Questions tagged [document-library]

Use a document library to store, organize, sync, and share documents with people. You can use co-authoring, versioning, and check out to work on documents together. With your documents in one place.

Document Library is a place on the site where you can create, collect and update files with other members in SharePoint. If you cannot access the document library, you have to obtain permission from the administrator of the site to access the library.

A document library provides a secure place to store files where you and your co-workers can find them easily, work on them together, and access them from any device at any time. For example, you can use a document library on a site in SharePoint Online to store all files related to a specific project or a specific client. Adding files or moving files between folders is as easy as dragging and dropping them from one location to another. You can read more about document library in sharepoint, here.

Questions having the tag regards the use, design, configuration, and implementation of a document library in SharePoint.

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Create link to "new item" form

I have a sharepoint docuemnt library and i'd like to create a link on my homepage that will launch a new item form associated to my list. Does anyone know what the url would be if my document library is named "test?"
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Clearing short term file lock

I've come up against a problem I've been unable to solve, and based on my 2 days of Binging around, I've yet to find a solution to fix the problem the same with a slew of others. I've got several files in a couple document libraries in a MOSS 2007…
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Add huge number of folders

Is there any tips for programatically adding and managing the huge number of folders in document library? In my scenario, a document library has 3 hierarchies and each hierarchies contains 50 - 100 folders. The number of folders has possible to be…
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SharePoint Document Libraries - "Date Created" field

I have a request from a SharePoint user to show the "Date Created" column in her Document Library. Trouble is, I cannot find a way to show the date of when the Document was added to the library. I tried adding the standard column "Date Created"…
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Document Library - show checked out date in UI

In a document library it is possible to show the "Checked Out To" field to determine who has a file checked out - is it possible to show when it was checked out so you can easily find 'Forgotten' checkouts? The object model has a CheckedOutDate…
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Index out of range, when opening folders in Shared Documents

Please see the latest edit at the bottom. I have multiple sites, within the same Sharepoint site, that each have documents within the Shared Documents section of the site. The majority of these sites work perfectly fine, people can view, download,…
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Side-effects of 10,000+ Document Library Folders

In SharePoint 2007, are there any side effects to having 10,000+ folders in a document library?
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Best way to move files from SC to another SC?

What is the best way to move files from a staging site collection (document library with no content types or base content type) to a target site collection (with more structured document libraries with content types)?
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Document library Open with Explorer ; shows empty folder - SharePoint 2010

I 'm trying to open a document lib with Open with Explorer but when it loads its all blank. I'm sure i do have access to the doc lib. Any ideas and thanks in advance.
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Set "Check out and edit" as initial option when opening a File

As written in title, I'm looking for a way to set the initial option to "Check out and edit" instead of "read-only" when I open a document in document library. Going around many sites, I can not get any idea about it. Hope someone can help…
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How do I change a Document Library's Column Width?

How do I edit the column width of a document library (on the list view)? I'm using SharePoint 2010 Foundation.
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How to skip an edit form after uploading a single document in SP 2010

I would like to set all document properties programmatically inside the event handler. I do not manage to skip an edit form after the document is uploaded. Any help is welcome.
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Folder Size in Document Libraries

I am trying to figure out the size of a folder within a document library to help keep tabs on how big the teamsite is getting. I am doing this by modifying the view, then going to Totals>Folder Size> Sum and Name>Count I would expect for a line at…
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Stop the edit dialog from showing after uploading new file to document library

For SharePoint 2010 How can I stop the edit dialog from showing after uploading new file to document library? My document library has some additional fields which I don't want the user to amend when a new file is uploaded; they are showing on this…
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How to open document in Modal dialog

When we click on the document link (Title of document) from library view,Document will open in browser(IF office web app is configured) or its get download. But I want to open document on modal dialog. How we can achieve this?Any idea?
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