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In case you are not able to open the list forms from the ribbon, to customize the New/Edit/View forms, the same can be done from the gear icon   As seen in the figure below, the Form webpart control is disabled in the ribbon To open, say New form in edit mode, in the url, replace 'AllItems.apsx' with 'NewForm.aspx' Then go to the gear icon in the ribbon and click on the Edit page. Now the NewForm.aspx can be customized.

SharePoint 2010 has Task list template which can be used to track project work. The task list can be used to create task, assign task and track the task completion. When a project starts, it can be divided into various stages/tasks and each task can be assigned to a person with start and end dates. Each task may have sub-tasks also. A project is a collection of all the tasks, sub-tasks required to attain the output. The output can be a completed product, end-service etc. To create a project task list in SharePoint site, click on Site Actions, then click on View All Site Content and click Create. Click on List and select Project Tasks. Enter the Name for the project task list. Once the list is created, the user or manager can enter the task in the list. A task usually contains the Task Name, Start date, End date and Task Status. If the projects is done in various phases and there are inter-dependence between the phases, larger tasks for each phase, can be created. The larger tasks know...