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Happy Birthday Web Part

I wanted to be able to show all of the employees birthday’s for the current day.  Turns out, this was not a very hard task to accomplish.  I have a field in one of my lists’ that contains a birth date field.  All of the months and days are accurate, but the years are all… Continue reading Happy Birthday Web Part

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Create an A-Z quick filter web part

If you have a list, like a corporate phone directory, you may start thinking “Man, I wish I could sort through these by the first letter of their name”.  If you weren’t thinking that, it’s ok.  I was so that why I decided to post this.  Follow these steps and your new web part will… Continue reading Create an A-Z quick filter web part

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Show Start and End time on a SharePoint calendar

If you have ever wondered if  it would be hard to show both the start and end times on a SharePoint calendar, stop wondering! This can be performed in six simple steps. Create a calculated column.  Name the column “Time of Event” Insert this formula: =TEXT([Start Time],”h:mm AM/PM”)&” – “&TEXT([End Time],”h:mm AM/PM”)&” : “&Title For… Continue reading Show Start and End time on a SharePoint calendar

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Improperly setup AD account can cause issues

If you are using the people picker column in a list, watch out.  You could be faced with an odd little issue. Recently, I created a list to control the views in an InfoPath form.  This list uses a people picker column that pulls the “UserName”.  What I noticed was that three of the users… Continue reading Improperly setup AD account can cause issues