Modify the default “Current View” of the announcements Web Parts

• Fun With Announcements – Part 1
• Fun With Announcements – Part 2

In this example, make a modified version of the announcements web part, that doesn’t display the “Created By” field.

1. Go to the announcements list and create a new, standard view. (I called mine "Welcome")
2. In the columns section, put check boxes next to Title, Modified, and Body.
3. Sort descending by modified date.
4. Set the filter to:
   Expires = _____ (leave it blank)
   OR
   Expires  is greater than [Today]
5. In the style section, set the style to "Newsletter”, or try the “Newsletter no lines” style.
   

Now, put the Announcements web part on the page, edit the web part, and in the web part’s toolpane on the right, change the Selected View drop-down box to "Welcome" (this was the name of the view I created in step one), and click OK. 

Tomorrow we’ll look at creating a "More" link to view the details of each announcement.

Author: Laura Rogers, Birmingham, AL

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Laura Rogers is currently a SharePoint Administrator at HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama. She has ten years of experience with Microsoft’s messaging and collaboration systems. This includes four years in SharePoint implementation, training, and customization. Laura has been a MCSE since 1999, with her most recent certifications being MCSE 2003 + Messaging, MCTS in MOSS and MCTS in WSS 3.0 Configuration. She also wrote a chapter in the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator’s Companion by Bill English.