As I build up to the new, enhanced Preview Pane code, I want to highlight some of the more modular features it will have.
Find Something, Do Something With It
I improved the Print Any Web Part code and, once again, made it “plugin-style.” Now you can write your own links by using a selector, like [...]

In Word 2007, there is a potentially hidden tool that can help you quite a bit. Most people know about the Document Information Panel (DIP), but did you know there’s a Document Management Panel? Check out this two minute screencast to see how the Document Management Panel displays information about a SharePoint Word document.

But Paul! SharePoint has a client-side object model. Well, yes and no.
Yes. SharePoint has the WPSC to fetch properties about a page’s web parts. However, SharePoint’s JavaScript uses an ActiveX object to call the SharePoint web services–a completely unnecessary strategy that locks you into using IE. No, no, and no.
When [...]

Pivot Tables are a powerful capability of Excel, however MOSS now provides the capability to create a pivot table from data in a SharePoint list. This example will show you how to use a SharePoint list to create a pivot table and then display it back in SharePoint using the Excel Web Access web part.

In this live online workshop, we’ll examine some of those solutions and give you hands-on training on how to implement them in your WSS or MOSS environment.

It’s a common question: “How can I create a custom sort order in a list?” My typical response was to create a hidden column called “Sort Order”, manually set a numerical sort order for each item and then hide the column from view.

I was looking at my hosted SharePoint WSS solution and realized there was no Feedback, Approval or Disposition workflow. When I contacted support, they said Three-State was the only one available out of the box.

The one I like the most is Accordion for QuickLaunch. It is a simple JQuery script that allows users to collapse and expand sections of a SharePoint QuickLaunch menu (the latest version even remembers the ones you expanded previously). Deploying Paul’s solution is really easy. You can paste the entire script to the Content Editor Web part, or deploy the pre-packed webpart that does that.

Mike Fortgens twittered me on a couple of things he needs clarified when using the Mind Manager Templates for SharePoint. This is a 4 minute demo to show how you can utilize the Mind Map that was made available in this week’s newsletter to create your own, custom templates.

In this 5 minute screencast, Lee Reed shows how to modify a links list by removing those annoying little tags before each of the headings in a list. Nice going, Lee.