Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 Complete Courseware Courseware and Training Materials

What's included?
What’s included?
Available for delivery as a download from our web server or provided on CD, this courseware package includes the following resources to make your trainer’s life much, much easier.

This courseware package includes:

	Student Manual. Fully customisable. May be opened in any wordprocessor and changed to meet your exact needs.
	Student workbook. Fully customisable. Additional book includes series of practical tasks and review questions.
	Student workbook exercises. Fully customisable. Sample exercises to accompany the student workbook.
	Trainer manual. Fully customisable with additional information for trainers.
	Timetable and lesson plans. Fully customisable. Detailed timetable and plans ensure you deliver the best possible course.
	PowerPoint presentations. Fully customisable. Complete set of PowerPoint slides for use by the trainer.

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Course outline
Course outline

Course contents: Foundation Level

• Starting Out What is SharePoint Designer? — What’s New in SharePoint Designer 2007? — Opening SharePoint Designer — Interface Overview — Closing SharePoint Designer
• Interacting With SharePoint Designer Using SharePoint Designer’s Menus — Using the Common Toolbar — Moving Toolbars — Hiding and Showing Toolbars — Using the Status Bar
• Working With Files Understanding Web Pages and Web Sites — Opening Pages — Saving Pages — Switching Between Open Pages — Closing Pages
• Getting Help in SharePoint Designer Using the Help Menu — Using the Help Screen — Using the Ask a Question Box — Getting Help in a Dialogue Box
• Web Design 101 Understanding the Structure of a Web Site — Laying Out Your Web Site — Creating User-Friendly Links — An Introduction to SharePoint Services
• Creating a Basic Page Choosing a Page Type — Laying Out a Web Page — Design View vs. Code View — Using the Toolbox
• Adding Text Typing Text — Inserting Hyperlinks — Using Basic Styles and Effects — Using Find — Using Replace
• Adding Elements Inserting Symbols — Adding Photos — Inserting Files — Adding Buttons
• Adding Advanced Elements Adding Forms — Adding Text Inputs and Areas — Adding Input Buttons — Using Labels and Radio Buttons — Adding Advanced Buttons — Adding Drop-Down or Group Boxes
• Creating and Opening a Site The File Structure of a Web Site — Opening an Existing Site — Creating a Blank Site — Creating a Site from a Template — Importing a Web Site
• Navigating Through Your Site Using the Folder List — Switching Views in the Main Pane — Viewing Site Reports — Modifying Site Settings
• Modifying Site Pages Inserting a Page — Deleting a Page — Moving a Page — Copying a Page — Creating a New Page from an Existing Page
• Modifying Page Properties Changing the Hyperlink Color — Setting the Background — Setting Margin Size — Setting the Language — Assigning a Category
• Adding Folders to your Site Creating Folders — Moving Pages into Folders — Renaming Folders — Deleting Folders — Copying Folders
• Editing Text Selecting Text — Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text — Using the Format Painter — Using Undo and Redo — Using the Office Clipboard
• Editing Text with the Formatting Toolbar Changing the Font Type — Changing the Font Size — Changing the Font Color — Adding Highlighting
• Advanced Text Formatting Using the Font Dialogue — Modifying Character Spacing — Adding Bullets and Numbers — Adding Borders and Shading — Using the Paragraph Dialogue
• Editing and Reference Tools Using Spell Check — Using the Clip Art Task Pane — Using the Thesaurus
• Using Layers What are Layers? — Adding Layers — Using Layers — Removing Layers
• Managing Windows Using Minimize, Maximize, and Restore — Arranging Windows — Previewing Your Site in a Browser — Changing the Browser List
• Using Page Views Using Design View — Using Code View — Using Split View — Changing the Page Size
• Setting your Site up for Printing Using Page Setup — Opening Print Preview — The Print Preview Toolbar — Using Zoom in Print Preview — Navigating Print Preview
• Printing a Site Print Commands — Using the Print Dialogue — Setting the Page Range — Setting the Number of Copies

Course contents: Intermediate Level

• Using My Computer within SharePoint Designer Opening My Computer — Using the My Places Toolbar — Navigating With My Computer — Performing Basic Tasks with My Computer — Changing Views
• Saving Your Files File Formats — Using File Properties — Managing Web Pages — Managing Web Sites
• Importing and Exporting With SharePoint Designer Importing a Site — Importing a File — Exporting a File — Importing a Web Package — Exporting a Web Package
• Using Dynamic Web Templates Creating a Dynamic Web Template — Using a Dynamic Web Page Template — Applying a Dynamic Web Template to a Web Page — Applying a Dynamic Web Template to a Web site — Modifying a Template — Detaching a Web Page from a Dynamic Web Template
• HTML and the Code View What is HTML? — Anatomy of HTML — Understanding the Code View — The Colors of Code View — Optimizing Your HTML
• An Introduction to HTML Browsers and HTML — Some Basic but Useful HTML Tags — Font Tag Attributes — Alignment Attributes — Adding Images
• The Tag Properties Window Showing and Hiding the Tag Properties Task Pane — Using the Tag Properties Buttons — Viewing Attributes — Working with Attributes
• Using Pre-Defined Tags Using the HTML Menu — Using the Code View Toolbar — Creating Pre-Defined Tags
• Adding Pictures, ClipArt, and Other Files Inserting a Picture File — Adding ClipArt — Inserting an Image File from a Scanner or Camera — Inserting a File — Embedding Photo Galleries — Embedding Movie Clips
• Editing Images Selecting an Image — Resizing an Image — Re-Sampling an Image — Using Auto Thumbnail — Using Cut, Copy, and Paste
• Formatting Images Using the Pictures Toolbar — Modifying the Contrast and Brightness — Cropping a Photo — Re-Coloring a Photo — Changing Picture Properties
• Doing More with Images Adding Borders — Adding a Bevelled Edge to Your Picture — Flipping and Rotating Your Images — Arranging Images
• Creating Hyperlinks What is a Hyperlink? — Linking to a Place in the Same Document Using HTML — Linking to an External Web Site — Linking to a New Page — Linking to an E-mail Address
• Modifying Hyperlinks Editing Hyperlinks — Removing a Hyperlink — Adding a Screen Tip — Setting a Target Window
• Creating Hotspots Using an Image as a Hyperlink — What is a Hot Spot? — Adding a Hot Spot — Highlighting Hotspots — Editing Hotspots — Removing Hotspots
• More about Links Creating a Bookmark — Using a Bookmark in a Hyperlink or Hotspot — Clearing a Bookmark — Navigating to a Bookmark
• Publishing your Site System Requirements — Publication Options — Excluding a File from Being Published — Publishing Your Site

Course contents: Advanced Level

• Master Pages About Master Pages — Creating a Master Page — Editing Master Pages — Setting an Existing Page as Master — Creating a Content Page — Attaching or Detaching a Master Page
• Using Text Styles Using the Apply Styles Pane — Creating a Style — Setting Style Options — Applying a Style to Text
• Managing Text Styles Modifying a Style — Renaming a Style — Copying a Style — Deleting a Style
• Using Style Sheets What are CSS Style Sheets? — Attaching a Style Sheet — Opening a Style Sheet
• Creating a CSS Style Sheet Using the New CSS Command — CSS Language Basics — Advanced CSS Syntax — Building a Cascading Style Sheet — Modifying a CSS Document — Using the CSS Properties Task Pane — Linking a Cascading Style Sheet
• Adding Tables Inserting a Table — Anatomy of a Table — Drawing a Table — Selecting a Table, Row, or Cell — Inserting or Deleting Parts of a Table
• Editing Tables Merging Cells — Splitting Cells — Using AutoFormat — Using the AutoFit to Contents Feature
• Manually Formatting a Table Using the Tables Toolbar — Changing Cell Alignment — Changing Fill Color — Using Table and Cell Properties
• More Table Options Adding Captions — Converting a Table to Text — Converting Text to a Table — Using the Layout Tables Pane
• Link Bars Creating a Site Navigation Scheme — Creating Link Bars Based on the Site Navigation Scheme — Creating a Custom Link Bar — Editing the Link Bar
• SharePoint Quick Launch Bars Creating a Quick Launch Link — Renaming a Link — Removing a Link — Modifying the Links in the Quick Launch Bar — Changing the Appearance of the Quick Launch Bar
• Using Data Sources The Data Source Library — Adding an XML Source File — Adding an ASP.NET Source — Removing a Data Source
• More Data Source Commands Creating a Data View — Using Data Source Properties — Filtering Data — Sorting Data — Applying Conditional Formatting — Refreshing Data
• Adding Web Components Opening the Web Components Dialogue — Choosing a Web Component — Modifying a Web Component — Downloading Additional Components
• What is ASP.NET? Inserting an ASP.NET Control — Types of ASP.NET Controls — Modifying ASP.NET Control Properties — Programming ASP.NET Controls — ASP.NET Data Controls — Technical Issues
• Adding SharePoint Web Zones What is a Web Zone? — Creating a Web Zone — Modifying Web Zone Properties — Removing a Web Zone
• Interactive Buttons Interactive Buttons — ASP.NET Image Buttons — Adding an Image to the Button — Adding a Script for the Image Button

Course contents: Expert Level

• Using Forms What is a Form? — Building a Form — Validating Form Data — Handling Form Data
• Client Side Scripts What is JavaScript? — JavaScript Basics — JavaScript Functions — JavaScript Programming — Getting Input and Sending Messages
• The SharePoint Designer Script Editor Opening the Script Editor — Setting Up the Script Editor — Using the Script Editor — Debugging with the Script Editor
• Working with Frames What are Frames? — Choosing a Frame Template — Adding Content and Formatting to the Frames — Saving your Frames — Adding Frames to an Existing Site
• Adding Behaviors Using the Behaviors Pane — Adding a Behavior — Editing a Behavior — Removing a Behavior
• Doing More with Data Views Data View Review — Linking Data Sources — Displaying the Data from the Linked Data Sources — Manipulating Records in a Data View
• Data Forms Inserting a Data View as a Form — Adding a Built-In Form Action — Adding a Form Action Link — Adding a Custom Action
• Using SharePoint Templates Requirements for Using SharePoint Templates — Creating a Web Site from a SharePoint Template — Creating a Web Page from a Template — Exporting a Site as a Template
• SharePoint Controls What Controls are Available? — Inserting, Modifying, and Removing Controls — Adding Data View Controls to a Form (Buttons and Check Boxes)
• Using Contributor Settings What are Contributor Settings? — The Contributor Settings Task Pane — Specifying Contributor Settings — Using Region Types — Working as a Contributor
• Editing, Publishing, and Backing Up SharePoint System Requirements — Publishing to a SharePoint Site — Editing a Site Remotely — Backing Up your SharePoint Site — Adding Web Parts
• Page Editor Options Setting the Default Page Type — Setting Auto Thumbnail Options — Setting a Default Font — Changing Intellisense Options — Setting Ruler and Grid Measurements
• Setting SharePoint Options Startup Options — Setting Service Options — Customizing Reports — Setting Editor Options
• Customizing SharePoint Designer Customizing Menus — Adding and Removing Toolbar Commands — Creating Toolbars — Resetting Toolbars — Deleting Toolbars — Setting Toolbar Options — Working with Macros