Overview
Last time, we looked at 3 functions for formatting the case of text (working with uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as the “Proper” format of first letter capitalized only in a word).
In this article, we’re going to look at a few more tools we have in the “Text and Data” set of functions that [...]

Notice all the copies of SharePoint for Project Management? You know what they’re for, right?
There’s one missing from here, though: The Shepherd’s Guide to SharePoint 2007. Sorry Rob, I couldn’t find a way to insert an eBook onto my shelf.
What else is everyone finding useful?

Update: Rob sent me his bookshelf. Looks like he’s heavily vested [...]

I met with Dux this morning to pickup the ‘SharePoint for Project Management‘ books that we will be giving away to the people with the most interesting problems and ideas on how to use SharePoint for project management.
If you haven’t placed your entry, consider doing it now. Deadline for entries is Friday night at mid-night, [...]

Sometimes it’s the little things that get people excited.
I was giving an online workshop last night when the response screen started to go crazy. I couldn’t figure out what was the big deal until people responded that they never knew you could limit the number of items displayed in a web part.
Like I said, it’s [...]

For those of you who hit the site this morning, you probably got a 500 server error. Something was up with the hosting service. I had them reboot and everything seems to be working again.
For the 4000+ of you who received the Weekly Newsletter this morning, all the links are working now.
Sorry for  the inconvenience.
Mark
 

Last week’s newsletter contained a download for a set of site planning worksheets. There were over 800 downloads! With that kind of response, I’m planning on an online workshop to walk people through the worksheet and get them setup with their site architecture. Leave me a quick note in the comments if that type of [...]

Paul Grenier, moderator of Stump the Panel, has a nice give-and-take going with Brian about requesting SharePoint help from IT. Here are his little pearls of wisdom. Check out the entire exchange if this sounds familiar.
From Paul Grenier
First, a lot of IT departments are overworked and constantly responding to fires. They can’t possibly learn new [...]

Dux Raymond Sy is giving a talk on Empowering Your Organization with SharePoint at the Roosevelt Hotel on Thursday. He asked me to come by to watch his presentation and pick up a couple SharePoint for Project Management books.
If you’re going to be there, let me know and we can have lunch or something. [...]

This is the third article in a 3 part series on creating a Master Calendar in SharePoint. The first article was a general overview of the problem. The second article was a detailed solution with a screencast. This article describes how you can participate in a live, hands-on workshop to implement the solution on your [...]

This article is Part 2 in a 3 Part series. The original article was written by Greg Maas to propose a solution to Master Calendars in SharePoint.
This article will restate the problem in more specific terms and offer a detailed solution to the problem through a screencast.
 
Problem Statement
Create a SharePoint solution that will allow [...]