SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

Chapter 14. Creating and Managing Lists

Introduction

MOSS 2007 comes with a number of list templates. You will use different lists for different purposes on your site. You can access all of the lists by clicking on View All Site Contents and going to the Lists section of the page.

The list templates available in MOSS 2007 by default are:

Announcements

These are used for sharing information with a group, including upcoming events, changes in staff, or other similar data. An Announcements List can contain images, hyperlinks, and formatted text.

Contacts

These lists hold people, teams, and organizations you work with, your associates, and your customers. If you are using an email or contact management program such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you can create and modify your Outlook contacts from inside of SharePoint.

Discussion Boards

Discussions are presented as lists and are thus appropriate to mention in this context. See Chapter 11 to learn more.

Links

These lists contain all of the hyperlinks commonly accessed by your company. You can create a single Links list, and then create different views appropriate for separate teams or departments.

Calendar

These lists hold the date and time of specific events, such as meetings, presentations, training sessions, and holidays. MOSS 2007 lets you open both your SharePoint and Outlook 2007 Calendars side by side so you can compare and update them together.

Tasks

These lists are used to assign and track projects for individuals or groups.

Project Tasks ...