{"id":3832,"date":"2024-06-01T22:10:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T22:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndz.hhz.mybluehost.me\/website_d8938f02\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2025-05-06T05:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:54:07","slug":"how-to-add-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplysharepoint.com\/stagenew\/how-to-add-files\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Files to a Document Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-add-files-to-a-document-library\"><strong>How to Add Files to a Document Library<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-coblocks-highlight\"><mark class=\"wp-block-coblocks-highlight__content\">Adding files to a <a href=\"https:\/\/simplysharepoint.com\/stagenew\/creating-a-new-document-library\/\">Document Library<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/simplysharepoint.com\/stagenew\/how-to-add-files\/\"> <\/a>on SharePoint is part of our SharePoint Step-by-Step tutorials in Scribe. 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