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Using Content Types

A content type is a template that stores a group of settings that define how a document or list item should behave and be managed. Content types are extremely flexible in that a single content type can be applied to many different types of documents. As soon as the content type is associated with a document, all of the settings configured on the content type immediately apply to that document. Among the settings that content types can manage are the following:

• Columns (metadata)

• Custom forms

• Workflows

• Information Management Policies

• Document conversions

Understanding Content Types

Content types are built in a hierarchy that allows one content type to inherit settings from its parent and to supplement these with its own settings. Content ...