There are many ways to find folders, for example you can
sort, filter, switch between presentations, and search for specific
keywords.
About this task
Before
you log in, you can see public folders. After you log in, you can
find pinned folders, your own folders, folders that are shared with
you, and public folders.
Note: External users do not have access to,
nor can they upload to, public folders,
In
some folder lists, private folders are marked with a private icon,
shared folders are marked with a shared icon, and public folders are
marked with a public icon. If a folder is both public and shared with
specific people, it is marked with a public icon. If you hover over
the icon, help text explains that the folder is public and shared.
Procedure
- Do any one of the following to find folders:
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Description |
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To find folders in any Files view
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Click the Thumbnails display option to open a gallery of
images that represent files and folders.
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To find folders you pinned
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Click Pinned Folders in the navigation
box.
To pin a folder, click the thumbtack icon next to the
folder.
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To find folders that you created
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Click My Folders in the navigation
box.
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To find folders that people shared with you
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Click Folders Shared With Me in
the navigation box.
Folders that are shared by other people
specifically with you are displayed.
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To find public folders
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Click Public Folders in
the navigation box. Note: External users do not have access to, nor
can they upload to, public folders,
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To search by string or by using a wildcard character
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Select a folder search category, such as My
Folders or Folders Shared With Me.
Type characters into the search field such as a folder name, or a
string that contains the wildcard character *,
and then click the search icon.
Folders matching those characters
are returned.
See Advanced search options for
more information.
When you
search for a folder by name, if you are using 3 or more characters
as search string criteria, all folder names that contain the criteria
are returned. If you are using 2 or less characters as search string
criteria, only folder names that exactly match the search string are
returned. To return folder names that contain the search string criteria,
regardless of number of characters in the string, append the asterisk
(*) wildcard character after the search string criteria.
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- Do any of the following to further filter or access folders:
| Option |
Description |
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To show folders that are created by a specific person
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Expand the Created by filter and
start typing a name. Click the name when it is displayed, or click
the search icon. This is not available in My Folders.
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To show folders by how they are
shared
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Expand the Sharing filter
in either the My Folders or Folders
Shared With Me lists.
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To show folders that you have contributor or owner access
to
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Expand the Role filter, and then
click contributor or owner.
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To download all the files in a folder
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Click Download This folder to download
a compressed file that contains all of the files in the folder, including
files not on the current page. The compressed file can be a maximum
of 4 GB.
If any of the file names you are downloading to the
compressed file contain non-English characters, you can use the Global
(default) setting. This setting informs the compression
program to use UTF-8 characters so that all file name characters can
be properly processed during compression. If the file names inside
the compressed file are not displayed correctly after you choose the Global
(default) setting, click Global (default),
specify a language value when prompted, and reprocess the download.
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To receive notifications when changes are made to a folder
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Click Feed for This folder and create
a feed reader subscription as prompted.
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