Keep the following considerations in mind when creating or changing a record type:

The following special picklist fields are not available for record types because they are used exclusively for sales processes, lead processes, support processes, and solution processes:

• Opportunity Stage
• Case Status
• Solution Status
• Lead Status

You can use these fields to provide different picklist values for different record types by assigning a different process to each record type.

Person accounts are account records to which a special kind of record type has been assigned. These record types are called person account record types. Person account record types allow contact fields to be available on the account and allow the account to be used in many situations as if it were a contact. A default person account record type named “Person Account” is automatically created when person accounts are enabled for your organization. You can change the name of this record type, and you can create additional person account record types.

You cannot delete all the record types for an object if the object is referenced in an Apex script.

You cannot deactivate a record type if it is in use by an email routing address for Email-to-Case or On-Demand Email-to-Case.

To create record types for campaign members, click Your Name | Setup | Customize | Campaigns | Campaign Members | Record Types.

Record types can only be assigned to campaign members using the Campaign Member Type field on new or existing campaigns. To assign record types to campaign members, add the Campaign Member Type field to the campaign page layout. You must have the Marketing User user permission to change the campaign member type. You can also add a read-only Campaign Member Type field to the campaign members page layout.

The following campaign member picklists are not available for record types:

• Status
• Salutation
• Lead Source

Salesforce recommends creating no more than 200 record types. While there is no limit, organizations may have difficulty managing their record types if they exceed 200. 

To create record types on standard objects, click Your Name | Setup | Customize, then select an object.

To create record types on custom objects, click Your Name | Setup | Create | Objects, then select an object.

1. Click Record Types.
2. Click New.
3. Choose Master from the Existing Record Type drop-down list to copy all available picklist values, or choose an existing record type to clone its picklist values.
4. Enter a Record Type Label that's unique within the object.
5. Enter a Record Type Name. This name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters, and must be unique in your organization. It must begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores. The Record Type Name refers to the component when using the Web services API and prevents naming conflicts on package installation in managed packages.
6. For opportunity, case, lead, and solution record types, select a business process to associate with the record type.
7. Enter a description.
8. Select Active to activate the record type.
9. Select Enable for Profile next to a profile to make the record type available to users with that profile. Select the checkbox in the header row to enable it for all profiles.
10. For enabled profiles, select Make Default to make it the default record type for users of that profile. Select the checkbox in the header row to make it the default for all profiles.
11. Click Next.
12. Choose a page layout option to determine what page layout displays for records with this record type:
13. To apply a single page layout for all profiles, select Apply one layout to all profiles and choose the page layout from the drop-down list.
14. To apply different page layouts based on user profiles, select Apply a different layout for each profile and choose a page layout for each profile.
15. Click Save to edit the values of the standard and custom picklists available for the record type, or click Save and New to create another record type.