In a previous post on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Free Trial Download we talked very briefly about the high level aspects of the MOSS Designer. Here we will go into a little more detail about this remarkable little application.
The best part of the application is that it allows you to create professional looking pages without the need to write a lot of code. For the lazy admins such as me this is most definitely a plus.
You can automate your processes for approving documents and ease the burned of your other collaboration tasks using the workflow designer. There is even the option for creating custom event notification. The reporting and tracking aspects can be quite useful as well by allowing you to make use of data views as well as forms that will allow you to aggregate data both local and remote to your MOSS site and use that data in your document libraries or other lists.
One of the best uses for the MOSS Designer is that you can download the New Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and use the MOSS designer to further customize all 40 of them to your liking.
New Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/wssapps/templates/default.mspx
With the MOSS Designer you can also use Microsoft ASP.NET technology much like you can with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to fully customize your pages by adding menus and other controls to make your site truly standout.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Free Trial Download
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/dhite/archive/2007/03/11/microsoft-office-sharepoint-designer-2007-free-trial-download.aspx
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