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Adding Files or Folders

You can add files of folders to the Web client if you have sufficient access permissions.

Methods include:


  • Dragging files from Windows Explorer and dropping them into a Web folder.
  • Copying files and pasting them in to the vault.

    Select the location to paste the files and click Paste (toolbar), or right-click and click Paste.

  • Saving a file from an application to a Web client working folder.

To add a file by saving it from an application:

  1. In the application's Save As dialog box, navigate to the target location in the working folder, name the file, and click Save.
  2. In the Web client, click Refresh (toolbar) or right-click in the file view pane and click Refresh.

    The file appears in the file view pane, with the State shown as Add. The Version column is empty.

  3. Right-click the file and click Add to File Vault.
  4. To make the file available to other users, right-click it and click Check In.
  5. In the Check In dialog box, click Check In.


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