Sometimes you need to know what’s happening in a SharePoint list or library, and you can’t possibly keep checking to see if a new doc has been added or an existing item has been changed by your colleague. That’s where automated alerts come in. But take note, there are two types of alerts that can help you keep up to date with additions and changes to information on SharePoint.
Tag: Templates
The mysterious case of the repeatedly used but outdated logo
Have you ever stood at the printer while your large document prints off, and your colleague leans over your shoulder to smugly helpfully let you know: “that’s the old logo, we’re now meant to use the one with the dark blue line under the company name” or similar?
Take the easy road: use templates from SharePoint content types
Most of us have used a template in the past to create a presentation or start a document, and many of us are guilty of reusing the last great version of a document as a starting point instead of locating and using a template. This pragmatic approach helps to avoid wheel reinvention and utilises the efforts of the clever person who created the file in the first place – however, the problem with reusing a last good version versus using a template is that your new file takes on any issues that existed in the original doc, and you could very likely be using out of date branding, terminology and styles.