Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2007 Bible

Exploring SharePoint Designer

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is a powerful new Web development and management software program for the creation, customization, and extension of SharePoint Products and Technologies (Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) sites.

With the new SharePoint Designer, you can customize SharePoint sites for individuals and teams. Office SharePoint Designer 2007 includes an intuitive what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) interface that enables rapid creation and customization of SharePoint-based sites. You can take advantage of industry standards such as XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language )

code and CSS (cascading style sheets) and the power of ASP.NET to build SharePoint sites that meet your business needs, all based on industry standards for browser compatibility and accessibility.

The WYSIWYG interface allows you to see what the end result will look like as you view and modify pages as it pulls in CSS and ASP.Net controls and technologies into the environment as you author your applications.

Microsoft IntelliSense technologies help eliminate errors caused by writing code by hand or not knowing precise syntax when working with CSS, ASP.NET, and XHTML tags. As you get familiar with working in code view, IntelliSense can also suggest in-context commands based on the work you are currently doing. These suggestions can help you develop pages and tie in and customize the rendering of data ...