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To export a list from a SharePoint site you can follow the steps below. Ensure that the user account performing the process is a member of the farm administrator group In Central Administration, on the Home page, click Backup and Restore on the left hand menu. On the Backup and Restore page, in the Granular... Continue Reading →
When using a virtual image, which does not have a network connection. You may experience problems with saving documents directly into a document library and the following error message may be displayed. "This file cannot be saved because there is not connection to this server. Check your network connection and try again". To resolve this... Continue Reading →
In the previous post in this series I covered the basics of using custom columns or metadata in document libraries. In this much shorter article I will take the concepts already covered and extend of them by introducing the lookup column type. Using the Lookup Column Type The lookup column type can be used to add metadata to... Continue Reading →
Probably the most commonly used features of SharePoint are the document management features. This series of articles will attempt to highlight some of the functionality that is available to users in configuring and managing document libraries. I would like to add that the following is not designed as a guide to best practise, but is purely... Continue Reading →
When branding a SharePoint site it is common to want to remove certain default Web Controls or Content Place Holders. However I came a across an instance today where I had commented out a number of place holders (specifically the PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea place holder) , the site compiled ok and allowed me to deploy it to a site.... Continue Reading →
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