SharePoint User's Guide

Basic List Functions

A SharePoint Services list is a collection of information that can be shared by team members. All SharePoint sites include a set of built-in lists that can be filled with any required team information. You can also create custom lists based on existing list formats or those that follow your own formats.

In this section, you will:

• Learn about the types of SharePoint lists available to users

• Learn how to work with the features common to all SharePoint lists

Types of Web Parts

SharePoint Services offers six simple list-based Web Parts, plus custom lists, discussion boards, and surveys. All of these Web Parts share similar functionality for adding, sorting, and removing items.

Basic lists

The basic list Web Parts provide standard list functions. The primary differences between these Web Parts are the different columns that are displayed in the list, and how you add data to the list. The six basic list Web Parts are:

Links

A links list is a list of hyperlinks to web pages that are useful to site users. A site administrator might create a links list for standard resources needed by the team.

Announcements

An announcements list is designed as a place to post any team-related information (for example, notifying users of a new group member). Figure 2-1 shows an announcements list. All the basic lists share similar structure and layout.

Contacts

A contacts list contains the name, address, phone number, and email address of any people whom a user may need to contact during a project. ...