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Ricky Spears is an instructor and author for SharePoint Solutions. He authored the popular SharePoint 2007 MOSS Core Features, SharePoint 2007 MOSS Advanced Features, and Mission: Automation – SharePoint Workflow and InfoPath classes. He has taught SharePoint to hundreds of students at some of the largest organizations in the world, including: AMD, BMW, Boeing, BP, Citigroup, Dell, Microsoft, U.S Army, U.S. Air Force, and hundreds of others.

Prior to joining SharePoint Solutions he worked as the Senior Webmaster for Allegacy Federal Credit Union where he designed and built the organization’s first intranet, and later migrated it to the SharePoint platform. Ricky’s focus in business has always been on process improvement and automation for both the employees and customers of an organization.

Ricky’s personal mission statement is, “Empower. Challenge. Advance.” He says, “The work we do every day is ultimately all about people. My goal is to use technology, and my God given talents, to challenge and empower people so they can advance in every aspect of their life and business.”
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I always love networking with my students and consulting clients. f you are interested in networking with me after the class or assignment here are some places you’ll find me online:

The SharePoint Solutions Blogs – I occassionally post SharePoint articles and videos here. Other company employees, instructors, consultants, and developers post useful articles here too.
– http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com
- http://sharepointsolutions.com/sharepoint-help/blog
My Personal Blog – I don’t usually post anything SharePoint related here, but post whatver I might be thinking about or my latest non-SharePoint discovery.
– http://www.RickySpears.com/blog
Twitter – I’m more active some times than others. Joel Oleson (former SharePoint product manager at Microsoft) listed me as one of the most prolific SharePoint Twitters at one time.
– http://www.twitter.com/RickySpears
Facebook – I only connect here with people I know, but after spending a few days in a class room with me (even online) I feel like I know you well enough to be considered a friend, so feel free to connect. I usually update my status a few times a week and I respond to others frequently.
– http://www.facebook.com/RickySpears
LinkedIn – Professional networking:
– http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickyspears

I look forward to connecting with you!
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SharePoint Solutions
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http://www.sharepointsolutions.com

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  • Avatar Image On August 27, 2010 Ricky Spears said:

    Flowchart – How to Fix Computer Problems (This is how all of us IT Pros do it). Share this with your friends, family members, and coworkers: http://xkcd.com/627/

  • Avatar Image On August 12, 2010 Ricky Spears said:

    Excel Services and Excel Web Apps common/different features: http://blogs.technet.com/b/tothesharepoint/archive/2010/07/21/excel-services-and-excel-web-apps-common-different-features.aspx

  • Avatar Image On August 10, 2010 Ricky Spears said:

    DocAve Extender Free – http://www.avepoint.com/sharepoint-storage-extender-docave/

  • Avatar Image On March 24, 2010 Ricky Spears said:

    Every student in the Mission: Automation class should watch this episode of Doogie Howser M.D. There is an important less in this episode that all developers, and information workers doing no-code devlopment, must learn. http://www.hulu.com/watch/30228/doogie-howser-md-when-doogie-comes-marching-home

  • Avatar Image On March 11, 2010 Ricky Spears said:

    Students in the Mission: Automation class frequently want to know how to display an browser-enabled InfoPath Form in a page viewer web part. Here are the steps for that:
    1. Publish your InfoPath form to a SharePoint form library. Make sure you’ve configured the Submit Options to submit to that same library.

    2. Create a Thank You page in HTML and store it in a document library in the site.

    3. Create a new Web Part page; add a Page Viewer web part to it.

    4. On the form library, click to create a new form. Copy the URL for this new form and paste it into a text editor.

    5. In the URL, replace the Source URL with the URL to the HTML file you created in step 2.

    6. Paste your new URL in the Source field of the Page Viewer web part. Adjust the height and width of the web part as needed to properly display your form.

    7. Add a link to the Web Part page on the home page, or some other obvious area in your site—this is where users will go to fill out the form.

    8. Test the solution by clicking on the link and submitting the form. If everything goes well, then they will see your Thank You page.

    9. If you want to add a link on the Thank You page, then it needs to have a TARGET=”_TOP” attribute so the next page will open up outside the Iframe created by the Page Viewer web part.