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How to Upload Documents to the Document Library

Store the documents your whole organization needs in the Document Library, so people can find them instead of asking who has the latest copy.

Upload a document

  1. Go to Workflow & Productivity > Document Library.
  2. Click Add A New Document. The Document Workspace opens on Document Details.
  3. Fill in the details:
    • Document Title. Required, and the thing people search on, so use a name a colleague would actually type.
    • Document Category. One of your own classification codes. Use the add icon on the field to create a new one.
    • Document Description. What the document contains, and when someone would want it.
  4. Attach the file under Upload The Document Here. Drag it onto the box marked Drag & Drop Your File Here, or click the box to browse your computer.
  5. Click Save Changes & Exit.

The Workflow and Productivity menu expanded with Document Library outlined

Document Library sits under Workflow & Productivity in the main menu.

The top of the Documents page with Add A New Document below the filter bar

Add A New Document opens a fresh Document Workspace.

The Document Title, Document Category and Document Description fields

Title, category and description. The plus icon beside Category adds a new code.

The Upload The Document Here drop box with the current file named underneath

Drop the file on the box, or click it to browse your computer.

The button bar with Save Changes and Exit, Download Document, Delete This Record and Cancel and Exit

Save Changes & Exit stores the document and closes the workspace.

What you can upload

Images (png, jpg, jpeg, gif), PDFs, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, text and CSV files, RTF, and zip archives.

Replacing the file later

Open the document and look at the upload box. With a file already attached it invites you to click or drag to replace, so you can put a new version in place without creating a second record and leaving people unsure which is current. There is also a Download Document button for grabbing a copy.

The current file line naming the attached file, with a pink remove icon

The attached file is named under the box. The pink icon takes it off the record.

Who can see it

Use Chapter, Division, and Department to tie a document to one part of your organization. For a document that should not be edited or opened by everyone, use Set As View Only or Lock This Record at the top of the details page, and name your exceptions on Record Permissions.

The Chapter, Division and Department pickers on a document

These tie the document to one part of your organization.

The Set As View Only and Lock This Record switches at the top of a document

Both switches sit at the top of the details page.

The Document Workspace menu with Document Details, Share This File and Record Permissions

Record Permissions is where you name your exceptions.

For the fuller walkthrough see Add Documents in the Document Library.

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