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If a web part or web part connection is corrupted or did not install properly might be a little bit tricky to remove or update the web part as you usually do. Sometimes, you will receive "Unexpected error has occurred" message, or a "#" symbol will be added at the end of your aspx page URL avoiding you to remove or update the corrupted web part in the "normal" way. There is an easy way to fix the corrupted web part by adding "?Contents=1" at the end of the Address Bar as showing in the following example: http://SiteName/Page.aspx ? Contents=1 The Page.aspx is the aspx page where your web part is placed on. The SiteName is the name of the site where the page that contains your web part is. Once you include  the "?Contents=1" at the end of your Address Bar, y ou will be redirected to the Web Part Maintenance page (You must have the appropriate permissions to use the Web part Maintenance Page). Now, make sure that you are in ...

Info path forms does not have any function to convert fields to lowercase or uppercase but there is an easy way to do it by using the translate function. Basically, the  translate  function returns the first argument string with occurrences of characters in the second argument string replaced by the character at the corresponding in the third argument. Using the translate function we can convert fields  from upper case to lower case, first word in upper case... or even use it to remove all the dashes and colons. The Translate function is better than the Replace function as can change several words at the same time. If we want every single character to get converted, we will have to specify every letter in the alphabet in upper case and then lower case to make sure every character will get converted. These are some examples: Converting from UPPER case to Lower case: translate( FieldToConvert , "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") C...

Saving a site or subsite as template allows you to save an existing site and use it as a template for new SharePoint sites or subsites with the same structure of your existing site, the site template can be saved with or without the content. Note that some customizations, such a custom workflows, will be present in your template only if you choose to include the content, but the size of your template will increase considerably. Take into account that saving site as template will not save the subsites under your site, if any, in the template. This option is usually available in the site settings page under “Site Actions” section, but this option will be hidden if the Publishing features  is turned on, as SharePoint does not support  Save Site as Template  option with this feature turned on. If the "Save site as template"option is not under Site Settings -> Site Actions, you just need to append _layouts/savetmpl.aspx to your subsites and you will be red...