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Add a custom column to a library

Add a custom column to a library

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Add a custom column to a library

- [Voiceover] We're going to create a library for our resources and customize it by adding a couple of custom columns for metadata. Let's see how this works. First, we know to add something we'll start with Site Contents, we'll choose to Add an App and the app we want to add is another Document Library. And I'm going to call this ResLib, L-I-B, and by using L-I-B as my abbreviation for library consistently, then I get to have short URLs, and of course, I don't want a space in here. We'll modify the title so that it looks better. Here it is, new, and we're in our resource library. Click the Library tab, Library Settings, and let's quickly modify the List name, description, and navigation. And this is going to be named Resource Library. Do I want this on the quick launch? Yes I do. So remember, if I want to put something on the quick launch I'll need to come in and change it's settings, regardless, but this is also where I'm going to add new columns. Notice, as I scroll down the page…

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