Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 Unleashed

Working with Content Types

SharePoint Designer 2010 is unlike SharePoint Designer 2007 in that you are able to access and manage existing content types and add new content types to sites. This means less dependency on working between both the browser and SharePoint Designer when customizing and designing sites. However, as you will discover throughout this chapter, it does not mean that you can totally avoid using the Web interface when working with and configuring content types. For instance, there are several settings that you can only access via the Web interface when configuring content types, such as information management policy settings.

If you’ve previously worked with SharePoint 2007 then it’s likely that you’re already familiar with ...