[...]... page 19 1 Introducing Microsoft InfoPath 2010 In this chapter, you will learn how to: 4 Enumerate the benefits of using InfoPath 2010 forms with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 4 Use the Microsoft Office Backstage functions to create a new InfoPath form 4 Navigate the InfoPath interface 4 Create a basic XML file and integrate it into an InfoPath form When speaking about Microsoft InfoPath at technology... already been covered by other excellent InfoPath and SharePoint 2010 books on the market How This Book is Organized This book is organized around the idea of using InfoPath 2010 with SharePoint Server The book does begin with a few chapters that are primarily focused on understanding InfoPath itself; but by Chapter 4, the focus starts to turn to using InfoPath with SharePoint That was our mantra for much... form and fill it out ●● In SharePoint Server 2010, it’s easy to host your InfoPath forms on SharePoint pages by using the new InfoPath Form Web Part You can simply add the InfoPath Form Web Part to a SharePoint 2010 Web Part page and point it to your form ●● With InfoPath 2010, you can create forms with a click of a button, based on Share- Point lists If you have data in SharePoint lists, you can automatically... 429 Introducing Microsoft InfoPath 2010   xi Introducing Microsoft InfoPath 2010 Welcome to Microsoft InfoPath 2010, a forms-creation and data-gathering tool that can help you streamline your business processes InfoPath 2010 is well-suited for almost anyone who needs to design and deploy form solutions—including information workers, IT professionals, and developers You can use InfoPath 2010 to design... of InfoPath have not changed over the years It’s still a flexible, powerful, easy-to-use, XML-based forms editor But what has changed is the level of integration InfoPath 2010 has with the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 platform SharePoint 2010 is a perfect companion application server platform on which to host InfoPath forms because of the complementary set of features SharePoint offers SharePoint 2010. .. connections, and other SharePoint objects SharePoint Designer 2010 is also required for some exercises; a free download is available at http:/ /sharepoint .microsoft. com/en-us/product/related-technologies/pages/sharepointdesigner.aspx Office 365: InfoPath and SharePoint in the Cloud If you do not have your own SharePoint environment, InfoPath 2010 supports the creation of forms in Microsoft Office 365,... on information within the form And the data that users enter in your InfoPath forms doesn't have to remain sealed inside that form forever; it can be reused in a variety of ways, especially when coupled with the SharePoint platform xii    Introducing Microsoft InfoPath 2010 New Features Microsoft InfoPath 2010 is a major release and has several new features and capabilities compared with the 2003 and... storing and managing InfoPath forms And because form libraries are fundamentally just another type of SharePoint list, you have an abundance of SharePoint capabilities such as workflow, Benefits of Using InfoPath 2010 with SharePoint 2010   3 columns, and user-defined views to enhance the interface and functionality of your form solutions We will review publishing InfoPath to SharePoint form libraries... InfoPath 2010 If your question is about Microsoft InfoPath, and not about the content of this Microsoft Press book, your first recourse is the Microsoft InfoPath Help system You can find general or specific Help information in a couple of ways: ●● In the Microsoft InfoPath window, you can click the Help button (labeled with a question mark) located in the upper-right corner of the window to display the Microsoft. .. for the world’s best forms creation and editing tool: InfoPath 2010 Hardware and Software Requirements To complete the exercises in this book, you will need a Microsoft Windows–based computer with InfoPath 2010 installed on it (either as part of Microsoft Office Professional or standalone InfoPath installation) The requirements to install InfoPath 2010 are: ●● Processor: 500 MHz or faster processor ●● . Introducing Microsoft InfoPath 2010 1 Benets of Using InfoPath 2010 with SharePoint 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 New Features of InfoPath. h0" alt="" Using Microsoft ® InfoPath ® 2010 with Microsoft ® SharePoint ® 2010 Step by Step Darvish Shadravan Laura Rogers Published with the authorization