Introduction 1 Overview of This Book . 1 How to Benefit from This Book . 2 Ways to Continue Expanding Your Knowledge . 3 Part I: Solutions for Readers 1 About Microsoft SharePoint 2013 5 What Is Microsoft SharePoint 2013? . 6 What Is the Difference Between SPF, SharePoint Server, and SharePoint 365? . 8 How to Tell Whether a Site Is Based on SPF, SharePoint Server, or SharePoint on Office 365 . 8 What Is a Site? . 9 What Is a Personal Site? .
11 What Are SkyDrive and SkyDrive Pro? . 12 What Is a Ribbon? . 12 What Are Apps? . 12 What Is a List? . 13 What Is an External List? . 14 What Is a Document Library? . 14 What Is a Wiki Page Library? . 15 What Is a Form Library? .
16 What Is an Asset Library? . 16 What Is a Picture Library? . 17 What Is a View? . 17 What Are Web Parts? . 23 What Are Alerts? . 25 What Is a Site Column? . 25 What Is a Content Type? . 25 What Is Tagging? .
27 What Is Managed Metadata? . 28 What Are Versions? . 29 What Does Check-in/Check-out Mean? . 29 What Is a Workflow? . 30 What Are Catalogs? . 31 2 Finding Your Way Around a SharePoint Site 33 Get to a SharePoint Site . 34 Sign Out of a Site . 35 Use the Ribbon .
36 Change Language and Regional Settings . 40 Change Settings Only for Current Site . 41 Change Settings for Entire Environment . 42 Regional Settings You Can Change . 42 Navigate Through a SharePoint Site . 43 Use the Left Navigation Bar . 45 Use the Top Navigation Bar . 46 Use the Breadcrumbs.
46 Use the Navigate Up Breadcrumbs . 47 Follow a SharePoint Site. 48 3 Solutions Regarding Files, Documents, List Items, and Forms 51 See What Lists and Document Libraries Are in a Site . 52 Use Direct Links in the Left Navigation Bar . 52 View All Lists and Libraries . 52 Open a Document for Reading . 54 View Properties of a Document . 55 Using the Files Ribbon .
55 Using a Context Popup Menu . 56 Send a Link to a File or a Library by E-mail . 58 Tag a Document, List Item, or Page . 59 Tag an External Site . 61 View/Add Notes to a Document or List Item . 62 View Past Versions of Documents . 63 View Properties of a List Item . 64 View a Microsoft InfoPath Form .
65 Change Sorting and Filtering of a List or Library . 66 Sort . 67 Filter . 67 Switch List Views in Lists and Libraries . 67 Switch to the Quick Edit View . 70 Use Alerts . 71 Create an Alert . 71 Modify or Remove an Alert .
75 Manage My Alerts in a Site . 75 Export the Contents of a List to Microsoft Excel . 75 4 Searching in SharePoint 79 Search for Documents and List Items . 80 Searching for a File or List Item Within a Specific List or Library . 80 Searching for a File or List Item in the Entire SharePoint Environment . 80 Search Using the Search Center . 83 Use the Advanced Search (in SharePoint Server) . 85 Search for People (in SharePoint Server) .
88 5 Social Networking, Personal Sites, and Personal Details in SharePoint Server 91 Get Started with Social Features . 92 Use Microblogging to Let Others Know What You Are Doing or Thinking . 94 Follow Colleagues to See What They Are Posting . 95 Manage Tags and Notes . 96 Add, Edit, and Remove Notes on the Notes Board . 98 View Sites You Are Following . 98 Edit Your Details . 99 Manage Newsfeed Settings .
100 Manage Followed Hashtags . 101 Manage Email Notifications . 101 Manage What Information You Share . 101 Create a Blog . 102 Use SkyDrive Pro to Share a Document . 102 Part II: Solutions for Authors and Content Managers 6 Creating and Managing Files, List Items, and Forms in SharePoint 103 Upload a File . 104 Upload a File from the Web Interface . 104 Upload a File from an Office Application .
107 Upload a File Using Web Folders . 111 Upload a Picture to a Picture Library .