Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

524 Part VII: Information Management in SharePoint Products and Technologies
The following procedures apply to portal areas and Topics.
To use the Manage Content link
1. Navigate to the area or Topic where the document library resides.
2. Click Manage Content in the navigation area in the Actions section.
3. On the top link bar, click Create.
4. On the Create Page page, click Document Library.
5. In the Name box, type a name for the list. This is a required field.
6. In the Description box, type a description of the purpose of the library.
7. In the Navigation section, click Yes if you want a link to this list to appear on
the Quick Launch bar. This is only meaningful on websites that have a quick
launch area. Portal areas and Topics do not have a Quick Launch area.
8. In the Document Versions section, click Yes if you want a backup copy of a
file to be created each time a file is checked into the library.
9. In the Document Template section, specify the type of file used as a template
for new files in this document library.
10. Click Create.
The following procedures apply to Team sites, Blank sites, Document Workspace
sites, and Multipage Meeting Workspace websites.
To use the Create link on the Navigation area
1. On the top link bar, click Create.
2. On the Create Page page, click Document Library and follow the procedure
just shown.
You can open the new document library by clicking Documents and Lists on
the top link bar and then clicking the document library name in the Document
Libraries section. If you chose to add the document library to the Quick Launch bar,
you can also click the document library name there to open it.
To use the Create link on the Document and Lists page
1. On the top link bar, click Documents and Lists.
2. On the Documents And Lists page, click Create.
3. On the Create Page page, click Document Library and follow the procedure
just shown.
My Site has the Documents And Lists link on the top navigation bar. It also has
the following additional way of creating document libraries: