Creating Custom Content Types

1. Create blank word document, excel sheet and power point.
2. Save it in on desktop or any other place with extension as template.
3. Go to the home page of your portal and click on Site Actions.
4. In Site Actions, click on Site Settings.
5. Under Galleries, click on Site Content Types.
6. Click on create.
a. Write the name of your default document.
b. In parent content type form, select special content types.
c. Click radio button of new group and write the group name.
d. Click on ok.
7. In settings, click on Advanced settings.
a. Upload a new document template by clicking on browse. Click ok.
8. Repeat the steps 6 and 7 for other documents by going into Site Content Type Galleries. Add them in the same group that you mentioned for the word document.
9. Go to home page and click on shared documents on your page and then click on settings and then document library settings.
10. Under general settings, click on Advanced settings.
11. Under Allow management of content types? Click yes and then press ok.
12. Under content types, click on Add from existing site content types.
13. Select your group name and add the blank documents given in the box below. Click ok.
14. Go back to your shared documents, and click on new. You will find your blank word document,