IT:AD:Sharepoint:HowTo:Create A Site Column

A Site Column is a way of defining a DropDown that can be used across several Lists.

For example: Region: Americas, Europe, Asia

Process

On the portal site home page, click Site actions, point to Site Settings, and then click Modify All Site Settings.
On the Site Settings page, under Galleries, click Site columns.
On the Site Column Gallery page, click Create.
In the Name and Type section, type the name that you want in the Column name box.
Select the type of information you want to store in the column.
In the Group section, select the existing group in which to store the new site column or create a new group to store the column.
- eg: Base Columns Columns that are useful in many types of lists or libraries.
In the Additional Column Settings section, select the additional column settings you want.
- The options available in this section differ depending on the type of column that you select in the Name and Type section.
* Done.