Creating folders and subfolders
Folders enable you to group files together in a meaningful way. Top-level folders can be designated as private, shared, or available to everyone. Subfolders inherit the folder sharing information, private, shared, or available to everyone, from the top-level folder. You must have Editor access to a folder in order to create a subfolder within it.
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You can optionally enable one of three types of file sharing capabilities to allow others to collaborate on files within the folder: reader, editor, or owner.
- Files in private folders can be viewed and edited only by their owner and
others with whom the owner shares the file.
If you make a private folder public, files that are not assigned to be public are removed from the folder.
- Files in folders that are shared with people or communities can be viewed and edited by people
and communities with whom the folder is shared. However, a user must have the appropriate access,
Reader for viewing or Editor for editing, and the file must not be marked as private.People and communities can have Reader, Editor, or Owner access to a folder and the files in the folder.
- Owner access: If you create a top-level folder, you are the Owner. Owners can share their folders with people or communities, and can share a folder with others as Owners. Owners can add, edit, and delete files and subfolders in their folders, and assign Reader or Editor access to their folders or to files in their folders.
- Editor access: Users who are granted Editor access to a folder by an Owner can read, edit,
comment on, download, recommend, upload a new version of, and set properties on files in the folder.
Editors can be notified of changes to the files in the folder, share the files in the folder, and
see information about the files in the folder. Editors can add files to the folder, add subfolders
to the folder, and delete files and subfolders in the folder. Note: A folder Owner can change the settings of individual files in a folder to prevent Editor access to those files.
- Reader access: Users who are granted Reader access to a folder by an Owner or Editor or through sharing from another Reader can read, comment on, download, and recommend a file in the folder, be notified of changes to the files in the folder, and reshare files in a folder. However, a Reader cannot reshare the folder with anyone, even as a Reader.
When you share a folder with people and communities, they can only see the files in that folder within the context of the folder, unless you explicitly share the file with them. For example, if you add a file to a folder and share the folder with Cathy but do not share the file with Cathy, she can see and open the file in the folder, but cannot see it in any other list.
When you share a folder with people or change their role, those people are notified.
- Files in public folders can be read by anyone, but only the owner and
people who are made Editor or Owner can add files to those folders. Note: External users cannot see or access public folders and files.