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SHAREPOINT HACKS YOU
CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT

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Before we start…
 Webinar recording is available here
 Slides and Demo based off SharePoint
Online, however, similar functionality is
available with on-premises and older
versions of SharePoint

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About Me
 Gregory Zelfond
 10+ years of experience with SharePoint
 Huge SharePoint Advocate, blogger
 Love to solve business problems using
code-free, out of the box SharePoint
configurations
 Owner of SharePoint Maven

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About SharePoint Maven
I HELP ORGANIZATIONS TO UNLOCK
THE POWER OF SHAREPOINT
MIGRATION CONSULTING TRAINING

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Agenda
1. Quick Edit
2. Version Control
3. Edit documents online
4. List/Library search box
5. In-browser drag and drop
6. Security group sites permission lookup
7. Drop-down navigation
8. Enterprise Keywords
9. Managed Metadata
10. Metadata Navigation

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1. Quick Edit
 Business Benefit
– Allows to bulk-edit metadata (many at once)
 How to
– Make sure you choose flat view (no grouping!)
– Library/List Tab > Quick Edit
– Drag cells just like in Excel

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2. Version Control
 Business Benefit
– Tracks history of changes to the document/item
 How to
– Library/List Tab > Library Settings > Versioning settings
– Enable Major Versions

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3. Edit documents online
 Business Benefit
– Allows to edit documents in the browser without MS
Office (Word, Excel) installed on the computer
 How to
– Click on document
– Click on Edit in Word/Excel Online

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4. List/Library Search Box
 Business Benefit
– Allows to quickly search for documents or items in a list
or a document library (not the whole site!)
– Search picks up metadata, file names, text within the
documents!
 How to
– Reference this blog post for detailed instructions

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5. In-browser Drag and Drop between folders and metadata groups
 Business Benefit
– No more Windows Explorer!!!
 How to
– Just drag and drop files and folders from one folder or
metadata grouping to another right inside the browser.

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6. Security Group permission lookup
 Business Benefit
– Allows to quickly see what access particular security
group has to the whole site collection!
 How to
– Site Settings > Site Permissions
– Click on the security group
– Settings > View Group Permissions
Another reason to use security groups – this
does not work with individual user permissions

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7. Drop-down Navigation
 Business Benefit
– Allows to quickly create global drop-down navigation without
enabling Publishing features!
– Excellent user adoption technique – quickly get to any site
 How to
– Site Settings > Top Link Bar
– Drag and Drop submenus one under another, click Save
– Works best with non-IE browsers
– Special credit to Mike Smith and his blog post on this
awesome technique!
– Reference this blog post for detailed instructions

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8. Enterprise Keywords
 Business Benefit
– Allows for quick and easy utilization of metadata
– Improves search experience
– Gives you ideas on how to categorize documents (if you
have no clue)
 How to
– Library/List Tab > Library Settings > Enterprise
Metadata and Keywords Settings
– Check the box, click OK

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9. Managed Metadata
 Business Benefit
– Type-ahead functionality
– Ability to setup Metadata synonyms
 How to
– Site Settings > Term Store Management
– Create a column, select Managed Metadata radio
button

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10. Metadata Navigation
 Business Benefit
– Awesome user adoption/usability technique
– Provides amazing search experience for business users
– Partially mitigates 5,000 view item limit because it
indexes those columns in the background
 How to
– Refer to this blog post for detailed instructions

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Need help with SharePoint?
 SharePoint Site Configuration and Customization
 Document Migration to SharePoint
 SharePoint Implementation Strategy
 SharePoint Training
 SharePoint User Adoption
 SharePoint Governance
 SharePoint Project Management

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THANK YOU!
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Email: greg@sharepointmaven.com
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Get in touch if you have questions