Sharepoint 2013 : Using SkyDrive Pro - Following SkyDrive Pro documents, Locating followed documents by using the newsfeed

1. Following SkyDrive Pro documents

When you share and collaborate on documents with others, you might want to keep abreast of any changes that are made to those documents. With SharePoint 2013 you can do this by “following” those documents. When you follow a document you are in essence elevating this document so that it will appear in your newsfeed. This way, you can receive notifications through your newsfeed when there have been changes made to it. This alleviates from you the burden of having to constantly open a document to check its status.

Follow SkyDrive Pro documents

1. On the toolbar at the top of your SharePoint site, click the SkyDrive link.

   

2. On the SkyDrive page, click the More Options ellipsis (...) next to the document that you want to follow.

3. In the Properties pop-up box that appears, click Follow.

   

Try This

Follow a few documents you previously saved to SkyDrive Pro.

2. Locating followed documents by using the newsfeed

When you follow documents, you can end up monitoring several that could be located in various sites, libraries, and folders that might not be located on your SkyDrive Pro account. SharePoint 2013 provides several ways for you to locate all of these files. One of those is through your newsfeed.

Find documents by using the newsfeed

1. On your About Me page, on the Quick Launch bar, click the Newsfeed link.

   

2. On the Newsfeed page, in the I’m Following section, click the number above the Documents label.

   

Try This

Locate all of the documents you have followed previously through the newsfeed.