Sometimes,
an easy task takes some time to resolve and becomes a headache. The Document
Library is the most usable part in SharePoint and serves as document
repository. In this post, i am going to highlight basic points which are
related to document library but effective ones.
This
post will cover:
1. How do you change the address of a document library?
2. How to upload multiple documents into a document library?
3. How do I change the properties on a document or item in a
list?
4. How do I setup alerts on a document?
5. How do I send a link to a document to others?
Let’s
start one by one. One request to everybody-Please let me know in case of any
questions/queries regarding the below mentioned steps
I would be more than happy to help you
as well as resolves your issues :-)
1. How do you change the address of a document library?
-Open
your site in SharePoint Designer.
-It
will display all the doc libs in the Folder List view (quick launch)
-Right
Click the doc lib for which you want to change the URL
-
Rename the doc lib. thats it-Done
2. How to upload multiple documents into a document library?
Well
for this-several options are available by which you can achive the results:
Windows
Explorer Option
-Click
on the View Drop down
-Click
on Explorer View
Explorer
View Option
-Click
on Actions
-Click
on Open with Windows Explorer
-You
can now drop files in here or paste file
Upload
Multiple Documents Page option
-Click
on Add New Document link
-Click
on Upload Multiple Files...
-Select
the Files you wish to upload
3. How do I change the properties on a document or item in a list?
-Hover
over the document you wish to edit the properties or metadata for
-Click
on on the down arrow to pull the menu
-Click
on Edit
-Change
the properties on this page
4. How do I setup alerts on a document?
-Hover
over the document you wish to set an alert on
-Click
on on the down arrow to pull the menu
-Click
on Alert Me
-Specify
the Alert settings you wish
-Click
on OK
5. How do I send a link to a document to others?
-Right
click exactly on the document you wish to send a link to
-Click
on Copy Shortcut
