Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook

Chapter 1. Getting Started—SharePoint Essentials

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Creating a SharePoint list
• Creating a site column
• Creating a content type
• Creating and accessing my My Site
• Updating my user profile
• Tracking colleagues using my My Site
• Viewing the SharePoint sites I am a member of
• Tagging a SharePoint page so I can find it again later
• Reviewing the tags and notes other users have posted on a SharePoint page
• Adding an alert to a SharePoint page
• Managing my alerts in SharePoint
• Determining my permissions in a SharePoint site
• Checking another user's permissions in a SharePoint site
• Applying unique permissions to a SharePoint list

Introduction

The recipes in this chapter cover SharePoint fundamentals essential for every SharePoint user.

The first three ...