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Creating a Discussion Board

One of the most basic collaboration functions is the discussion board. SharePoint provides this capability with no programming required. Some site templates include discussion boards, or you can create a discussion board within a site you have already created, as shown in Figure 12.4.

Figure 12.4. Creating a Discussion Board

Users create new discussions (Figure 12.5) by clicking the New discussion link on the Discussion Board page. They respond to discussions by clicking the dropdown menu on the discussion topic. The text editor provided allows rich text, including fonts, colors, and other formatting. You can embed ...