Essential SharePoint

Creating New Documents

There are two main ways to create new documents in an existing library. They differ based on where you start:

• Creating a new library document from Word is familiar to most of us—there's little new to learn.

• Creating from the library itself can provide a template to ensure all the documents are consistent.

The following sections show the two approaches.

Starting from Word

To create new document in a library from Word, simply save the document to a SharePoint library:

1. Create a new document in Word.

2. Choose File → Save.

3. Enter the address of the SharePoint library in File Name (for example, http://wombat/Shared Documents/). Word displays a list of the files in the library.

4. Enter a name for the file and choose Save. Word saves the file to the library.

Once you save a document to a library, Word can display information about the library in the Shared Workspace task pane. To see the other documents in the library from Word:

1. Choose View → Task Pane. Word displays the Shared Workspace task pane.

2. Choose the Documents icon to view other files in the library (Figure 6-6).

Figure 6-6. Viewing the library from Word

Word refers to this task pane as a workspace, even though it displays a document library from a team site.

Starting from the Library

To create a new document from the library:

1. In your browser, navigate to the library and choose New Document.

2. SharePoint displays a security ...