Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 What Is a Content Type? -- Content Type Components -- Site Columns -- Document Template -- Document Information Panel -- Workflows -- Information Management Policies -- Document Conversions -- Solution Requirements -- Workflow Setup Steps -- Information Management Policy Configuration Steps -- Document Conversion Setup Steps -- Solution Architecture -- Chapter 2 Included Content Types -- Available Content Types -- Document Content Types -- Folder Content Types -- List Content Types -- Special Content Types -- Business Intelligence Content Types -- Page Layout Content Types -- Publishing Content Types -- Creating a New List Item Content Type -- Creating a List for the Custom Content Type -- Chapter 3 Site Columns -- Site Column Components -- Name and Type -- Group -- Additional Column Settings -- Performance Appraisal Site Columns -- Nested Structure -- Flat Structure -- Performance Appraisal Site Content Type -- Add from Existing Site Columns -- Add from New Site Columns -- Edit Site Columns -- Chapter 4 Document Template -- Document Library -- Create a Library -- Set Permissions -- Reference the Content Type -- Office Word 2007 Document -- Add Content Controls -- Define a Naming Convention -- Group the Document -- Update the Content Type -- Chapter 5 Document Information Panel -- New Performance Appraisal Form Template -- Form Template Layout -- Default Values -- Data Validation -- Calculated Fields -- Conditional Formatting -- Publish the Form Template -- Document Information Panel Settings -- Using the Default Template -- Using the Existing Custom Template -- Uploading an Existing Custom Template -- Showing the Document Information Panel -- Chapter 6 Workflows -- Out-of-the-Box Templates -- Approval Template -- Collect Feedback Template -- Collect Signatures Template -- Disposition Approval Template.

SharePoint Designer Workflow -- 1 - Goals Draft -- 2 - Goals Finalized -- 3 - Collect Feedback -- 4 - Appraisal Draft -- 5 - Appraisal Finalized -- Chapter 7 Information Management Policies and Document Conversions -- Information Management Policies -- Labels -- Auditing -- Expiration -- Barcodes -- Document Conversions -- Chapter 8 Out-of-the-Box Solution Walkthrough -- 1 - Goals Draft -- 2 - Goals Finalized -- 3 - Collect Feedback -- 4 - Appraisal Draft -- 5 - Appraisal Finalized -- Chapter 9 Automating the Performance Appraisal Solution -- Prerequisites -- The New Performance Appraisal Process -- A Custom Activity -- The Design of the Activity -- Creating the Activity -- Visual Studio 2008 Designer Support -- Deployment and Testing -- Creating the Custom Workflow -- Goals -- Creating the Workflow Project -- Task Form Integration -- Testing What We've Got -- Adding Security -- Now Testing What We've Got -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Completing and Deploying the Appraisal Process -- Finishing the Workflow -- Collecting Feedback from the Reviewers -- Incorporate Feedback into the Appraisal Document -- Finalizing the Review -- Test the Workflow -- Deploying the Workflow and Activities -- Making the Workflow and Feature Names Attractive -- Creating a WSS Solution Package -- Instructions to Install the WSP -- Summary -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.