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Editing in Sharepoint

Editing a teacher page in Sharepoint can seem intimidating at first, but once you grasp the simple tools within the editor, you will be adding and changing content in no time!

To access the editor, follow these steps:

 
  • Go to the TVSD.ORG website and navigate to your web page
  • Click Sign In at the upper right

 
  • Notice the Site Actions menu has appeared at the upper left
  • Click Edit Page to enter edit mode.

 
  • In edit mode, you may use the tools that appear in the bar at the top, known as the Edit ribbon
  • To begin editing the page, click Edit (once you enter edit mode, the page can still be viewed online, but the changes will not take effect until page has been 'Checked In' and 'Published' - see below)
  • Clicking Check Out will lock the page from being edited by someone else while you are making your changes.
  • The Edit ribbon includes some common tools include font settings and size, color, justification etc.

 

  • To add an image simply place your cursor where you wish the image to appear and click the Insert tab, then choose the Picture tool.
  • From computer - choose the picture from a folder on your computer or the network.
  • From address - a web address
  • From Sharepoint - from within Sharepoint

Click here for the map to TVSD

 

  • To add a link, highlight the words you wish the end user to click, then click the Insert tab, then choose the Link tool.
  • Choose 'From Address'
  • The display text will be pre-populated with the words you just highlighted
  • Enter the address to the click.  You can either copy/paste the link here or you can type it manually.

 

 

  • Once editing is complete, you can click 'Save & Close' (click the drop-down arrow to choose 'Save' if you wish to save your work and continue editing)
  • You are now ready to Publish your page.

 
  • To publish your changes, click the Publish tab, and choose 'Publish'
  • Enter a comment about your edits or leave this box blank.
  • Click Continue
  • Your changes are now published and your site has been updated.

 

Daily computer use

Bridging the gap

What's the difference between the slashes?

This is the forward slash "/".  Used for web addresses or writing the date, 12/25/2015. It is called the forward slash, because from left-to-right it appears to fall forward.

This is the back-slash "\".  Used for user ID and domain separation or writing out mapped drive information (e.g. "tvsd\jdoe" or "\\server\folder").  It called the back-slash because from left-to-right it appears to fall backward.  Another nifty way to remember this essential key, is that it can be found beneath the backspace key!