The Sharepoint Announcement List

As we have seen, Sharepoint Services comes with a series of great lists to kick-start your intranet. In this section we'll look at one of these lists - Announcements - as an example of how Sharepoint list works.
On the home page, the Announcement list sits as the first item on the page. Click the small graphic below see the list in more detail.

On your Sharepoint site, click on the link labelled "Add new Announcement". This screen allows you to add an announcement on the site.

OK, Let's make the Announcement title "Great Sharepoint Sites".

Notice there's a red "*" beside the title? That means that you have to put something into the text box - it's a required field and WSS will not let you save the Announcement without something there.

Follow this with the body of the announcement- maybe - "This is my new site to explore Sharepoint Services".

Notice that you have a simple editor with toolbars like your favorite word processor. The toolbar lets you make words bold, or format them. Take a moment to try it out. Go ahead and play.

Now, when you are ready, save the announcement by clicking the "Save" icon. You will be taken back to the homepage and you should see your new announcement on the screen - right below the original one. Notice the green "new" icon that shows everybody that this is a recent addition.

How easy was that!

So now you know how easy it is to add content to a Sharepoint Services site.