Creating an InfoPath Form for a SharePoint List
You can replace the default SharePoint list forms with an InfoPath form on any SharePoint list. This gives you much more flexibility and control over how you edit and display the data.
Getting ready
This recipe works for:
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition
Office 365 (SharePoint Online)
You will need a SharePoint List where you want to create an InfoPath form.
You will need the Design or Full Control permission level to run this recipe.
You will need InfoPath Designer 2010 installed on your client machine.
This recipe uses a SharePoint 2010 Team Site with a contacts list added for illustration. You can add a Contact lists to any site using the recipe Creating a SharePoint contact list and connecting it to Outlook 2010 in Chapter 2 of this book.
How to do it...
Open Internet Explorer and navigate to your SharePoint 2010 Team Site.
Select the Contacts list from the Quick Launch menu.
Select the List tab of the List Tools ribbon.
Select the Customize Form...