Features and Conventions of This Book
This book has been designed to lead you step by step through many of the tasks you’re most likely to want to perform in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. If you start at the beginning and work your way through all the exercises, you will gain enough proficiency to be able to create and work with a wide range of SharePoint Foundation features. However, each topic is self contained. If you have worked with a previous version of SharePoint Foundation, or if you completed all the exercises and later need help remembering how to perform a procedure, the following features of this book will help you locate specific information:
Detailed table of contents. Search the listing of the topics and sidebars within each chapter.
Chapter thumb tabs. Easily locate the beginning of the chapter you want.
Topic-specific running heads. Within a chapter, quickly locate the topic you want by looking at the running heads at the top of odd-numbered pages.
Detailed index. Look up specific tasks and features in the index, which has been carefully crafted with the reader in mind.
You can save time when reading this book by understanding how the Step by Step series shows exercise instructions, keys to press, buttons to click, and other information.
Convention | Meaning |
Practice Files | These paragraphs provide information about the practice files that you will use when working through the exercises in a chapter. |
SET UP and BE SURE TO | These paragraphs preceding a step-by-step exercise indicate any requirements that you should attend to or actions that you should take before beginning the exercise. |
CLEAN UP | This paragraph following a step-by-step exercise provides instructions for saving and closing open files or programs before moving on to another topic. |
1 2 | Blue numbered steps guide you through hands-on exercises in each topic. |
1 2 | Black numbered steps guide you through procedures in sidebars and expository text. |
Important | This paragraph points out information that you need to know to complete a procedure. |
Note | This paragraph describes information that merits special attention. |
See Also | This paragraph directs you to more information about a topic in this book or elsewhere. |
Tip | This paragraph provides a helpful hint or shortcut that makes working through a task easier. |
Troubleshooting | This paragraph explains how to fix a common problem that might prevent you from continuing with an exercise. |
CTRL+G | A plus sign (+) between two keys means that you must press those keys at the same time. For example, “Press CTRL+G” means that you should hold down the CTRL key while you press the G key. |
Pictures of buttons appear in the margin the first time the button is used in a chapter. | |
Black bold | In the hands-on exercises, the names of program elements, such as buttons, commands, windows, and dialog boxes, as well as files, folders, or text that you interact with in the steps, are shown in black bold type. |
Blue bold | In the hands-on exercises, text that you should type is shown in blue bold type. |
Blue bold italic | Important terms are formatted this way. |
