and check in step-by-slow-and-tedious-step.
To Open documents from the Sharepoint document library:
From Microsoft Word (for example), click File > Open. The Open dialog box will display.
Click "My Network Places" in the left-hand sidebar.
Double-click the icon that links to your Sharepoint site library (as described in the previous Sharepoint tip).
Navigate to the desired folder and document. Click "Open" to retrieve and open the...
Are you part of a team and need to know when changes are made to critical documents? Or are you simply obsessive and nosey and want to know what documents people are working on? Well, you're in luck in either case because Sharepoint allows you to create alerts to notify you when specified items change.
You can setup alerts for document, discussion groups, folders and even search results. When any of these things change, you'll get an email telling you so at the time interval you dictate.
To setup an alert:
Find something you're interested in. Remember, folders, documents, discussion groups, and searches are alert-able. ...
While there are advantages to visiting Sharepoint sites regularly for updated information, it can be a little time-consuming and tedious to have to visit there to open, save, update, delete, etc a document. If you need to perform an action on many documents, there aren't bulk operations for everything you could need.
Fortunately, you can create a web-folder network shortcut that you can easily (ie, from Windows Explorer or a desktop shortcut) access Document Libraries on your Sharepoint sites. You can use this link/shortcut to access documents just like they were on your local hard drive or network share. To do this:
Open...