Reviewing the tags and notes other users have posted on a SharePoint page
Tags and notes bring SharePoint pages to life. You can start to access the collective intelligence and opinions of your co-workers by reviewing the tags and notes they leave for you.
Getting ready
This recipe works for:
- SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition
- SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition
- SharePoint 2010 Online (Office 365 Edition)
It requires you to be logged in and have read access but no other privileges are necessary.
How to do it...
- If there are tags or notes on a page, the Tags and Notes icon on the top right-hand corner of the page turns red. To review the information, click on the icon.
- The Tags and NoteBoard dialog is displayed. You can review the tags that other users have left on the page.
- To switch to the notes view, click on the Note Board.
How it works...
Tags help you find pages again or classify the information that they contain. Notes are public comments that you leave on the pages for others to see. Use notes to add to the content, to correct any obvious mistakes, or explain information that is unclear. Don't use notes for observations such as "the author of this page is obviously a blithering idiot" unless you are confident that you can defend your viewpoint to the Managing Director without getting fired.
See also
- Creating and accessing my My Site
- Tagging a SharePoint page so I can find it again later
- Performing a basic search, Chapter 6