Book Recommendation: Professional Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007

When I checked this morning, there were only four copies of Professional Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 left on Amazon. I consider this one of the best books available on the subject, and that isn’t just because Woody and Asif write for us occasionally.

Check out the table of contents. For me, Parts 3 and 4 are the money shots. Good stuff.

• Part I: The Basics.
  • Chapter 1: Exploring SharePoint Designer.
  • Chapter 2: SharePoint from the User’s Perspective.
  • Chapter 3: SharePoint from the Administrator’s Perspective.
  • Chapter 4: SharePoint from a SharePoint Designer’s Perspective.
• Part II: Customizing the SharePoint Look and Feel.
  • Chapter 5: The Anatomy of a SharePoint Page.
  • Chapter 6: Using SharePoint Designer’s CSS Editing Tools.
  • Chapter 7: The Anatomy of a Theme.
  • Chapter 8: Master Pages and Layouts.
• Part III: Applications without Programming.
  • Chapter 9: Building Your Own Workflows.
  • Chapter 10: Working with SharePoint Data.
  • Chapter 11: Advanced Data Access: External Data and More.
  • Chapter 12: Working with Forms.
• Part IV: Programming on the Client Side.
  • Chapter 13: The Content Editor Web Part.
  • Chapter 14: The SharePoint Client-Side Object Model.
• Part V: Beyond SharePoint Designer.
  • Chapter 15: Creating Workflow Elements in Visual Studio.
  • Chapter 16: Creating Custom Web Parts.
  • Chapter 17: Creating SharePoint Designer Add-ins.
  • Chapter 18: A Little Administration.
• Appendix A: A Brief History of SharePoint and SharePoint Designer.