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Why open in the web app rather than desktop by default?

We are rolling out SharePoint to our organisation and have kept the default, whereby docs open in the web app. We have had a number of teams asking us to change the default for their sites so that ...
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How to Display Created By Field in InfoPath AND Sharepoint list with multiple values?

The article "How to Display Created By Field in InfoPath" seemed to work for a user on this forum. However, my needs are slightly different. I'm trying to create a list with the entry form showing ...
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Sharepoint inherited Property

I have a custom column in SharePoint with employee number. I want everything placed into a folder (That contains a non null value) to automatically inherit the employee number in the custom column ...
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How to set the tiles view in a document library as default

In SharePoint online i created a document library. In the new experience view you have the possibility to show the list with a tiles view. is it possible to do it as a default view? If i make a view ...
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Editing the base allitems.aspx for surveys in 2010

We're trying to modify the allitems.aspx base file of the SHP 2010 surveys. We've find the way, once the survey is created, to create a new view and make that view as default view... but we want to ...
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Creating New Document Libraries (not documents) from existing saved Document Library Template SP365

We manage numerous clients in their own respective Document Libraries. However, each of these Libraries needs to have the same general "settings." Same columns, same view options, same row ...
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How to use the Office 365 profile hover card (defaultHoverField) without a person column

On my Sharepoint List, I want to store different team members in something like a text column instead of a person column so that I can handle inactive users or users who have left the organization, ...
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Setting Default Printing Options For A Sharepoint 2010 List Item

I need to change our printer default settings to print out list item (edit form). Can this be done from within SharePoint 2010? If we right click in the edit form and select print the result is too ...
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What is the difference between a welcome page and a home page?

I am working in SharePoint 2016, but I think the question would apply to 2010 or 2013 as well. Let me summarize what I do know, to make my question clear. The default page is what a browser loads ...
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All promoted links now showing List view (not Tiles)

I have a set of 4 promoted links lists which are used on 4 different landing pages. They now display as a List instead of Tiles (ie showing the links to the tile image, destination url etc). The ...
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How to make copies of default lists and libraries

We are trying to copy the default Pages and Documents to another SharePoint subsite. In SharePoint online there is no option to make a template of these. In SharePoint Designer, we were able to make a ...
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SP Online permission for user to define his personal default view

I have a request from users to be able to define the custom view they created (through the "Save view as" button) as default. With my permission level, I well have this option to select the default ...
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Add field in Default View of the List while creating using Add-PnPFieldFromXml command

I am creating a field in SharePoint list using Add-PnPFieldFromXml command The field is created successfully. I want to add this field to the default view of the list using the same command. I ...
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SharePoint default Column values are added to all documents of a library even if the specific contenttype does not includes the column

in our document libraries documents are assigned to different contenttypes. These contenttypes share some columns but not all. If we now define default values for a managed metadata column, all ...
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to get last modified user of SharePoint Online default.aspx pages

I want to get the user name who has last modified default.aspx pages in SharePoint Online site. Only option is to use PnP powershell for SharePoint Online sites. e.g https://test.sharepoint.com/sites/...
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Reset/Remove Default Column Values from folders

I am searching for a better way to reset/remove default column values from specific folders using PowerShell. I realize that it can be done through the library settings but I need to do this for ...
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How can I change the language for all default files, folders, titles, etc.? Or how can I recreate them?

I bought Office 365 Business with SharePoint in Thailand because I live in Thailand and they have a special price here. On my first login the user interface and all files, folder, titles, etc. were in ...
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How to make the custom newform.aspx as the default new form in SharePoint 2010

I have created a custom newform.aspx using the copy of the existing Sharepoint 2010 list form using SP Designer tool.Now i want to make this mynewcustomform.aspx as the default form when the user ...
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Error when trying to modify/create a view on the default image libary in SP 2013

I get an error when trying to modify a view or create a new view on the default image library in SP 2013. I have no issue creating or modifying views on a default document libaray or other custom list ...
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Enable modern look sites by default

Is it possible to set a modern look as default for sites to an intranet that is already created?
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New Document in Document Library behavior

We have a page where a document library has been added as a web-part, where when clicking on the 'new document' link, pops up a dialog to upload a file as shown below. How can I change it to present ...
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How to remove link to Lookup field in default DispForm

I have a list, with several fields, including a Lookup field. I display the items of the list on a custom webpart. Everything works fine. When I click on an item in the web part, the default DispForm ...
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Renaming default.aspx

How do I rename the default.aspx page title if it exists at the root of my site? Right now, it shows 'Home' in the Page Header https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/newsite/default.aspx Usually, the ...
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How to set to show a page contents instead of All Pages in Wiki?

When I click on Team Wiki - Wiki Page Library - from navigator I want it to show a page Home.aspx instead of showing All Pages, I can only set a page as Home Page not able to set it as default page of ...
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How Do I remove default save option of the form?

I have created a entry form. In that form I have entered only one field like Employe Name : Satish So, Without removing the name satish from the field, I closed the form. But the record has been ...
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Search box missing

I have a document library where the search box is missing. The style under view is set to default. When editing the web part, under miscellaneous there is no option to display the search box.
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SP2013 MySite default page redirect to Person.aspx after patch

Recently we have patched our development farm. It is a SharePoint 2013 enterprise edition on-premise farm. After patch (product config wizard have completed successfully), when any user browse the ...
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HOW TO CHANGE SHAREPOINT DEFAULT DASHBOARD

Hi I would like to ask if is it possible to change the default link of SharePoint link from office 365 to a specific site collection? I'm still new to SharePoint and I'm really having hard time ...
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Create default forms(NewForm.aspx, DispForm.aspx, EditForm.aspx) programmatically (have ~1000 lists without forms)

Don't You know how to add default forms to standard lists (have many webs with same bug, they were created from broken template). If I add new forms in SPD all is Ok. But I have about 200 webs with 6 ...
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How to check if current page is the default page of the current site using jsom or REST?

In SP2013, how can I check if the current page is the default page of the current site using javascript object model or REST api? Thanks
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Create global navigation nodes in the onet fle

I have a custom site definition and master page that I want to provide a default set of navigation nodes for. How do I go about incorporating navigation (global top navigation) nodes in the onet.xml ...
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Search to show SPS List item with default view link only

Environment: SharePoint 2013 Is it possible while searching for a SharePoint List item, the link provided in search shows only the default view page link and not other views link. Example: I have a ...
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Can SharePoint 2013 Auto-change the default view of a document library?

I want to embed the "view" of a document library on a page. Current default view is set to May 2016 (current month). I want document library to auto-update this view to "June 2016" next month. Is it ...
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SharePoint 2013 shared with "lots of people"

I've been tasked to be the admin of a SharePoint 2013 site that was created by someone who never completely implemented it. I'm wondering why every site, page, list, folder, document at every level is ...
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KQL query string parameter default value

I have to filter my search result WP using a query string parameter in the KQL query: myfield:{QueryString.XXXX}. I need to be able to define a default filtering or default value for myfield if the ...
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Can I create the default SharePoint 2010 page for an upgraded content DB?

I moved from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint Foundations and will be moving to 2013 after. There was a lot of customization done in 2007 and I am trying to put it back to default where possible. I had ...
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Whats the default sort order for Search results in Sharepoint 2013

How does Sharepoint search results sort if you don't customize them? I seem to only find ways to customize the sort order but that might not be necessary. Underlying question is about doing a bit of ...
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Web Part maintenance page: An unexpected error has occurred

In SharePoint 2013 page, under Page edit mode, when I try to add my custom Web Part, I got following error as shown in picture: Then I append ?contents=1 at the end of Page URL: http://mysite/default....