Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Designer 2007 Step by Step (Paperback)

by Penelope Coventry (Author)
Key Phrases: web parts, data source library, welcome page, Microsoft Office, Data View, Shared Documents (more...)

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Product Description
The smart way to learn Office SharePoint Designer 2007 one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to master the fundamentals of building customized SharePoint sites and applications. You ll learn how to work with Windows® SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 to create Web pages complete with Cascading Style Sheets, Lists, Libraries, and customized Web parts. Then, make your site really work for you by adding data sources, including databases, XML data and Web services, and RSS feeds. You ll even learn how to create workflows and applications with custom forms, templates, and dashboards to enhance your team s productivity. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes an easy-search companion CD with hands-on practice files, a complete eBook, and more!

Key Book Benefits:

Includes coverage of the fundamentals for building custom SharePoint sites and applications to enhance your productivity

Covers Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007

Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on skill-building exercises

Includes an easy-search companion CD with practice files, a complete eBook, and other resources

About the Author
Penelope Coventry is an independent consultant based in the UK, with more than 25 years of industry experience. She currently focuses on the design, implementation, and development of solutions based on SharePoint Products and Technologies. Penny has co-authored a number of books, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator s Companion, Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit, and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Step by Step. Penny is frequently seen at Tech Ed and IT forum, either as a Technical Learning guide or on the SharePoint Ask-the-Expert stands. Penny lives in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England with her husband, Peter, and dog, Poppy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (January 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735625336
• ISBN-13: 978-0735625334
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,805 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I'm a beginner, but also experienced, May 9, 2008

By	Matthew Hawes - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book because it was the only one on this topic available at the time. I am a beginner when it comes to SharePoint, but I am also an experienced web designer. This book is written at my level exactly, and I found it easy to learn from. However, there are some errors in it. For example in several places it says that CSS styles should be contained in a <script> tag, when it should have been a <style> tag. There are little problems like this throughout the book.

Because I am experienced with web development already, it was easy for me to see and account for the mistakes in the book.

There are grammar problems, and even I caught some misspelled words. Additionally, the practice and example files that come with the book are not very helpful.

This book was the first one available, and perhaps in a rush to have it published, it was not carefully edited. If there are other books available now, I would recommend looking into them instead of this one.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars First for Designer, February 12, 2008

By	A. Rodriguez "SharePoint Administrator" (Phoenix,, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is not a bad read for novice instruction. This book does not get into as much detail as our group would have liked seeing in the first book release for this product, but it still provided some good examples and a platform to build upon.
I would definitely suggest it for new site owners that need to be able to make custom changes and do not have much of experience with this kind of product. Experienced web designers will not get much of a benefit from this book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and Powerful, September 19, 2008

By	P. J. Colbeck (Canton, Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fantastic instructional materials on how to use SharePoint Designer 2007 effectively! I made the mistake early on of buying SharePoint books that focused on infrastructure-related topics on SharePoint. This book provides practical and powerful insights on how to exploit the user-facing capabilities of SharePoint. I was cautious about purchasing a Step-by-Step series book due to my past experiences reading books in the series that had what I believed to be superficial content. This instance broke that mold in style. It was evident that the author not only has book knowledge of the subject, she also has practitioner knowledge. It seemed like she anticipated every question that I had as I read through the book. Excellent work!