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In SharePoint Designer 2010: Creating Data-Driven Web Pages, author Simon Allardice explores how to use SharePoint Designer to create rich, highly visual web pages in SharePoint that connect, read, and even update information stored externally. The course shows how to manage data sources that connect to different databases, web services, and XML files, without any coding necessary. It also covers how to provide powerful visual information with conditional formatting, and how to make custom data entry forms.
Topics include:

    Creating new web pages
    Working with existing lists and libraries
    Reading data from an XML file, external database, or web service
    Using Business Connectivity Services (BCS)
    Working with Data View and Data Form web parts
    Filtering, sorting, and grouping data
    Creating master/detail pages
    Displaying richer data with formatting and formulas
    Creating custom forms