Connecting to a SharePoint Server

From the SharePoint Explorer in Contributor, you can connect to a specific SharePoint server. You can then use that window pane to access the files on that server.

How to Connect to a SharePoint Server

1. Select View > SharePoint Explorer.
2. In the local toolbar click . The Connect to SharePoint Server dialog opens.
3. Enter the path to the SharePoint server.
4. Click to validate the server.
5. Click OK. The SharePoint Explorer is populated with files from the server.

What’s Next?

After you connect to a SharePoint server, you can do the following.

• (Optional) Check Out Files You can check out files from the Contributor interface. Checking out a file simply means to activate a "flag" on the SharePoint site indicating that you want to access the file and prevent others from editing it and conflicting with your changes. See Checking Out SharePoint Files.

  If necessary, you can also undo any check outs. See Undoing a Check-Out of SharePoint Files.

• Open and Edit Files You can open a file from the SharePoint Explorer by simply double-clicking it. When you do this, you are opening the actual file existing on the SharePoint site. If it is a file type not supported in Contributor, you will be directed to open the file in its default application. See Opening SharePoint Files.
• (Optional) Check In Files When you are finished working on a SharePoint file that you checked out, you can check it back in so that others can edit it. See Checking In SharePoint Files.