Introduction


Today, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in SharePoint 2010.

Question: What are Announcements?

In simple terms "A list of news items or information that is allowed to be shared across site accessing members".

I think we are now good to go and implement this wonderful concept.

Step 1: Open any specific SharePoint developed site in SharePoint 2010.

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Step 2: Navigate to "Site Actions" -> "More Options...":

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Step 3: Select "Announcements" from the listed categories:

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Step 4: Give a name for the announcement:

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Step 5: The announcement is now created; the site looks like this:

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Step 6: Creating a new announcement

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Step 7: The announcement created site looks like this:

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Step 8: Viewing the announcement:

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I hope this article is useful for you.