Questions tagged [sharepoint]
SharePoint is a collaboration platform by Microsoft.
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I only have Office 2013. How do I access a Sharepoint 2010 Workspace?
When I only have Office 2013 available to me, is there still a way to sync with a Sharepoint 2010 Workspace for offline access? e.g. will skydrive pro work with a Sharepoint 2010 Workspace? Or is ...
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How can I sync my OneNote 2013 Notebooks using my own server?
I'm a big fan of OneNote 2013 including the sync function, however I have privacy concerns using Microsoft's Skydrive cloud. Is there a way I can use the same sync comfort with my own server?
OneNote ...
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Respond to SharePoint Survey through VBA
How can I respond to SharePoint surveys through VBA? I am trying to track a workbook's usage through a macro but I can't seem to figure it out or even the proper search terms to to search.
Any ...
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Open desktop shortcut to SharePoint directly in Excel
I have a desktop shortcut to a shared Excel spreadsheet that I use daily. It lives in a Microsoft Teams folder, i.e. on SharePoint. This shortcut opens a browser window asking me if I want to open the ...
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How to stop video auto-play (from linked video) in sharepoint online 2016
I've saved some mp4 video files into my document library on SharePoint Online 2016. From there, I've used the video links to added those videos to various pages within my SharePoint site.
However, ...
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Adding mapped Sharepoint as a "Trusted Location" in Office 2016 for macro enabled files
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I'm trying to add a mapped Sharepoint Library to Trusted Location in Office for macro enabled files so end users don't have to select "Enable Macros" every time they launch the file. ...
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cut and paste documents between sharepoint portals
I am trying to cut and paste documents/files between share point portals in windows explorer view. Its not allowing me to do it. Is it a bug or any setting I can get it to work? thanks in advance.
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Migrating a document store from SVN to Sharepoint10
I work for a large organisation that has had a somewhat fragmented approach to document / knowledge management. This is now changing and we have been mandated to move to Office 365 and the use of ...
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Excel rows of data suddenly disappeared after undoing deletion of unrelated rows. Version history suddenly blank. Get my data back?
I have been editing an Excel workbook for 6 days. The workbook is saved in sharepoint and also marked to always be kept on my laptop. I have saved this .xlsx file dozens of times in the last few days.
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Hyperlink to a file using the current user
I am trying to create a hyperlink which will work for everyone on different machines.
For example, this works for me:
C:\Users\bob\text.txt
However, will not work for users on a computer who do ...
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Automatically load new InfoPath template
I am using InfoPath 2010 with SharePoint. I created an InfoPath form template which I published in a SharePoint library. I can then create new documents or edit documents by clicking on "Add new ...
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How to build a library of reusable slides for PowerPoint?
Our company has recently had a rebrand and we are redesigning all our slide decks, we have about 100 unique slides that get used in various scenarios and sometimes not all slides are needed.
I'd like ...
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Excel powerquery with sharepoint workbook - We couldn't authenticate with the credentials provided
I'm trying to add a SharePoint 365 workbook as an Excel data source to another SharePoint 365 workbook.
I am signed in with the correct account according to Excel. When I try to add the data source, ...
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Shared Azure FSlogix Environments and Issues with Shared Volumes
We have 20 users split over two separate Azure/Windows 10 desktop environments. FSlogix is doing AD duties, and we have a shared SharePoint volume that everyone accesses via their remote desktop. The ...
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How to update excel links after excel docs transferred from Server to Teams/Sharepoint
I currently have many excel workbooks on the office server.
These contain many links between different workbooks.
We are migrating these docs over to Teams and I am doing a test.
Once in Teams (or ...
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Configure Office workgroup templates for Office365 from SharePoint location
Problem statement
We have updated custom corporate templates to be used by staff for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel and these were loaded on Microsoft SharePoint.
We would like to ensure that ...
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Avoiding file replication in MS 365 products
I have an existing file/folder on my Onedrive. I would like to achieve the following:
Make this file/folder available in the "files tab" of a Teams channel or a shared Sharepoint folder ...
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IE 11 - TLS Error for only the one user login in a Windows 10 profile, that works fine with my own email
I have reviewed other IE11 TLS fixes and not had any success, perhaps I've missed something from them...
When we are in IE 11 and launching our Sharepoint website, it leads as usual to our Office 365 ...
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Bookmark link (OLE_LINK) constnatly breaks in a Word doc stored in OneDrive/SharePoint
In my Word doc I have a "Content Control Drop-down List" and a link to that list that is set to automatically update when the value in the list changes (might be an XY problem, but it's the ...
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Updating a SharePoint List via Excel
From following Microsoft's documentation, I've been able to import an Excel spreadsheet into SharePoint Online as a List and also export a SharePoint List to an Excel spreadsheet. What I haven't been ...
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Can't connect to the server at this time. Your table cannot be published in Excel Sheet
I have an Excel Sheet. As per my requirement, I have to import this Excel sheet into SharePoint Online List.
When I tried to import that Excel Sheet into SharePoint Online List, It is showing an ...
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Allow Users to Edit Ranges" does not work on Sharepoint 365
I have an excel spreadsheet (Office 365) that I need different users be able to update different ranges in the sheet. I would like this to work on SharePoint via excel online so the users can ...
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MsTeams how to disable deletion of files
My question is about ms-teams.
How do I prevent deleting files from ms teams by guests or members. By the way, i am working with the free version.
Untill now i did not succeed. I looked at channel ...
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SharePoint: Global search in specific columns
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What I want:
I have a simple List in Sharepoint 2016 where I added the custom text-column Keywords. Now I want to search this column in the global search, like Keywords:Test.
How it already ...
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Excel: Links to a Sharepoint picture require login
We have some pictures in a sharepoint group that are shared via a link (anonymous view is enabled). Those links work fine when you open them directly in the browser.
When you put this hyperlink in an ...
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SSRS in SharePoint integrated mode: subscriptions failing
We have a SSRS integrated inside a SharePoint farm. Recently we changed owner of all subscriptions to a different one (a technical account, 'ABC\XYZ'). The subscriptions target either a SharePoint ...
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Connect additional column in excel to a Data source table
I have a PowerApp which I use to add items (rows) (from an inspection) to a list in Sharepoint. This sharepoint list I import in Excel using "Get Data" and the whole sharepoint URL, etc. In Excel I ...
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Sharepoint Designer "Custom action" - 2 actions at once
I'm a Sharepoint Online site admin and I'm no coder.
I have this requirment which might be odd.
I need to create a list button which will preform TWO actions on a selected list item:
First - update a ...
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Excel PowerQuery cannot find SharePoint files after a certain date
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I have a number of different Excel files which connect to a number of different SharePoint folders for a variety of purposes. Each week, new data is exported from our client systems and ...
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MS Access 2016 auto-sync with SharePoint list on open by VBA
I have an Access database linked to a Sharepoint list. Users will often work on the Access database offline, and catch changes locally. When online again, the user has to manually click reconnect to ...
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SharePoint mapped as network drive no longer works
I have in the past accessed two SharePoint sites on our company network by mapping them as network drives. That is, I have added a network drive in File Explorer to a URL of the form
https://...
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Mapping Windows 7 network drive to Sharepoint caused large performance hit
Moved work files from a local network to Sharepoint. I wanted to interact with the file structure in the same way I had previously. I inherited a workflow that stored and used files from several ...
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SharePoint keyboard shortcuts not working
According to MS documentation, these are the keyboard shortcuts for SharePoint:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Keyboard-shortcuts-for-SharePoint-products-7dec847a-4f2a-47f6-9964-...
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Copy of emails from Sharepoint (Nintex) workflow being received in wrong mailboxes
This is a bit of a weird one and I will try to explain as best I can.
I have a Sharepoint 2010 intranet site. It has a number of workflows set up using Nintex Workflow, some of which send various ...
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Trying to e-mail a SharePoint calendar from Outlook, limited to 2800 appointments?
I have SharePoint 2010 calendar that I've connected to Microsoft Outlook 2010. I right-clicked the calendar in Outlook and selected Share -> E-mail, but when attaching the calendar, I receive this ...
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Hyperlinks in Excel 2013
I have an Excel 2013/Office 365 spreadsheet stored in a SharePoint Library. It contains hyperlinks created using the "Place In This Document" functionality - not a hyperlink formula. The links are all ...
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Team Foundation 2013 + Sharepoint - strange behaviour
I just update my TFS 2010 + Sharepoint to TFS 2013 + Sharepoint foundation.
Everything is ok, I created a website, collections, documents and everything.
When I linked the TFS project collection to ...
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Can we make event on Outlook calendar, and show on SharePoint calendar?
Can we make event on Outlook calendar, and show on SharePoint calendar
by don’t have to copy or drag and drop Outlook calendar’s event to SharePoint calendar’s event?
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Office applications cannot download files from sharepoint
When i try to download and edit (check out) a file from our sharepoint server, the splashscreen for the appropriate office application opens and states that its "Downloading" the file (See picture; "...
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Trying to lock down cells in excel & office 365
We have only sharepoint, office 365, excel 2013 - no domain.
I'm trying to lock down specific columns in an excel sheet.
When I click on 'Permissions' in 'Allow users to Edit Ranges' I type in a ...
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Sharepoint logfile is too large
We run an SBS 2008 server with WSS. On the drive I have set aside for WSS, I'm fast running out of space due to the ShareWebDb_log.ldf file being >96GB!
File size is huge compared to the actual ...
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How can I mirror a SharePoint 2007 site?
How does one go about mirroring a SharePoint 2007 site?
The mirror doesn't need to be nice and pretty; it just needs to be presentable and readable. Also, I need all the shared documents to be copied ...
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How do I upload a jpg file with image map onto the SharePoint website and render it properly?
I have to display an image map in a SharePoint website.
I created the image map with hot links using html code in a notepad and then re-saved the file as a html file. When I launch it from the desktop,...
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Multiple default views for sharepoint discussion board
Is it possible to have multiple default views for a sharepoint discussion board? I would like to have Subject View default for Top-Level and Threaded View for Discussion. Ticking the Default box ...
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Which wiki toolkit has the greatest support for data freedom?
Our dev team has poured a lot of knowledge into a Sharepoint wiki. The experience has made me a convert to the core ideas of a wiki - ease of link/page creation, metadata, search tools, versioning, ...
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Outlook 2007 - Copy emails to Sharepoint lists
So, I've managed to add Sharepoint lists in Outlook. And I want to copy a bunch of emails to some of those folders. But Outlook says that the folder is protected. Isn't is possible to copy emails ...
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Editing documents in Sharepoint on Internet Explorer 9 causes hang/freeze
I recently downloaded and installed IE 9 on my Win 7 x64 laptop (Thinkpad T400).
Editing documents in Sharepoint (rich HTML editor) results in the browser hanging (screen turns white, cursor to egg ...
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SharePoint Upgrade Global Nav Quirks?
We're working on a parallel install/upgrade of SharePoint. The client has WSS 2003 on some old hardware. We've installed MOSS 2007 in a medium farm environment. They want to use this as an ...
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How to only track my changes?
I am helping edit a document in Word on Sharepoint with multiple simultaneous authors. Sections of the document are still being written, so it doesn't make sense to track changes there. Is it possible ...
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How do I trust a UNC path?
I have a shortcut on my desktop to a document:
"\\mycompany.sharepoint.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot\MTCTeamSite\tech\Shared Documents\Team Documents\spreadsheet.xlsm"
Every time I open it in Excel I ...