Understanding SharePoint and SharePoint Designer

So you have SharePoint, the server product, and then you have…SharePoint Designer.…Now, SharePoint Designer is installed on your desktop or your laptop.…It's like having a copy of Word or Photoshop installed.…You're going to open SharePoint Designer and use it to connect to a SharePoint…Server to do customization of a SharePoint site.…So, if you don't have it installed already, here is the way to find it.…I'm just going to search for SharePoint Designer 2007, and I want to be…very specific here.…

I am using the 2007 version of the product.…When you search for this, you are likely to find a link for SharePoint…Designer 2010 as well.…Now, unfortunately, you can't use SharePoint Designer 2010 to customize…SharePoint Server 2007 Web sites.…The version numbers go along with each other, so SharePoint Server 2007,…SharePoint Designer 2007.…Now, you can download this product for free, as you'll see on the…Microsoft Office site.…It was made free in mid-2009 and Microsoft has said that every subsequent…version will be free as well.…