5.12. Create New Lists with Existing Templates

SharePoint contains several different kinds of List templates. The preexisting lists were some of the types of lists that can be generated from these templates. Most lists were meant to do a particular task, demonstrate the use of new data types, or integrate with Office 2007. Lists are organized under three categories, Communications, Tracking, or Custom Lists.

The current List templates for the Team site are:

Announcements

This is a standard list that focuses on displaying simple contents for its Web Part on the home page of the Team site. It has a Body, Title, and Expires field. The expiration date will determine if a list item displays on the home page. Like most lists, because it is fundamentally ...

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