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Doing Prince2 product breakdown diagrams in Visio drives me nuts – I prefer to use MindJet MindManager Pro.
MindManager automatically numbers the sections even from a specific starting number. In this case the top level product has number 321.
With this cool tool from Micheal Scherotter it’s possible to export a MindManager Map to a SilverLight application. I’ve then embedded the application in a CEWP in WSS.
Pretty cool I think.
From basic vector-based drawings to professional three-dimensional graphics built with Live Effects, Ted LoCascio covers the full range of possibilities in Getting Started with Expression Design. He starts by explaining Expression Design’s interface and how to work with documents, then moves on to cover working with objects and applying fills, strokes, and effects for best results. Exercise files accompany this training.
Getting Started with Expression Design – lynda.com Online Training Library®
In Getting Started with Expression Blend , Lee Brimelow covers all the basics that every designer and developer of WPF and Silverlight content needs to know. He starts with an overview of how Expression Blend fits into WPF and Silverlight workflows, then guides viewers through the process of creating and manipulating objects, building timeline-based animations, and exporting compositions into XMAL for use in Visual Studio.
Getting Started with Expression Blend – lynda.com Online Training Library®
From SearchVB comes a complete Sharepoint guide “SharePoint 2007 Learning Guide“. It contains pages with a bunch of links to relevant articles and screencasts on the following topics:
- SharePoint 2007 Quick Start
- SharePoint 2007 articles and blog entries
- SharePoint 2007 Tutorial 1: General References
- SharePoint 2007 Tutorial 2: Workflow
- SharePoint 2007 Tutorial 3: The Business Data Catalog
- SharePoint 2007 Videos and Webcasts
- SharePoint 2007 Products
- SharePoint 2007 Forums and Community
Highly recommended.
To open and edit documents in the new Office 2007 OpenXML format in Office 2003 install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats which can be found here:
This white paper provides information and guidelines for using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in scenarios where content is managed across different languages. It details most of the functionality provided by Office SharePoint Server 2007 and suggests how to use it to manage multilingual scenarios. It also provides examples for creating custom Web Parts by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and how to configure and manage them by using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, the next generation of Web designer tools specifically designed for SharePoint sites. Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 features and functionality, and how they add value to the end-user experience, are also described.
Highly recommended!
…this is just plain ingenious!
ZapThink (my favorite alternative to Gartner) just released a short explanation of the 4 tenets of SOA using a Lego building block analogy.
Read it – share it!
Update on 2024-08-21: Seems that ZapThink no longer exists 🙁
It turns out that [Today] and [Me] can’t be used in calculated fields in WSS lists.
However, there’s a bug (or feature) which allows us to use at least the [Today] any way.
In a list create a column with the name “Today”. It doesn’t matter but use the Date field type.
Now in a calculated field it’s possible to add the Today column and use it in a calculation like the age of something in years: =DATEDIF([Born];[Today],”d”)/365
Then delete the Today column – and now we’re set. WSS then replaces [Today] with the current date and the Age calculated field is filled with the Age in years.
Weird but true.
Here’s a some more reference information on calculated fields: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA101215881033.aspx
