Hardly a day goes by that we don’t get a question from someone along the lines of “does do , and why doesn’t it?”. Or, there’s the “when will Microsoft change to allow us to do ” question. Bottom line… we don’t know, and we have virtually no sway to influence Microsoft to change their software… but you do!
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Saving time in a SharePoint Person/Group field
When you’re working in SharePoint and you have to fill in someone’s name, you’re seeing what is commonly called a People Picker field. It’s a field that’s set up to allow for names, and it has two icons to check the name format as well as to look up a name in the Select People and Groups dialog box.
However, I often see people clicking on the Address Book icon even if they know the name of the person they want to add to the field. Following are some various ways to add a person’s name into the field and maybe save yourself some clicking around to do so.
How to create a hyperlink that will open a new pre-populated email
This is a great way to pre-format an email for people.
Finding deleted documents in your SharePoint site
Have you ever had that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach when you delete a document or list item, only to realize a split second later that you really didn’t want to do that?
Redirecting to a Custom Page After Submitting a Form in SharePoint
Normally after submitting a SharePoint list form, you are returned to the default view. But did you know you can actually redirect your users somewhere else?
E-mail a link in Outlook to a SharePoint document
Are you tired of sending and receiving large file attachments?
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