Global categories are created by system administrators and all users can add documents to these categories. Administrators can manage global categories in Site Manager -> Development -> Categories. On this page, only the global categories can be created and managed.
 
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 Please note 
 Users without administration privileges can also edit global categories created by system administrators (CMS Desk -> Properties -> Categories); however, with certain limitations compared to editing here. 
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To create a new global category, just follow these three easy steps:
1. Click the 
 New category link.

2. Enter the required details:
Display name  | 
Display name of the category.  | 
Code name  | 
Code name of the category.  | 
Description  | 
Description text of the category.  | 
Enabled  | 
Indicates if the category is enabled in the system. Documents cannot be assigned to categories that are not enabled.  | 
3. Click OK to save the changes. The category has just been created and should be visible in the categories list.

Page url: http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/5_5r2/devguide/index.html?global_categories.htm