SharePoint 2010 Quick Reference

Click a link below to jump to a topic:

1. How To Sign In

2. How To Create A Folder

3. How To Upload A File

4. How To Add/Remove Users To/From A Site

5. How To Connect To A Document List With Windows Explorer

6. How To Add A Persistent Network Location

7. How To Import Folders Into A Document List

8. How To Delete a File or Folder

Additional Resources

Purdue University College of Education – Education IT (EdIT)

1. How To Sign In {TOP}

1. Sign In Sign into SharePoint by clicking “Sign In” at top right.

When prompted, enter your user name and password. NOTE: If you are off campus or using a non-managed computer, you will need to enter your user name as ONEPURDUE\CareerAccountID.

2. How To Create A Folder {TOP}

1. Sign into SharePoint as shown in Topic 1 How To Sign In

2. Navigate to the location where the new folder will be created

3. Create a folder Once you’re in the folder where you want to create a new subfolder, click on the “Documents” option below the “Library Tools” heading to display the ribbon. Then click the “New Folder” button.

4. Name your new folder

Type the name of your new folder and click the “Save” button.

3. How To Upload A File {TOP}

1. Sign into SharePoint as shown in Topic 1

How To Sign In

2. Navigate into the folder where you want to place your new files.

If you want to upload folders in the root folder, go to step #3.

3. Upload Document

Once you’re in the folder where you want to upload your files, click “Add document”.

If you click on the “Documents” option below the “Library Tools” heading, you will also have

the option to click on the “Upload Document” button in the ribbon as shown in the image

below.

If you want to upload a single document, click “Browse” and locate the document on your

computer. If you want to upload multiple documents, click “Upload Multiple Files…”. You

also have the option at this point to change the destination folder if so desired. Once you

have selected your file(s), click “OK”. Selecting the “Upload Multiple Files…” allows for

entire folders to be uploaded.

4. How To Add/Remove Users To/From A Site {TOP}

1. Sign into SharePoint as shown in Topic 1

How To Sign In

2. Go to Site Actions

Click “Site Actions” at top left and select Site Settings:

3. Users and Permissions Click “People and groups” under the “Users and Permissions” heading.

4. Remove Users Click the checkbox next to a user’s name and then click the “Actions” menu and select “Remove Users from Group”.

5. Add Users

Click the “New” menu and select “Add Users”:

Enter user(s) in the “User/Groups” box and click to check names as shown below. Uncheck the option to send e-mail to the new users and then click “OK”.

5. How To Connect To A Document List With Windows Explorer {TOP}

1. Sign into SharePoint as shown in Topic 1

How To Sign In

2. Navigate to the relevant document list

3. Display ribbon

Click on the “Library” option below the “Library Tools” heading to display the ribbon.

4. Open with Explorer Click on the “Open with Explorer” button in the ribbon as shown below. If prompted, enter your user name and password. Windows Explorer should now open with the document list visible and you can copy/paste/edit/delete documents as usual.

6. How To Add A Persistent Network Location {TOP}

Note: If you want to add a SharePoint document list to your computer so it is always easily

accessible via Windows Explorer, you can create a “Network Location” in Windows 7 using the

steps below.

1. Sign into SharePoint as shown in Topic 1

How To Sign In

2. Navigate to the relevant document list

3. Display ribbon

Click on the “Library” option below the “Library Tools” heading to display the ribbon.

4. Open with Explorer

Click on the “Open with Explorer” button in the ribbon as shown below. If prompted, enter

your user name and password.

5. Highlight address to be used

Within the Windows Explorer window that just opened, highlight the address as

shown below and then right click with your mouse and select copy.

6. Open and run “Add Network Location” Wizard

Go to your desktop and double-click “Computer”:

If you don’t see the “Computer” icon on the desktop, you can click the Windows Start button

and click on the Computer icon shown.

Find a “blank” area within the computer window, right-click, and select “Add a

network location” as shown in the following two images.

The Network Location wizard should appear. Click the “Next” button:

In the next Window, click the “Next button.

Paste the Internet address that you copied in a previous step and click “Next”.

Give the Network Location a name and click “Next”

In the next window that appears, click the “Finish” button.

Your folder will now appear with your list of drives in Windows Explorer and in the

“Computer” window.

7. How To Import Folders Into A Document List {TOP}

Note: There may be security and technical reasons why this may not work on every computer. However, if it works on your computer, you may find it useful to transfer large numbers of folders and files.

Method 1:

1. Connect to a document list with Windows Explorer as shown in Topic 5

How To Connect To A Document List With Windows Explorer

2. Import folders

Once Windows Explorer opens, you can copy/paste/edit/delete documents as usual.

Method 2 (Drag and Drop):

1. Sign into SharePoint as shown in Topic 1

How To Sign In

2. Navigate to the relevant documents location

3. Display ribbon

Click on the “Documents” option below the “Library Tools” heading to display the ribbon and then click on “Upload Document”.

4. Drag and drop folders

Click on the “Upload Multiple Files…” option shown in the first image below to reveal the drag and drop window as shown in the second image.

Windows Explorer will need to be opened. Once opened, you can drag files and folders from Windows Explorer to the area shown below. If no destination folder is chosen, the selected folders will be copied to the root of the document list that was being viewed. Click OK to complete the folder import process.

8. How To Delete A File or Folder {TOP}

1. Sign into SharePoint as shown in Topic 1

How To Sign In

2. Navigate to the file(s) or folder(s) that you want to delete

3. Delete the item

Hover your mouse over the item to delete and you’ll see a small down-arrow at the far right of the item. Click the down-arrow to see the drop-down menu for that item and then click on “Delete”.

4. Delete multiple items To delete multiple files and/or folders, hover your mouse over the item to delete and select the checkbox to the left. When multiple items are checked, the ribbon at the top will appear and you will be able to select the “Delete Document” button.

Additional Resources {TOP}

Education IT SharePoint 2010 Jump Start Video http://www.education.purdue.edu/edit/sharepoint/sharepoint2010jumpstart Microsoft Course: Make the switch to the SharePoint 2010 user interface http://office2010.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/make-the-switch-to-the-new-sharepoint-2010-user-interface-RZ101806469.aspx Microsoft Video: Ribbon highlights IN SharePoint 2010 http://office2010.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/make-the-switch-to-the-new-sharepoint-2010-user-interface-RZ101806469.aspx Microsoft Training Guide: SharePoint 2010 Resources for End Users http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/Pages/End-User-Training-Guide.aspx