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Gotcha's, tips, tricks, best practices for various out of box features on SharePoint for beginners, with some help for new server administrators
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Inserting a link on a word to a Site Page (wiki) to another Site Page will take it to the Site Pages library instead of the actual page you wanted.  You need to use the [[ ]] option to insert links to other Site Pages or they won't display.
IntermediateSite Pages2010 AllTrick
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If you edit a list or library to insert a Content Editor Web Part above the items, the ribbon options to edit the list or library (Tools) are no longer available.  To get the ribbon back, click the tickbox next to one or more of the list or library items. (Thank you to Julie Naylor for the tip!)
IntermediateWeb Parts2010 AllTrick
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iFrame HTML code does not display in Site Pages once you click Save and Close.  Bypass this by using the Page Viewer Web Part instead.
AdvancedSite Pages2010 WSS (4.0)Trick
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If you change the Style under Table Tools Design to anything apart from Light, all the text in the columns will be centered vertically.  So if some columns have more text than others, there will be big gaps at the top of the columns.  To top align all the text, make the Style Light.
If you use "clear" as the table format, you need to Show Gridlines in order to align and move stuff around.  But every time you either insert or delete a row or column, or cut and paste text, the grid lines stop displaying and you need to activate them again.  It's very irritating.  Use the "light" setting till you've finished editing the table, then change it back to light when you're ready to Save and Close.
IntermediateSite Pages2010 AllTrick
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If you disable Allow for the Managment of Content Types' on a discussion forum, and you try and view the item, it will disappear and not display.  You Have to have 'Allow for the Management of Content Types enabled in order to view the item and reply to it.  How silly.
AdvancedDiscussion Boards2010 WSS (4.0)Trick
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If you only fhave SharePoint WSS or Foundation, you need code to open links in a new window.  Here are very easy instructions on how to do this.  Just copy and paste the code.  Click on the BLOG link on this site to see how it works.

http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2010/10/sharepoint-javascript-in-quick-launch.html
IntermediateNavigation2010 Foundation (4.0)Trick