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Hands-On Microsoft Lists

By : João Ferreira, Rene Modery
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Book Image

Hands-On Microsoft Lists

5 (1)
By: João Ferreira, Rene Modery

Overview of this book

Microsoft Lists is an extremely flexible and powerful platform for creating custom data models. Hands-On Microsoft Lists is an easy-to-read guide for those who want to get started with Lists, as well as those who are already familiar with the basic concepts and want to create custom and flexible Lists that are easily available through a web interface. This comprehensive introduction to Lists will show you how to get up to speed in no time with the help of practical guidance and examples. Complete with hands-on tutorials and projects, you’ll understand how to use and implement Microsoft Lists effectively. You’ll start by covering all the basic concepts that will help you to build your Microsoft Lists and get the most out of the platform. As you progress, you’ll explore how to customize Microsoft Lists layouts and forms. Later chapters will guide you through integrating Microsoft Lists with the Power Platform. Throughout the book, you’ll work with practical scenarios that you can use daily to improve the collaboration in your organization. By the end of this Microsoft book, you’ll have learned how to create custom data models to improve the way your data is put together, managed, and consumed in your workplace.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Collaborating with others through comments

We saw in Chapter 3, Microsoft Lists Core Features, that you can add comments to list items. This functionality is especially useful when you have multiple people working on a list item and they want to share notes with each other. For our IT projects list example, this could mean that a business stakeholder could add a comment stating that they are currently still reviewing the requirements and that the cost is expected to be provided later this week. Or some details about delayed cost estimates could be shared so that while there is some missing information in the list data, reviewers can easily see why. The goal of the Comments functionality is not to provide an area for lengthy discussions, detailed reports, or similar, but a location where short, relevant pieces of information can be added:

Figure 4.12 – Comments on a list item

Figure 4.12 – Comments on a list item

Anybody who can edit a list item can also add comments to it, as well as...