Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

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 ...