Human Factors of XR: Using Human Factors to Design XR Systems
Manage Custom Properties in SharePoint
1. Microsoft Virtual Labs
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Introducing Content Types for
Microsoft Windows SharePoint
Services
2. Introducing Content Types for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
Table of Contents
Introducing Content Types for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services .............................. 1
Exercise 1 Using the Document Information Panel to Manage Custom........................................................................1
Exercise 2 Working with Content Type Templates .......................................................................................................1
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................................................1
3. Introducing Content Types for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
Introducing Content Types for Microsoft
Windows SharePoint Services
In completing this lab, you will be provided a:
Objectives Walkthrough of content types and new property editing functionality in
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Windows SharePoint Services V3.
Using content types in Windows SharePoint Services V3 enables administrators
Scenario to define, organize and manage the metadata and behaviors of a document or
item type in a centralized, reusable way. You can define columns and content
types for reuse throughout your site, and then manage how changes to those
columns and content types are administered. You can even extend content types
to implement your own custom solutions by storing custom XML data within the
types. All this without undue overhead for the site users: content types are
designed and implemented so that they can be as simple or complex as you need
them to be.
Document Information Panel Overview
Detailed Overview Often in document management systems, users are asked to provide metadata
(properties) on the documents that they are saving. In many cases, users are
asked at a point when they are saving and they don’t give it any serious
consideration. It is not uncommon for all documents to contain default or fake
values. Users just want to get their document saved and closed; they don’t want
to answer a bunch of questions.
Windows SharePoint Services V3 introduces a fresh approach to property
gathering. All documents that start from a document library template will already
contain the properties that are necessary for the library. These can be entered
offline or online. The server properties are displayed in a pane at the top of the
document that is called the Property Editor. The location is designed to better
facilitate property entry at the beginning of the document authoring cycle, before
the content is even started.
Content Types Overview
A Content Type is really a collection of settings that define a particular object
that can live on servers running Windows SharePoint Services V3. Most
organizations have at least a few “core” documents that everyone creates. This
can be training manuals, design documents, legal briefs, proposals, etc. For those
types of documents, it is valuable to take advantage of Content Types because
you can create rich template objects that can be reused across multiple libraries
and sites.
At its heart, a Content Type contains a name, a set of properties, a document
template, any workflows that are applicable, and any policies that should be
enforced. For example, let’s say I want to define a standard memo for my
organization. I would first enable Content Types for a library. Then I would
define what my Memo should be. I’ll create a template for it, launched from the
New button in Windows SharePoint Services. I’ll define a set of properties I
want to collect. Maybe, I want it to support an approval workflow I’ve designed,
and let’s say that each document should have restricted permission so that it can
only be viewed by people on my team. By going through this effort once, I can
create a reusable package that can be deployed across my organization and
centrally managed and updated from a single location.
In this exercise, we will focus on the properties portion of a Content Type. There
are two related concepts that can be used together or can be used separately. Both
of these aren’t necessary to use Content Type functionality, but they enable the
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ability to share and reuse these definitions across multiple libraries. The two
features are:
Content Type Templates –This will allow you to easily associate Column
Templates, a custom Document Information Panel, workflows, policies, etc. in a
single place. Doing so creates a template that can be reused in multiple libraries
and updated/modified centrally and pushed out to all people who use the Content
Type Template. This functionality really enables a company to standardize the
set of documents that people can create and how they will function when in
Windows SharePoint Services V3.
Column Templates – Column Templates are useful to define a set of shared
columns that can be reused across multiple libraries. This ensures that people
don’t create multiple versions of the same property. They can be added easily to
any library or Content Type on a library. By default, Windows SharePoint
Services V3 ships a number of useful column templates that can be used.
Estimated Time to 90 Minutes
Complete This Lab
Computer used in this Lab MOSS
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Exercise 1
Using the Document Information Panel to Manage Custom
Scenario
In this exercise we will create a new document library with several custom properties. Once the custom properties
are set up, we will save a document to the library and see how the Document Information Panel is used to update the
custom properties for the new document
Tasks Detailed Steps
a. Login using the following credentials:
Complete the following
2 tasks on: Username: administrator
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Password: pass@word1
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MOSS
Log on to: LITWAREINC
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1. Create a
b. Wait for the Warmup Script to complete and the popup window to close.
Document
Library and set c. Open Internet Explorer and browse to
its Properties http://moss.litwareinc.com/sites/contenttypes
d. Select Site Actions and then “Create”
e. On the Create Page under Libraries select “Document Library”
f. Set the following properties of the document library
Name: Status Reports
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Description: This library stores custom properties about Status Reports.
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Leave the defaults for all other fields
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g. Click the Create button
h. Click on the Settings menu in the document library and select “Create Column”
i. Define the column with the following:
Column Name: Project Name
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The type of information this column contains: Single line of text
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Require this column contains information: Yes
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Leave the defaults for all other fields
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j. Click the OK button
k. Create two more columns. Properties for each column should be set as listed
below:
Second column
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Column Name: Project Budget
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The type of information this column contains: Currency
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Description: Project Budget amount between $100 - $1000
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You can specify a minimum and maximum allowed value:
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Min: 100
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Max: 1000
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Number of decimal places: 2
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Third column
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Column Name: Project Status Date
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The type of information this column contains: Date and Time
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2. View the Library a. Open Microsoft Office Word
in the Document b. Type “Project Status for HOL project” into the blank Word document.
Information
c. Select Publish | Document Management Server… from the Office menu. The
Panel in Office.
Office menu is accessed by clicking on the round Office icon in the upper left
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Tasks Detailed Steps
corner of Word
d. Type “http://moss.litwareinc.com/sites/contenttypes/Status%20Reports” in the
File Name box and click on Save. This will navigate to the library page.
e. Type “HOL Status” in the File Name box and click on the Save button
f. Click “Go to Document Information Panel” on the dialog box that appears
g. You should see the Properties toolbar appear as seen below:
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Note: This toolbar is the Document Information Panel and is visible with the cursor
inside the first property that is required.
h. Type “HOL” into the required “Project Name” property
i. Type “1005” into the Project Budget box and use the tab key to move to the next
property.
j. Notice the red dashes around Project Budget because the value entered is outside
of our constraints we set (must be between 100-1000).
k. Enter “950” for the value instead.
l. Now, select the calendar control in the Date field and select today’s date.
m. When satisfied, press “Retry Save” in the Alert bar below the Document
Information Panel.
n. Your document should be saved successfully now.
o. Close Microsoft Office Word
p. Refresh the browser window to see the new document with it’s associated column
data
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Exercise 2
Working with Content Type Templates
Scenario
Content Type Templates allow you to easily associate Column Templates, a custom Document Information Panel,
workflows, policies, etc. in a single place. This creates a template that can be reused in multiple libraries and
updated/modified centrally and pushed out to all people who use the Content Type Template.
Tasks Detailed Steps
a. Click on the Home tab to return to the site homepage.
Complete the following
7 tasks on:
MOSS
1. Create a custom
Content Type
with custom
columns and a
customized
Document b. Select the “Site Settings” link under “Site Actions”
Information
Panel.
c. Click the “Site content types” link under the Galleries group
d. Select “Create” on the “Site Content Type Gallery” page
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e. Define the new Content Type, using the following values:
Name: HOL Content
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Description: Content created for the Hands-on Lab
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Select parent content type from: Document Content Types
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Parent Content Type: Document
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Existing Group: Custom Content Types
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f. Click OK
g. In the “Columns” section, choose “Add from new site column”
h. Define the first column template with the following:
Column Name: Company Name
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Group
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• Select “New group”
• Value: HOL
Additional Column Settings
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• Description: What company do you work for?
• Require that this column contains information: Yes
Leave the defaults for all other fields
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i. Click on the OK button
j. Create three more columns using the previous steps. Properties for each column
should be set as listed below:
• Second column
• Column Name: Phone Number
• Group
• Select “Existing group”
• Select “HOL”
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Note: You may need to refresh the browser for HOL to appear in the list
• Additional Column Settings
• Description: Work phone number
Third column
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• Column Name: Office 2007 Rating
• The type of information this column contains: Choice (menu to
choose from)
• Group
• Select “Existing group”
• Select “HOL”
• Additional Column Settings
• Description: Your rating of the next version of Office
• Type each choice on a separate line:
• Amazing
Pretty Good
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Good
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OK
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Fourth column
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• Column Name: Favorite HOL moment
• The type of information this column contains: Multiple lines of text
• Group Name
• Select “Existing group”
• Select “HOL”
Additional Column Settings
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• Description: What is the best thing you’ve seen at HOL so
far? Go ahead write a bunch.
• Specify the type of text to allow: Plain Text
k. Column setup is now complete, use the site breadcrumb to return to “Site
Settings”
l. Choose “Site columns” from the “Galleries” section
m. Scroll to the bottom of the page, the group of site columns we created should look
like the following:
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n. Choose “Site Settings” from the site breadcrumb
o. Choose “Site content types” from the Galleries section
p. The custom Content Type we just created should appear near the top of the list.
Click on it.
q. Notice the additional settings available for the Content Type, including Workflow
2. Build our custom a. Click the “ Document Information Panel settings” link from the Settings section
Document
Information
Panel.
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b. Click the “Create a new custom template” link
c. This will launch InfoPath 2007 and you will be presented with a dialog stating
InfoPath 2007 is about to create a form based on the Content Type.
d. Select the Finish button
e. You may notice some progress dialogs as InfoPath 2007 retrieves information
from the server. Once complete, the form template should now be presented in
InfoPath 2007 to customize.
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Note: Spend a moment to familiarize yourself with the InfoPath 2007 Designer if this
is the first time you’ve used it. You should see a task pane on the right with common
tasks to perform. The Designer will present a slightly different view then what an end
user would see (all of the boxes with borders aren’t normally shown). You can always
preview what the form will look like by selecting “Preview” in the toolbar.
Note: In addition, you will notice that each control is located within a “Layout
region” box. It is highly recommended to place any future controls into one of these
regions, because this is what allows the controls to reflow with the size of the users
screen. Otherwise they will be in a fixed position that could require the user to scroll
horizontally within the Document Information Panel itself.
Note: Also notice that different controls are nested within other controls. Your
selection is very important when trying to change attributes on a control. Make sure
that the control you are trying to modify is actually the one that is selected by
observing where the white boxes which appear around a selected control. Title is
selected in the example below:
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Note: Finally, you can set the size, display attributes, setup conditional formatting,
rules, etc. by double-clicking on the control itself or right-clicking and selecting
“<controlType> Properties”. This is where you will spend a majority of your time
while customizing.
3. Customize a Note: InfoPath 2007 is a very powerful XML Forms application with many
Document capabilities not highlighted in this example. In this lab we’re just going to do a couple
Information quick changes just to show the entire publishing process, which only scratches the
Panel surface capabilities of InfoPath 2007.
a. Select the “Company Name” title region and press CTRL+B to make the text
bold.
b. Select the same title again and make the Font Color red from the font toolbar.
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c. Now, let’s add a picture. Select Layout from the Design Tasks task pane
d. Put the cursor to the left-most position on the form (before Title, outside the
existing Horizontal region) and then click the Horizontal Region item in the Task
Pane
e. This should insert a new region where the cursor was located. It will be pretty
large by default.
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f. Click on the region to activate it, and use the resize controls to shrink the region
until the layout looks similar to the following
g. Click to place the cursor inside the region and go to the Insert menu | Picture |
Clip Art…This should bring up the Clip Art task pane.
h. Type “rain” into the search box
i. Press the Go button
j. Click “No” in the popup about Office Online (if seen)
k. Click on the first image in the result(s) and it should be inserted into the region
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l. Resize the image and region so that they are roughly the same size as the other
controls. You will need to first resize the image, then the region. When complete
it should look something like this:
4. Add a new view a. Select the task pane drop-down (accessed via the text “Clip Art”) and change to
and move some Views. There should be two listed:
properties HOL Content (default)
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around.
Standard
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Note: Standard is the core property set of Office. This can also be customized if
desired.
b. Click “Add a New View…” under Actions
c. This should bring up a new view dialog. Type “HOL Info” into the New View
Name field.
d. Click on the OK button. A blank view should be presented
e. Click on the “HOL Content (default)” view
f. Select the region containing “Office 2007 Rating” by clicking on the
corresponding region type label and copy (CTRL+C) it
g. Select the “HOL Info” view
h. Paste (CTRL+V) the “Office 2007 Rating” region
i. Return to the “HOL Content (default)” view
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j. Select “Favorite HOL Moment” region and copy (CTRL+C) it
k. Return to the “HOL Info” view
l. Paste (CTRL+V) the “Favorite HOL Moment” region
m. The form should look like this:
n. Click the “HOL Content (default)” view again
o. Select the region containing “Office 2007 Rating” and delete it
p. Select the region containing “Favorite HOL moment” and delete it
q. Select View properties… from the task pane
View name: My Info
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Background color: light yellow
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r. Click the OK button, the form should now look like this:
5. Add a button to a. Choose Controls from the task pane drop down.
switch views.
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b. Drag a Button from the Standard controls below all the regions
c. Double-click on the button to bring up its properties
• Label Name: HOL Info View
d. Click Rules…
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e. Click Add…
f. Click Add Action…
• Action: Switch Views
• View: HOL Info
g. Click on the OK button for each open window to return to the main InfoPath 2007
screen
Note: Feel free to spend time doing any other customizations you’d like. When
complete, move on to the next section to apply the updates to the Content Type.
6. Publish a custom a. Choose File | Save…
Document b. If a popup appears click OK.
Information
c. Select Desktop (if not already selected) and click the “Save” button.
Panel
d. The form should save successfully.
e. Close InfoPath 2007
f. Return to Internet Explorer - it should still be up and on the “Creating Custom
Template” web page.
g. Click the “Go back to the Document Information Panel settings page” link
h. Select “Upload an existing custom template (XSN) to use”, and then click
Browse to select Template1.xsn from the Desktop.
i. Click the checkbox for “Always show Document Information Panel on
document open and initial save for this content type”
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j. Click on the OK button.
k. Return to your browser
l. Choose “Create” from the “Site Actions” menu
m. Choose “Document Library” from the Libraries section
n. Use a Name of “HOL Documents” and click Create
o. Choose “Document Library Settings” from the Settings menu
p. Click on “Advanced settings” in the “General Settings”
q. Choose “Yes” for “Allow management of Content Types?” and click OK
r. Choose “Add from existing site content types” in the “Content Types” section
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s. Choose “Custom Content Types” from the “Select site content types from:”
field and use the “Add >” button to add “HOL Content”
t. Click OK
u. Click “Change new button order and default content type” under “Content
Types”
v. Change the ordering so that “HOL Content” appears in position 1 and click OK
w. Click on “HOL Documents” from the site breadcrumb to return to the document
library
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7. View the new a. Open Microsoft Office Word 2007
custom b. Enter some text
Document
c. Choose Publish | Document Management Server from the Office menu
Information
Panel
d. Enter “http://moss.litwareinc.com/sites/contenttypes/” in the “File Name:” field
and hit the Enter key
e. Double-click on “HOL Documents” link from the list
f. Enter “HOL Test Document” in the “File Name:” field and click Save
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g. Choose “HOL Content” when prompted to “Chose Document Type” and click
OK
h. Click “Go to Document Information Panel” when prompted
i. The new Document Information Panel should now be visible.
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j. Click the “HOL Info View” button to see the other view via the button we created
earlier
k. Choose “Standard” from the view drop down menu to see the standard Office
properties
Conclusion
In this lab, you learned how creating and managing custom properties in document libraries have been improved in
Windows SharePoint Services V3. You also used the Document Information Panel to quickly and easily fill out
property information on a document being saved into a SharePoint document library. Finally, you walked through
the set up of a new content type on a document library. The content type included custom columns, created as
column templates, and a custom Document Information Panel which you edited using Microsoft Office InfoPath
2007.
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