Can someone give a sample walkthrough of what the steps might be to create the lists as referenced on page 46?

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Now that the site content types have been created, it's time to create new SharePoint custom lists that use these content types. Create three custom lists in your sandbox site named:
1. HR New Hire (backed by the New Hire site content type)
2. New Hire On-boarding Tasks. Back this with all three task types (IT, AP and Security)
3. New Hire Task Descriptions backed by the site content type New Hire Task Description.
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I've created the lists, but I'm not sure how to "back the lists by the site content type". A more explicit description would have been helpful here.

I am also having problems creating these lists. Are there some specific instructions for creating these lists.

Now that the site content types have been created, it's time to create new SharePoint custom lists that use these content types. Create three custom lists in your sandbox site named:
1. HR New Hire (backed by the New Hire site content type)
2. New Hire On-boarding Tasks. Back this with all three task types (IT, AP and Security)
3. New Hire Task Descriptions backed by the site content type New Hire Task Description.

Hi,
Directions are:
You create 3 custom lists in the Onboarding website:
Create a list
1.To create a list, click the Site Actions menu , and then click More create options.

Note If you do not see the Site Actions menu or if the option to create does not appear, you may not have permission to create a list.
2.On the Create page, click the type of list you want to create--custom list
3.Type a Name for the list, complete any other fields you want to complete, and then click Create.
>>>Then, add the appropriate content type to the custom list:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...010110606.aspx
>>>Part of the issue here is the terminology used (I've never heard of using "backed" to describe adding a content type to a list), plus p45-46 are eminently confusing as you can't tell what is a description and what is a step. Some items that should have been laid out in detail are not. I had to read this section multiple times to understand what I needed to do.

NOTE: For #2:
New Hire On-boarding Tasks Custom List. Back this with all three task types (IT, AP and Security)
Because these are site columns and not a site content type, I would assume you add the 3 site columns of IT, AP and Security to that custom list.

Thanks for updating the missing and incorrect information in Chapter 3, unfortunately, I wish page 47 (Perform Initializations) was more clear. It's also confusing on Step 2 of the workflow and all the comments and steps there. You can't see them in Figure 3-9. The next page shows Fig. 3-10, but that's Step 3. What is in Step 2?

I am struggling through Chapter 3 and, on page 47; Perform Initialisations, Figure 3-9, am frustrated that the "Lookup for String" box is covering the details of Steps 1 & 2.

Is it possible to get a screen shot of what is hidden behind so I can follow the Step set up?

I purchased this book with the sole intention of learning how to write Workflows. It goes into great step by step detail on the SP set up side but I know that already! I want to create workflows!!

Thanks

About half way down page 44, there is the heading New Hire Tasks. Below that is the following:

"As per your design, when a new hire joins, the system should assign tasks to the appropriate person in each of the three departments in your model. Because these tasks are in the service or business process, you create them entirely from scratch. In other words, you won’t use the out-of-the-box SharePoint task but instead create a new HR New Hire Task."

Are we talking specifically about an actual SharePoint Task here, or merely a SharePoint custom list that we are referring to as a task? In either case, we need to add the New Hire content type as well as the additional columns shown in the book.

If we are specifically talking about a task type list, do we then remove the Summary Task and Task content types already associated with the task type?

Neither the book itself nor the updated PDF are clear on this point.