How to Connect a SharePoint library to Outlook
Posted by computerhelpandsupport on March 20, 2009
This post provide further infoematon about Microsoft Outlook 2007 support for how to connect Outlook 2007 to SharePoint Library. SharePoint library and document manegement server can provide central location for people manege and track files.
Follow The Steps
In a Web browser, open the library on the SharePoint site.
If you cannot locate your library, click View All Site Content, and then click the name of your library.
On the Actions menu, click Connect to Outlook.
When you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect the library to Outlook, click Yes.
In Outlook, the library is added to the folder list in a new folder called SharePoint Lists.
When you click the library that was added, the files in it appear the way e-mail messages do. Double-click the file to open it, or right-click it to see more options.
If your library has folders and you want to connect all folders and files to Outlook, view the library at its top level before you connect it to Outlook. If you are browsing through the contents of a folder in the library when you connect, only the contents of the folder are connected.
To connect just the contents of a folder to Outlook, you have two options. If the folder that contains your files is not open, point to the folder, click the arrow that appears, and then click Connect to Outlook. If the folder that you want to connect is already open, follow the the steps to connect a library by clicking Connect to Outlook on the Actions menu.
