Customizing the look of the main page
1. Under
Site Settings click Customize home page, or from the home page click on Modify
Shared Page, and select ?Add Web Parts\Browse? from the list
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This will open up a list of web parts and put the home page into
design mode.? A web part is a component or existing list that can be added to a
SharePoint page.? WSS includes multiple web parts and any list created will
also show up on the list of web parts.
2. Using
your mouse, try dragging one of the four exiting web parts to a new location by
clicking on their title, like ?Links?, and dragging it between ?Announcements?
and ?Events?
3. Click on the X next to Event to remove this web part from the default
page
4. Click
on the X next to Site Image to remove this web part from the default
page
5. Exit
design mode by clicking the X next to ?Add Web Parts? and then clicking Modify
Shared Page and selecting ?Design this Page?
6. Removing
Task from the Quick Launch
1. Click
Tasks under ?Lists? in the Quick Launch area to the left
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This will take you to the Tasks list.
2. Click Modify settings and columns
3. Click
Change general settings under ?General Settings?
4. Click
No under ?Navigation?
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This setting controls, if the list will show up in the Quick
Launch area on the main page.
5. Click
OK
6. Click
Go Back to ?Tasks?
7. Click
Home in the upper left corner
Enabling document versioning
By default, document versioning is not enabled on document
libraries.? If you would like a new instance of a document to be created each
time it is saved or uploaded into a document library, versioning must be
enabled.
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When up uploading documents to a document library, the file must
have the same name as an exiting file if you want a new version to be created.
1. On
the home page click on Shared Documents to the left under ?Documents?
2. Click
on Modify settings and columns
3. Click
Change general settings under ?General Settings?
4. Click
on Yes under ?Document Versions?
Creating a New Site
Sites can be created for any purpose.? Common uses are to
store documents, tasks, and list of items for each department or certain
teams.? Use the steps below to create a new site for the IT group.
1. From
the Home page click Create
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This will bring up a list of all of the default web part types and lists that
can be created.
2. Scroll
down to the bottom and click Sites and Workspaces under ?Web Pages?
3. Enter
?IT? for the Title and URL name of the site and click Create
4. Choose
?Team Site? from the template list and click OK
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The new site should be created and loaded into Internet
Explorer.? This site can be customized following the same steps as the main
site.
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Don?t forget to enable document versioning. ?This is a great
feature that lets you see how a document, or file, looked yesterday, two saves
ago, or originally (for example).
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