Mastering Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0

5.3. View a List Item

To view the item's contents, just click View Item on the dropdown menu, or click the item's Title while on the content page for the list (if the list item has a List View web part you can view an item by clicking on its title).

In the window for that item's contents, you'll see the data you entered for this new item earlier in the fields Title, Body, and Expires (which in my case is blank). Notice at the bottom of the page, in Figure 5.4, that there is also other item information not contained in an editable field, namely the name of the person who created or modified the item, and the item's create and modify dates.

Figure 5.4. The View Item page

On this view item page, there is an Action bar. However, this one is simpler ...