Creating a SharePoint Blog Through Word 2013

In this guide I’ll cover how to publish blog posts with Microsoft Word 2013 and SharePoint 2013. Now Microsoft Word has had blogging capabilities since 2007 and they’ve not changed too much in all those years but it is a powerful feature nonetheless and certainly worth covering.

Continue reading “Creating a SharePoint Blog Through Word 2013”

Quick Tip: Creating a Task in any Task List from Anywhere

An action button that when clicked creates a new task in a predefined task list can easily be created by following the steps below.

  1. Go to the task list that the button will be linked to.
  2. Just above where the tasks display will be a link with the text “new task”, copy the link from this.
  3. Place the link on any page that you want to be able to create tasks from and upon clicking this it will take you to the create a task page for that specific task list.
  4. This link can then by styled if required or left as a plain link.

Example:

Capture

Adding Unique Permissions on a Document or Folder

In SharePoint 2013 you can set unique permissions for Folders and Items\Documents using the “Shared With” option. In this quick guide I’ll describe the exact steps required.

Continue reading “Adding Unique Permissions on a Document or Folder”