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SharePoint and InfoPath

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SharePoint and InfoPath

SharePoint and InfoPath were made for each other. While Microsoft has done a great job with integrating SharePoint with Word and Excel and Outlook, InfoPath is one of those programs that if you're not using it together with SharePoint, you're really missing out on what it can do. But what is it? InfoPath is part of Microsoft Office that you won't find it in every edition of Microsoft Office. It's typically available in the more expensive versions, like Professional Plus rather than Office Standard, and it's one of the newer Office programs, only been around for a few years. So I still do come across a lot of people that have never used it. InfoPath is a program for creating and filling out electronic forms, and by forms I mean something like a vacation request form, an expense form, a requisition order, purchase order. The kind of thing that yes, you might have previously written that in Word or Excel or converted it to a PDF, but those aren't great ways of making forms. They tend to…

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