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SharePoint Designer 2010 Edit in Advanced Mode

In SharePoint Designer 2007 you can simply open up any type of file you wanted even if it did not reside in SharePoint. Well now things have change for 2010… Now you are forced to open up a SharePoint site before attempting to open up a file that resides outside of SharePoint. If you try before opening up a site you get the following error message: “You must first open a Web site before editing external Web pages…” Not really sure why they changed this maybe they want to ensure that you are not downloading the free SharePoint designer and simply using it as a HTML editor for non-SharePoint sites…

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Anyways that is not the focus of this post. I also noticed that SharePoint designer tricks you to thinking that you cannot edit pages. Say you want to modify a file that does reside in SharePoint. By Default it will open up in a read only view (HTML) and will not allow you to change the file. It will have a orange like highlight to areas that are not editable.

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So the trick is to right click on the document and choose the option “Edit File in Advanced Mode”.

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Now you can edit the file as you wish!

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Hope this helps! If you know of a better way please leave a comment.

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@nders said…
But waht if you need to edit a CSS in the Styles library?

Can it really be tru that I need to edit the CSS outside of SharePoint and upload it?
March 30, 2010 at 7:51 AM
Anonymous said…
OMG... Thanks for the sharing..
I Never Knew there is a EDIT IN ADVANCE MODE

that helps me alot THanks mNA :)D
October 4, 2010 at 12:18 AM
Anonymous said…
I found that in SPD 2010 the application would crash when clicking the toolbar ribbon button "Advanced Mode", however, if using the method suggested here it works great! Funny how the application works perfectly fine one way but completely crashes using a different, but equally acceptable route.
October 3, 2011 at 3:47 PM
Unknown said…
Thanks ! It was helpful :-)
October 1, 2012 at 12:40 PM
Unknown said…
In my Designer 2010, the Advance mode is not available. Any other place I can turn on this valuable feature?
Thanks,
Brenda
April 16, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Unknown said…
I found the answer to my own question...
The advance mode is located at the Ribbon. Select> Edit > Advance Mode.

April 16, 2013 at 10:37 AM
iamreneept said…
I tried this and it broke the site. Had to do a restore.
September 9, 2013 at 6:57 AM
iamreneept said…
I tried this and it broke the site. Had to do a restore from backup.
September 9, 2013 at 6:58 AM
Unknown said…
Thanks for sharing this information. I have just signed up for a free SharePoint site with http://www.cloudappsportal.com.
May 22, 2014 at 9:32 AM
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