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How to use SharePoint Document Library – Complete Beginners Tutorial With Pro Tips & Tricks

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In this step by step tutorial, learn how to create & manage document libraries in SharePoint Online. Learn how to apply document library conditional formatting and color coding, co-authoring, set up alerts, upload and share documents and files within the document libraries, how you can create approval workflows using power automate and stay on top of any changes by setting up alerts on documents.

In this tutorial, you will also learn about some pro tips and tricks to showcase how good you are with document libraries. Document libraries in Microsoft SharePoint is a great way to store and organise documents in Microsoft SharePoint using metadata and columns, work with others on the documents by co-authoring or sharing documents with others for their review/comments or approvals using Power Automate.

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0:00 Introduction

0:34 Create document library in SharePoint

1:40 Tip – document library name

3:05 Upload files and folders in SharePoint Document Library

3:53 Add a custom document template in SharePoint Document Library

5:10 Edit menu options in Document Library

5:47 Tip – expanding document library screen

6:15 Document related options and activities

7:09 Share a document in SharePoint

7:48 Document co-authoring in SharePoint Online

9:03 Restore document from version history

9:26 Create columns in document library

10:31 Bulk updating documents in SharePoint document library

11:11 Conditional formatting and color coding on the document library columns

12:31 Tip – styling and adding icons, borders to columns

13:03 Conditional formatting and color coding document library rows

14:15 Filtering, sorting and group by documents in document library

15:06 Creating views within document library

15:17 Tip – tile view in document library

17:53 Sync document library on your PC

18:20 Creating Shortcuts to document library

18:57 Exporting documents library items to CSV file

19:31 Introduction to Power Automate

20:00 Create alerts within a document library

21:24 Search within a document library

22:12 Adding members to the document library/site

22:37 Deleting and restoring a document from recycle bin of SharePoint site

23:49 Restoring a document library from recycle bin of SharePoint site

26:02 Wrap up

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