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Site Collections Logical Architecture

Dave Wollerman has posted a great article on the use of site collections and the benefits they have for users and administrators. Quoting Dave: Recycle Bins I have 2 big, at least what I think is big, points on why … Continue reading

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One of Vistas best kept secrets – at least from me

How often do you need to capture a screen clipping?   What do you currently use  OneNote (like me),  Snag IT,  Print Screen?   Well in Vista you have Snippet  – just type Snip into the Vista search bar and you are … Continue reading

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Live Writer – could this be the answer to my blogging woes?

I had seen a post regarding Live Write Beta before but skipped over it as it was an early beta.  Office Rocker article on Beta 2 that caught my eye so I thought I would give it another go. Installation was painless (although … Continue reading

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In WSS V3 Lookup fields are made easier to code against.

Many of you WSS V2 developers will have come across the “1#;Some text” value that lookup fields return. Some of you will have added code to you own utility classes to parse them to give the ID and Field values. … Continue reading

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Spoilt today with two SharePoint developer tips!

It is always good to read little tips and tricks that help make things easier. Today I read two Configuring IntelliSense with CAML Files When Developing for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – by Ted Pattison on MSDN, IntelliSense is so … Continue reading

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Indexing Adode PDF v8 documents in MOSS

I am trying not to post articles that just link to other posts, however in this case I have made an exception as this problem has come up a few times. How to index PDF documents in MOSS? The orignal … Continue reading

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Presence Icon not showing in MOSS 2007/WSS v3

The problem, as posted by stswordman on the Microsoft SharePoint forum …I think it’s feature of moss that show the status of lcs users….. This must be the presence icon, which is normally installed by default. I tried this in … Continue reading

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/3GB switch doesn’t work for SharePoint anymore!

As per the best practice guidelines I have been recommending the use of the /3GB switch for WSS v2 and SPS 2003 installations, as I am sure may of you have been. I have also been using these best practice … Continue reading

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Google not recognising docx files?

Searching for articles relating to my post on SharePoint Accessibility I spotted the following on Google Office 2007 has been out for a while now, and in beta for a long time. Is this a clever trick by Microsoft or … Continue reading

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Transfer/Recover your Feeds in IE7

After another painful laptop failure I found a quick way to recover the feeds I had taken months collecting. The feeds are located in the directory C:Documents and SettingsAndrewLocal SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftFeeds and can be simply copied into the required location. … Continue reading

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