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Lists and Libraries in SharePoint 2010

Lists and libraries are two key components of the SharePoint 2010 environment. They allow users to manage documents by uploading them to libraries or to manage rows and columns of information in a list, which is similar to a spreadsheet in many ways. This section reviews the basic features of SharePoint 2010 document libraries and lists. As the name suggests, a document library is designed to store documents, and each document can have metadata attached to it. This metadata allows a visitor to the library to get a sense for when the document was added or modified, by whom, and to better understand the purpose or content of the document in question. A SharePoint 2010 list is essentially a “spreadsheet on ...