SharePoint 2007 - Content Type Usage

My question relates to Content Type Usage. I am helping to develop a customer facing SharePoint site template for my company. The main purpose of the site is to track the ERP Software Implementation process from start to finish.
I created a new task list which includes all the stages and activities within the project schedule of the implementation. I then created a calendar View of this task list so that customers can view it in calendar form.
The issue that I am running into is that the Task List Item Content Type doesn't include the All Day Event column and so the items on the calendar view of the task list are not displaying properly (they end the day before vs the day of). I found that
I need to add the Event Content Type in order to utilize the All Day Event column. I added the Event Content Type and now have found that's it's an either/or situation. I can either create a New Event or a New Task.
Long question short, is there a way that I can "merge" content types so that the Task content type includes the All Day Event column?

Columns form part of content types, which you know. What isn't clear is that there is a _hidden group of columns that don't appear in the SharePoint GUI. The All Day Event is one of them. If you were to download
SharePoint Manager 2007 you could find the property and change it's group. Here's a screenshot of what you'd need to change
You'd navigate something like Farm --> Services --> Web Applications --> <Your Web App> --> <Site Collection> --> Fields.
I normally move items from the _Hidden group to the Custom Columns grouping. This will then make it available for addition within the Content Type that you've made.
Hope that helps.
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Hi Sin,
According to your description, my understanding is that the users got an error when clicking “add existing site column”.
For deleting the duplicate “Task outcome”column, you need to go to the “Workflow Task(SharePoint 2013)” content type, click the “Task outcome” column, and remove it from the content type.
Then go to site columns, find the duplicate columns, and delete them and make sure only one “Task outcome” column exists.
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How to Enforce Sharepoint 2013 content type validation rules when modifying document using Word 2013

Good day,
I have two date columns (Start Date and End Date) in a content type in Sharepoint 2013. A file library uses this content type.
In the document template I have the two dates (Start Date and End Date) showing in the Document Panel. I can edit them well enough and they show in the document correctly.
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This isn't the best way to do it, which would be manipulating SharePoint through the CSOM, however you can automate IE so that it runs through a series of actions.
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https://sharepointpowershell.codeplex.com/
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Custom Property in Microsoft Word 2010 Document Template and Sharepoint 2010 Content Type not Syncing up

I wrote a macro in a Word 2010 template with a custom property called HeaderFooter (a Yes/No value). When the property is changed to No, the header and footer are hidden, otherwise, the header and footer are displayed.
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Hi kevinkevinc,
There is no direct way to run macro in SharePoint
As a workaround, I suggest you use SharePoint Event Receiver to run some custom code when column changed.
Here is a similiar thread for your reference:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/249249e2-3263-4001-86fa-bda342d95f35/run-word-macro-on-newly-uploaded-sharepoint-word-documents?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy
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Hi
Please tell me the code for deleting all the fields inside content type fields..This is my code i used,but its not deleting the fields.
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One friend told me to do for loop in reverse..but how can i accomplish that

Hi,
Please refer the below code snippet which may help you to fix your issue. If not please refer the below links also
http://ptsharepoint2010.blogspot.in/2011/12/programmatically-remove-fields-from.html
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/54db21/delete-field-content-type-in-sharepoint-2010-programmaticall/
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
SPList spList = web.Lists["<ListName>"];
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SPContentType spCT = spCTS["YourContentType"];
spCT.FieldLinks.Delete("YourField");
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I have a Content Type Hub in the SharePoint Server and it is being subscribed to one of the Web application and it’s site collections.
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Hi, In SharePoint 2007 one Content deployment job is failed with below error:
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SharePoint associating content type with Reusable workflow gives error

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Workflow Status column for new content type

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Help on Approval Workflow and content types

Hi
So here is my question hope you guys can help!
So i was setting up a workflow for a leave request form. Everything was fine and I had the Approve/Reject buttons at the bottom of the task EditForm. Now I copied the content types to a new one and changed the Optional settings (lets says title hidden %
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Hi ,
According to your description, my understanding is that the outcome buttons disappear after you change the Optional type column in Workflow Task(SharePoint 2013) content type.
For your issue , please make sure the Task Status and Task Outcome type columns are existing in the content type in order for the custom outcome buttons to appear.
For more information, you can refer to the blog:
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SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013 Upgrade - Need to Goto SharePoint 2010 First?

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If you want to do a standard SharePoint upgrade, yes you must go to SharePoint 2010 prior to 2013. If you want to use a 3rd part/in-house custom application content migration upgrade, then you can go straight from SharePoint 20xx to 2013.
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