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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)

How to customize a Microsoft Lists form

The customization of Microsoft Lists forms gives you the possibility to highlight the important data that you want to stand out for each list item or the possibility to hide, show, or group columns that will help users to better consume the information based on your business processes.

Showing or hiding columns in a form

In Microsoft Lists, you can show and hide columns from your list without deleting them. This functionality becomes extremely handy when you have columns in the list that you do not want to display when a user expands the item detail or creates a new item.

Any user with permissions to create or manage views will be able to show or hide columns in a list. To format a form for a list item, you must do the following:

  1. From the list you want to modify, click on one of the items to open the item detail form. Alternatively, if your list does not have content yet, click on the New button.
  2. From the item detail pane...