Microsoft® SharePoint™ 2003 Unleashed, Second Edition

Using the Approve/Reject View for Controlling the Publication of List Items

For some lists, it is necessary to control the publication of list items. For lists configured to require content approval, a predefined Approve/Reject view of the list is available to the users with rights to approve list items. Using this view, the approvers can approve the item, reject it, or leave the status at Pending. Definitions of each of the status indicators are as follows:

• Pending— The list item has been created but has not yet been approved. The item can be viewed only by the users who have Manage List rights to the list and by the person who submitted the item.

• Approved— The list item is available for anyone (with read access to the list) to view.

• Rejected— ...