SharePoint Custom list vs. Excel
Quite often, I am asked by my clients and blog followers, whether or not it makes sense to transition information from Excel to SharePoint custom lists. As with many things…
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3 ways to import Excel to SharePoint
A while back, I published a post where I explained how to export SharePoint lists from SharePoint to Excel. Today, I am going to cover the opposite of this –…
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How to create a custom list in SharePoint
We have lots of out of the box web parts at our disposal in SharePoint. We have Tasks for task management, issues for issues management, a calendar for events, and…
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3 ways to notify a user of changes in a SharePoint list
SharePoint lists are great at storing non-document content like issues, tasks, events, contacts or any other info via a custom list. So here is a typical business scenario. Say, you add…
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Why you should never attach documents in a SharePoint list
I see this happening again and again – users attach documents in a SharePoint list. Yes, you can do it – but that is not what the SharePoint list was…
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How to hide rows in a SharePoint list
Some time ago I published a post on item-level permissions on a list. The functionality allows you to set read or edit permissions to an item in a list based…
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How to enable Item Level Permissions in SharePoint
Here is a real-life scenario. You have built a list in SharePoint so that users can submit entries, but you only want users to be able to read or modify…
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How to export SharePoint to Excel
“Can you export this to Excel?” I bet you hear this request all the time. If you are an avid Excel user or just prefer to visualize things in Excel, you…
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SharePoint lists vs. libraries
One of the most frequent questions you get from new SharePoint users is on the topic of SharePoint lists vs. libraries and the difference between the two. It all comes…
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I’m Greg Zelfond, a U.S. based SharePoint consultant, and I provide affordable out-of-the-box SharePoint consulting, training, and configuration assistance to small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.
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