About document libraries
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Document libraries are collections of files that are shared in SharePoint team Web sites. For example, you could create a library of common graphics for a project or a collection of Microsoft Word documents containing your monthly status reports.
You can view document libraries from a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer, or as a Network Place from Office XP programs, or the Windows desktop.
When you add or remove a file from a document library, the server updates the navigation links to it on the Web page. This ensures that anyone viewing the Web site can find the documents there. Team Web site members can subscribe to a document library so they are notified by e-mail when a member adds or changes a file.
When you create a document library, you can specify the information authors must provide when they add a file to the library. For example, if you have a document library of product plans, you can require authors to enter the title, comments about the content, and the document's status (such as preliminary or approved). This information appears when you view the document library listing.
Once in a library, you can open and modify your documents from within Office XP programs just as though they resided on any other network place or local drive.
To ensure that all documents within the library have a consistent look and feel, you can also specify a template to be used when a new file is added to the library. You can modify this template by using Office XP programs just as you would any other template.
Notes
- You can also add a document library to any Microsoft FrontPage Web site hosted by a server running SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft.
- You can use Microsoft Outlook to view document libraries hosted by a server running Microsoft Exchange Server 2000.