View information about sharing a file or folder.
About this task
To view information about sharing a file, right-click a file or folder and select HCL
Connections then click the Sharing tab. You can see
information including the names of people and communities who share the file or folder.
Procedure
If you have the permission to share a file or folder, do any of the following in the
Sharing panel:
Do any of the following from My Drive:
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Right-click a folder or file name and choose Share to open the Sharing
panel.
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To send a link to the file, select to create an email with the file name in the subject field and the link to the file
in the body of the message.
- To copy a link to the file, select to copy the link to the clipboard. From there, you can manually
paste it into a mail message.
Note: You can also share
a link from the About page if you are the person who last created,
modified, or locked the file. Click your name and choose Send link to create a mail message.
Sharing a folder makes the content available to everyone you share with. Special rules apply to
sharing or editing files in folders.
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If you share a folder with people, all content in the folder is shared as well. However, when
a file is added to a folder, everyone with whom the file was shared previously can still access the
file and the file owner can continue to share just the file with others. In other words, a file can
be shared more broadly than the folder it is in.
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Nested, or subfolders, inherit the sharing properties of the parent folder. These properties
cannot be modified for the subfolders.
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Folder editors can add files that are shared with them to a folder. Folder editors can edit
files in folders if the file owner has checked the option Allow folder editors to edit this file.
This keeps control over the file content in the hands of the file owner while still allowing the
file to be shared and organized.