Announcements tile widget

Description

The Announcements tile displays announcements or other informative messages, which can include links to organizational resources such as internal sites and reports.

Click to expand or shrink — Announcements tile widget

Functionality

Users can view the tile contents and access the link targets (if available). Information about who last updated the widget contents is displayed by default, but there is an option to turn it off.

Configuration settings

The tile includes options to format characters using bold, italic, underlines, and textual content using headings, dividers, blocks, and bulleted or numbered lists. You can also add links to URLs.

To hide the last updated by information

In the Settings dialog, clear the Display last updated information in footer check box.

To format the text font:

Select the text and then do one of the following:

To make the text bold, click
To italicize the text, click
To underline the text, click
To strikethrough the text, click
To change the color of the text, click > , and then select the color.
To apply code formatting, click

To add a link:

Place the cursor where you want to add the link and then click .
In the Create link dialog, type the URL and the text to be displayed on the tile, if different from the URL.

To create a heading:

Click anywhere in the line and then click:

to create a main heading
to create a sub heading

To add a dividing line:

Place the cursor where you want to add the line and then click > .

To add a code block:

Place the cursor where you want the code block and then click > .
Type the code in the code block.

To add a block quote:

Place the cursor where you want the block quote to be and then click > .