Creating a Content Type Using SharePoint 2010 UI

Introduction

A Content Type is a reusable collection of settings that you want to apply to a certain category of content. Content Types enable you to manage the metadata and behavior of a document, item, or folder in a centralized, reusable way.

Content Type Creation

You can create a column and Content Type in one of the following three ways:

1. User Interface
2. Object Model
3. Features

Types of Content Type

There are the following two types of Content Types available in SharePoint:

1. Site Content Type
2. List Content Type

Site Content Type

When you create a new Content Type and add it to a site collection of Content Type it is called a Site Content Type.

List Content Type

When you add a Site Content Type to a list, SP makes a copy of the Site Content Type and adds a copy to the list called a List Content Type.

Creating Content Type using User Interface (UI)

Step 1

Create a list or library using more options from the site setting and select a template and provide a name for that and click Create.

Step 2

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