Downloading a copy of a document

SharePoint 2010 is a great place to store documents, but there will still be times when you need a document on your local computer. This recipe shows you how to download a copy.

Getting ready

This recipe works for:

• SharePoint 2010 Foundation

• SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition

• SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition

• Office 365 (SharePoint Online)

You will need a SharePoint site with a document library containing a document that you want to download. This recipe uses a SharePoint 2010 Team Site for illustration.

You will need the Read permission level to run this recipe.

How to do it...

1. Open the SharePoint Team Site that you want to download a document from.

2. Open the Shared Documents link in the Quick Launch menu.

3. Select the Documents tab in the Library Tools ribbon.

4. Click on the checkbox for the document that you want to download.

5. Click on the Download a copy icon in the ribbon.

   

6. The File Download dialog is displayed. Click on the Save button.

7. Select the folder where you want...