Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Download

SharePoint Designer 2010 is the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications. Using SharePoint Designer, advanced users and developers alike can rapidly create SharePoint solutions in response to business needs. Advanced users can compose no-code solutions that encompass a variety of common scenarios, from collaborative sites and web publishing to Line-Of-Business data integration, business intelligence solutions, and human workflows, leveraging the building blocks available in SharePoint in an easy to use environment. In addition, developers can use SharePoint Designer 2010 to get a quick start on SharePoint development projects.​

This is the 32-bit edition of SharePoint Designer 2010. It is the recommended configuration for most users

http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=16573


This download is the 64-bit edition of SharePoint Designer 2010. The 32-bit edition is suggested for most users

http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=24309

Your current Contributor Settings prevent you from creating, editing and deleting workflows

Guys, we are well are aware about SharePoint Designer and how it can be very useful for the site customizations. One of my user got this error.

Error Message:

Your current Contributor Settings prevent you from creating, editing and deleting workflows

Probable Cause: 

By Default the Contributor Settings will be enabled on your site. You will notice this in the SharePoint Designer task pane.

Resolution:

This is because your account is present in the Content Authors group, which may “Restrict the use of some features” as the task pane mentions. This behavior can be modified if you turn off the "Contributor Settings" in SPD.

1. Open the site in SharePoint Designer

2. Site Menu

3. Choose Contributor Settings.

4. Click on Disable Contributor settings

5. Refresh the page you should not see the message. 

Important Information:

If you are a site manager or administrator, you are probably working with various groups such as Web designers or content authors who are working on different aspects of a Web site. With so many groups working simultaneously, you are probably worried that somebody might inadvertently break a site — for example, by changing the design of the home page, modifying the style sheet, saving files in a wrong location, or breaking the site navigation or search functionality. If you are concerned, the good news is that you can avoid these scenarios by using Contributor Settings to turn on and configure Contributor mode in Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007.

Reference site: http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/sharepoint-designer-help/introduction-to-contributor-settings-HA010117469.aspx

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