Mastering the Library Tab from the Ribbon

Chapter 19, “Using Libraries and Lists in SharePoint 2010,” covered the tools available on the Documents tab on the Ribbon inside a document library. This section follows up by reviewing the tools on the Library tab, which are generally of more interest to a document library administrator and power users.

As with the Documents tab, the Library tab allows users to access only the tools that they have permissions to use and that are enabled for the list or library. For example, as shown in Figure 20.2, User2 is logged in and can only use a subset of the tools because she is a member of the Members group for the site, and therefore has contribute-level permissions. The tools that are enabled for a user with contribute-level permissions are as follows:

• Standard View

• Datasheet View

• Show Task Pane (available for use in Datasheet view)

• Show Totals (available for use in Datasheet view)

• Refresh Data (available for use in Datasheet view)

• Create View

• Navigate Up (available for use if in a subfolder)

• E-mail a Link

• Alert Me

• Sync to SharePoint Workspace (requires that SharePoint Workspace is installed on the PC)

• Connect to Office with submenu tools of Add to SharePoint Sites, Remove from SharePoint Sites and Manage SharePoint Sites (requires that Office 2010 is installed on the PC)

• Connect to Outlook (requires that Outlook 2007 or 2010 is installed on the PC)

• Connect to Excel (requires that Excel 2007 or 2010 is installed on the PC)

• Open with Explorer

Figure 20.2. Library tab in a document library as seen by a user with contribute permissions.

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The tools that are not enabled (grayed out) for a user with contribute-level permissions are as follows:

• New Row

• Modify This View

• Create Column

• RSS Feed (because RSS feeds are not enabled for the library)

• Form Web Parts

• Edit Library

• New Quick Step

• Library Settings

• Library Permissions

• Workflow Settings

Chapter 19 covers the Datasheet view in the section titled “Interacting with Lists Using the Datasheet View,” and Chapter 25, “Using Office 2010 Applications with SharePoint 2010,” provides additional information about the Sync to SharePoint Workspace and Connect to Outlook tools.

This section focuses on those tools that are only available to list and library administrators, with the exception of the Create View tool, which is of critical importance to list and library administrators.

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