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SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition
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SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition

by Dux Raymond Sy
January 2012
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
230 pages
5h 53m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Workshop 3.1: Creating and Populating Lists

In this workshop, you will continue building your PMIS by creating and populating a calendar list, contacts list, risks list, tasks list, and a custom resource list.

For fields and settings that aren’t mentioned in the workshop steps, accept the default settings.

Part 1: Creating and Populating a Calendar List

Use the following steps to create a calendar list and populate it with information:

  1. Access your PMIS and click Site ActionsMore Options.

  2. In the Tracking category, click Calendar and click More Options.

  3. The New page will be displayed. Enter the following information:

    Name: Project Calendar
    Description: <city> Dojo Project Calendar
  4. Click Create.

  5. The Project Calendar list will be displayed. Click Calendar ToolsEventsNew Event.

  6. The New Item page will be displayed (see Figure 3-14). In the Recurrence section, enable the option to make this a repeating event.

  7. Enter the following information:

    Title: Status Meeting
    Location: Conference Call
    Start Time: 8:30 A.M.
    End Time: 9:00 A.M.
    Description: Weekly project status meeting
  8. In the Recurrence section, select the Weekly option, and enter the following information:

    Weekly
    Recur 1 week(s) on: Tuesday (de-select the day of the week that is selected by default if it is a day other than Tuesday; the default is the same day of the week that you are performing the exercise)
    Start Date: <Today’s date>
    End after: 20 occurrence(s)

    Figure 3-14. New calendar entry

  9. Click Save.

  10. The calendar will be displayed. Verify that the ...

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