Creating a New Folder in a Library

When numerous documents exist in a library, you can create a new folder to help organize the documents in a more efficient way.

Tip 

Windows SharePoint Services provides other mechanisms for organization, such as views and filters. However, people are often most familiar with folders and thus find it easier to create a folder structure.

In this exercise, you will create a folder for documents classified as In-Progress so that they can be differentiated from completed documents.

OPEN the SharePoint site that you’d like to use to add a folder to a document library. If prompted, type your user name and password, and then click OK.

BE SURE TO verify that you have sufficient permissions to create a folder in the document library. If in doubt, see the Appendix on page 435.

1. In the Quick Launch pane, click Oak Furniture. The Oak Furniture document library appears.

2. Click on the New drop-down list, and then click New Folder. The New Folder: Oak Furniture page appears.

3. In the Name box, type the name of the folder you would like to create, such as In Progress.

4. Click OK.

The updated Oak Furniture page appears with the In Progress folder added to the page.

CLOSE the browser.