Changing Library Settings | SharePoint Tutorial pdf

Changing Library Settings

Most of the built-in sites templates include a new, empty Shared Documents library when they are created. You can create new documents, upload existing ones, create folders, check out files, and sort or filter the contents of the library using the toolbar and Edit menu as shown in Figure.
Figure: Using the library toolbar and edit menus

The Shared Documents library is very generic and you often need to make these common adjustments to it:
=> Turn on versioning and/or document approval
=> Modify the template used when creating new documents The following sections show you how to work with those settings.