Uploading multiple documents to a document library
Document libraries are used to store documents in SharePoint. This recipe shows you how to quickly upload multiple documents that you have previously created.
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 where you want to upload your document. This recipe uses a SharePoint 2010 Team Site for illustration.
You will need Office 2010 installed on your client machine.
You will need the Contribute permission level to run this recipe.
How to do it...
Open the SharePoint Team Site that you want to upload you documents to.
Select the Shared Documents link in the Quick Launch menu.
Select the Documents tab in the Library Tools ribbon.
Click on the small black triangle at the right of the Upload Document icon.
A drop-down menu is displayed. Click on the Upload Multiple Documents menu option...