1.6 Defining a Workspace Announcement

This section describes how administrators can quickly communicate with other users by creating workspace announcements.

1.6.1 About Workspace Announcements

Workspace announcements display both on the Workspace home page and on the Workspace Administration page. Workspace announcements display in the News and Messages region on the Workspace home page as shown in the following illustration.

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Workspace announcements include a gold icon to the left of message text and the textual identifier, Workspace Announcement, displays beneath the message text.

Workspace announcements also display in the center of the Workspace Administration page as shown in the next illustration.

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1.6.2 Creating and Editing a Workspace Announcement

To create or edit a workspace announcement:

  1. Navigate to the Workspace Administration page. See "Accessing the Workspace Administration Page."

    The Workspace Administration home page appears. The Workspace Announcements region displays in the center of the page.

  2. To create or edit an announcement, click the Edit Announcement icon.

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  3. In Message, enter text. Use standard HTML tags to include formatting.

  4. Click Apply Changes.

Tip:

You can also create or edit announcements by navigating to the Workspace Administration page and then clicking Manage Service and then Edit Announcement.