Microsoft® InfoPath® 2010
Course Specifications
Course number: 084569
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
Course Objective: You will learn how to use InfoPath to gather and share information by creating and implementing XML-based forms.
Target Student: This course is targeted for persons with Web design experience, form administrators, information coordinators, and Microsoft
Office system power users who need to gather, reuse, distribute, and collaborate using XML-based forms.
Prerequisites: Students taking this class should have proficiency in Microsoft Office products, concentrating in forms development and experience
working in a tagged environment (such as HTML or Frame maker with SGML).
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer to run Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory Services. This system should have
the following configuration:
- A minimum of 2 GB of RAM.
- Disk partitions formatted as the NTFS.
- At least 40 GB hard disk space or lager.
- 500 MB of available disk space on the system drive.
- A DVD-ROM drive, local or network accessible.
- A 800 x 600 resolution or higher SVGA monitor.
- A keyboard and mouse, or other pointing device.
- Paging file size should be equal to the amount of RAM on the server plus 10 MB.
- An x64 architecture-based computer with an Intel processor that supports an Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T)
or AMD processor that supports the AMD64 platform.
You will need one computer to run Windows Server 2008 and SharePoint 2010 Server. This system should have
the following configuration:
- A minimum of 4 GB of RAM per server plus 5 MB of RAM for each mailbox.
- Disk partitions formatted as the NTFS.
- At least 80 GB hard disk space or lager.
- 2 GB of available disk space on the system drive.
- A DVD-ROM drive, local or network accessible.
- A 800 x 600 resolution or higher SVGA monitor.
- A keyboard and mouse, or other pointing device.
- Paging file size should be equal to the amount of RAM on the server plus 10 MB.
You will need one client computer for each student and one for the instructor. These computers should have the following configuration:
- 1 GHz Pentium®-class processor or faster.
- A minimum of 1 GB of RAM is recommended.
- 20 GB hard disk or larger. You should have at least 1 GB of free hard disk space available for Office 2010 installation.
- A DVD-ROM drive.
- A keyboard and mouse or other pointing device.
- A 1024 x 768 resolution SVGA monitor is recommended.
- Network cards and cabling for local network access.
- Internet access (check with your local network administrator).
- A printer (optional) or an installed printer driver.
- A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
Software Requirements
The Windows 2003 Server and Active Directory Domain Controller requires the following software:
- Microsoft® Windows® Server® 2003, Enterprise Edition with SP2
- Microsoft® Management Console (MMC) 3.0
The Windows 2008 Server and SharePoint 2010 Server requires the following software:
- Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008, Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2010
Each student computer requires the following software:
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 3
- Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2010
- Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
- Microsoft® Windows® Search 4.0 (KB940157)
- Windows® Rights Management Services (RMS) Client with Service Pack 3
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- create InfoPath forms.
- import and export forms.
- customize a form layout.
- manage views.
- apply security to forms.
- distribute forms.
- manage controls.
- work with a database.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Creating InfoPath Forms
- Topic 1A: Explore the InfoPath 2010 Interface
- Topic 1B: Draft a Form
- Topic 1C: Add Data Validation Rules
- Topic 1D: Test a Form
- Lesson 2: Importing and Exporting Forms
- Topic 2A: Import Form Data Using InfoPath Designer
- Topic 2B: Export Form Data to Excel Using InfoPath Filler
- Topic 2C: Export Form Data to the Web Using InfoPath Filler
- Lesson 3: Customizing Form Layouts
- Topic 3A: Customize Tables
- Topic 3B: Format a Form
- Topic 3C: Insert Graphical Objects
- Topic 3D: Create Sections
- Topic 3E: Merge Forms
- Lesson 4: Managing Views
- Topic 4A: Create Custom Views
- Topic 4B: Assign User Roles to a View
- Lesson 5: Applying Security to Forms
- Topic 5A: Protect InfoPath Forms
- Topic 5B: Restrict Access to a Form
- Topic 5C: Set Security Zones
- Lesson 6: Distributing Forms
- Topic 6A: Publish a Form
- Topic 6B: Publish a Form to Email Recipients
- Topic 6C: Troubleshoot Publishing Problems
- Lesson 7: Managing Controls
- Topic 7A: Describe Data Source Concepts
- Topic 7B: Customize Controls
- Topic 7C: Bind Controls
- Lesson 8: Working with a Database
- Topic 8A: Develop a Form from a Database
- Topic 8B: Use InfoPath Forms to Add Records to a Database
- Topic 8C: Use InfoPath Forms to Query a Database
- Topic 8D: Populate Form Controls from a Database