3 ways to use the Title field in a SharePoint list or library
I am sure you saw this appear and wondered what it is for. You upload a document to a document library, and there is a field called Title, that you…
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7 reasons you cannot find the documents in a SharePoint document library
You know that feeling when you cannot find your car keys or wallet in your house? You know they are there, somewhere, but, yet, you spend the whole day searching…
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How to edit SharePoint Metadata inside of the Office Documents
Did you know that you can edit SharePoint metadata inside of the Office Documents? That’s right, SharePoint is not the only place where you can tag your documents. Here is…
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I received a Microsoft MVP Award, thanks to my Mom
I got a nice Hanukkah present from Microsoft this year. On December 1, 2017, I received an email from Microsoft telling me that I have received the Most Valuable Professional…
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How to smoothly transition your users from folders to metadata
I get this question all the time. It goes something like this. “Yeah, Greg, we know you love metadata, and it makes sense to me, but how do I convince…
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Site Collections, Sites, Pages, Document Libraries, and Folders – putting it all together
Over the course of the last few years, I published a number of posts explaining the difference between sites and site collections, sites and pages, document libraries and folders. I…
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4 ways to create cool custom views in SharePoint
One of the greatest benefits of metadata is the ability to view the information in any way you desire. Whether it is a SharePoint custom list, task list, Issues Log,…
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3 reasons you need File Type metadata column in a document library
Your SharePoint Document library might contain lots of different files. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, CAD or Photoshop ones. What if you wanted to filter and quickly find only files with…
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Shall I create a List Column or Site Column?
One of the first decisions you have to make when you create metadata is whether you will be creating it at the list/library level or the site level. In case…
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6 ways to save files to SharePoint
I had an interesting and trivial question being asked the other day by one of my clients. “How do I save files to SharePoint?” I almost responded, “You must be…
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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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