SharePoint 2016 Site Owners

Lesson 3 – Adding and Configuring Libraries

SharePoint 2016

TOPIC A: A DD AND C ONFIGURE D OCUMENT L IBRARIES Your team needs to collaborate on several types of documents. In this topic, you will add several libraries to meet the team’s needs. D EFAULT VS . A DDED L IBRARIES Several libraries are added by default when you create a site. A site owner typically will create new libraries and configure them to support the needs of the team. L IST AND L IBRARY S ETTINGS Lists and libraries have many settings that you must configure individually for each list or library. As the site owner, you can change the name of the list or library, change views, and enable features such as versioning or document check-out. You access the Settings page from the List or Library Settings button on the List or Library ribbon menus. L IST AND L IBRARY S ETTINGS P AGE The List and Library Settings page has several sections that contain groups of configuration objects. The following table describes the sections of the page and the groups of configuration objects.

CONFIGURATION GROUP

DESCRIPTION

List Information

Displays the current name, URL, and description of the list or library.

General Settings

Configure name, navigation, versioning, check-out, approval, content validation, default values, ratings, audience, and forms settings. Set permissions, delete the list or library, save the list or library as a template, manage files, workflows, policies, and keywords for the list or library, and generate a file plan report. Displays the columns currently available in the list or library and enables you to add or create columns, reorder columns, or re-index columns. Displays the web and mobile public views available for the list or library, and identifies the default view for each category. Configure settings for incoming email and RSS for the library.

Permissions and Management

Communications

Columns

Views

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