Leveraging the SharePoint Workspace : Edit a List Item Using the Edit Form Offline, Create a New List Item Using the New Form Offline, Synchronize Offline Changes to SharePoint

Edit a List Item Using the Edit Form Offline

Double-clicking a list item displays the edit form associated to your list and allows the user to edit the contents of the list item offline, as shown in Figure 1

Figure 1. Double-clicking a list item displays the edit form for editing the contents

Create a New List Item Using the New Form Offline

Clicking New on the Home ribbon opens the new form associated to the list, as shown in Figure 2. Enter the values for the new list item and click Save & Close on the top ribbon bar to save a new item offline.

Figure 2. Clicking New opens the new form associated to your list.

Synchronize Offline Changes to SharePoint

Once SharePoint Workspace recognizes the SharePoint site, it will automatically synchronize the changes performed offline with the live SharePoint items. You may also force the synchronization manually by using the Sync ribbon bar in SharePoint Workspace.

Synchronizing the list updates any modified items or creates any new items that were entered offline, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Synchronizing the list creates the new items entered offline.