You can easily save Office for Mac 2011
files directly to a
SharePoint libraryA library is a special type of SharePoint
list that stores files as well as information about files. You can control how files are viewed, tracked, managed, and created in libraries.
or OneDrive
from a document. SharePoint
libraries are locations on a SharePoint
site where you can store and manage the files that you share with team members. After you add files to the library, other people can read and edit them, depending on their permissions. OneDrive, the free online storage service from Microsoft, enables you to access documents from almost anywhere, and to share them easily with anyone you grant permission to. Saving Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
documents in OneDrive
enables you and others to view and edit the documents in a Web browser, using Office Web Apps. This means that you can share your document with people without worrying about what application they have installed, because they view and edit the documents in their browser.
Important
You can save to any OneDrive
or a server that has Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. To work with SharePoint
in Office for Mac, you have to have Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011, Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011, or Microsoft Office for Mac Standard 2011.
Do any of the following:
 | Save a document to OneDrive |
When you save a document to OneDrive, the document is stored in a central location that you can access from almost anywhere. Even if you're away from your computer, you can work on your document whenever you have a connection to the Web. Saving a document to OneDrive
also makes it easy to share the document with other people. You can send a link instead of sending an attachment. In this manner, you maintain just a single copy of the document. If people make revisions, they do so in the same copy. You do not have to reconcile multiple versions and copies of the document.
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On the File menu, point to Share, and then click Save to OneDrive.
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If this is the first time that you have tried to access OneDrive, enter your Window Live ID and Password, and then click Sign In.
If you use Outlook, Hotmail, Messenger, or Xbox Live, you already have a Microsoft ID. If you don't have one, click Get a Live ID to create a new Microsoft ID.
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In the Save As box, enter the name of your document.
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Under Personal Folders or Shared Folders, click the folder where you want to save the document, and then click Save.
 | Save a document to SharePoint |
When you save a document in a library on your organization's SharePoint
site, you and your colleagues have a central location for accessing the document. You can send a link instead of sending an attachment. In this manner, you maintain just a single copy of the document. If people make revisions, they do so in the same copy. You do not have to reconcile multiple versions and copies of the document.
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On the File menu, point to Share, and then click Save to SharePoint.
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To add a SharePoint
site, click Add a location
, enter the URL to the SharePoint
library, and then click Add.
 | Note By default, many SharePoint
sites have a Shared Documents library. An example of a URL that links to this library is http://fabrikam/shared%documents. |
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In the Save As box, enter the name of your document.
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Under Recent Locations or Saved Locations, click the SharePoint
library where you want to save the document, and then click Save.
 | Tip The last several documents that you have opened from a SharePoint
site, either through Office for Mac, Document Connection for Mac, or your browser, are listed under Recent Locations. |