Managing Annoucements

Table of Contents

1. Using the rich text editor
2. Editing an announcement
3. Deleting an announcement
4. Creating an annoucement

1. Using the rich text editor
   The rich text editor allows you to add content to your pages and announcements without any knowledge of HTML.
   

   
   

   The rich text editor functions are similar to those of a word processor. The editor in the Announcements Module page is a simpler version of the editor in the Manage Pages module, however the functions are the same.
   
   

   	Font format, family, and size selection menus create headings and change the font type and size.
   	Font style options create bold, italic, and underlined text, and select text and text background colours.
   	Script options create subscripts and superscripts.
   	Remove formatting quickly reverts selected text to its unformatted style.
   	Alignment options align content left, center, right, and full.
   	Layout options indent and outdent text, and create ordered and unordered lists.
   	Insert options insert special characters, date and time stamps, and non-breaking space characters.
   	Paste from Word ensures that content copied and pasted from Microsoft Word is properly formatted. Do not paste directly into the page content area from Word.
   	Paste as Plain Text removes all formatting from copied and pasted text.
   	Insert a new table creates a table in your page content. See Inserting a visible table and Inserting an invisible table.
   	Insert/edit image adds images to your website content. See Inserting an image.
   	Insert/edit link creates a link to a website, file, or page anchor. See Linking to a website, Inserting a file, and Linking within a page.
   	Unlink quickly removes selected links.
   	Insert/edit embedded media embeds media into your page. See Inserting media.

2. Editing an announcement
   To edit an announcement:
    
   

   1. Go to the Manage Announcements module. Click the release date or title of the announcement. The page displays previously entered content.
   
   
   2. Edit the announcement in the same way that it was created.
      See Using the rich text editor.
   
   
   3. Click Save.
3. Deleting an announcement
   To delete announcements:
   
   

   1. Tick the checkbox to the left of announcements to be deleted. You can select more than one announcement at a time.
   
   
   2. At the bottom of the page, click Delete Selected.
   
   
   3. Confirm that you want to delete the selected announcements and click Confirm Removal.
4. Creating an annoucement
   

   To create a new announcement:
    
   

   1. Go to the Manage Announcements module and click Add Announcement.
   
   
   2. Specify the title of your announcement.
   
   
   3. In the Announcement Body area, enter your text, links, and files.
      To learn more about adding announcement content, see Using the rich text editor.
   
   
   4. (Optional) In the Keyword Tags field, enter space-delimited keywords.
      Tagged announcements appear on the page with the same keyword in the Tag Selector field. For example, announcements tagged “graduate” will appear on an announcement page with a tag selector “graduate”. This allows you to create announcements for specific pages. If you do not enter keywords the announcement appears on the home page.
   
   
   5. Use the calendar and clock to specify the Release Start date and time and (optional) Release Finish date and time.
      The Time Release option allows announcements to be created in advance and automatically published at a specific date and time. You can also specify the date and time that you want announcements to be automatically removed. Only remove very time-sensitive announcements since they are otherwise a good record of past articles and events for visitor reference.
   
   
   6. Click Save.

   
   The new announcement now appears on the Manage Announcements page and will be published at the specified date and time.