The Tasks List

The tasks list is offered as a standard feature of SharePoint sites created using the Team Site template, as well as of a document workspace and decision meeting workspaces. This Web Part is well-suited for managing tasks within a project or departmental site.

Figure 8.1 shows a sample tasks list with four items in it. All four of these items happen to pertain to a sample project called the SMS Project. The All Tasks view is the default view, and it organizes the entries based on the ID number that SharePoint assigns to items added to this list. The All Tasks view includes a number of standard columns of information: attachments (the paperclip icon indicates if the task has one or more attachments associated with it), the title ...

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