When you’re creating a page in SharePoint, the Text web part is a workhorse. Recently, Microsoft added a few enhancements to the web part to give you some additional features. Here’s what they are…
Category: SharePoint Online
Using custom background images in SharePoint page sections
Not too long ago, Microsoft added some additional colors and gradients that you can use for section backgrounds on SharePoint pages. Now they’ve added one more feature that opens up a lot of possibilities… custom image section backgrounds. Here’s what that looks like and how it works…
Using the new Forms feature in Microsoft Lists
Today we had a bit of a surprise in that the new Forms feature in Microsoft Lists showed up. At first you had to be in the Microsoft Lists experience, but now it seems to be showing up on all your modern SharePoint lists that you access via SharePoint. I’m going to explain a bit about how it works, and why I think you should hold off a bit before committing to this path…
New list view layout in SharePoint Online
When looking at a SharePoint list earlier this week, I saw that Microsoft rolled out some changes to how a list and associated views are laid out on a page. Here’s the visual changes and what they do…
New SharePoint Page Section Backgrounds
If you’ve built SharePoint pages, you are probably familiar with the four background colors you could use in the sections of your pages. But now, you also have a choice of twelve additional colors/images that you can use. Here’s what they look like and how they work…
Adding a Countdown Timer to your SharePoint site
It’s not unusual for a SharePoint site to be focused on a particular project with an upcoming deadline, and it would be nice to see how much time is remaining before the deadline. You can do that with a Countdown Timer web part on your SharePoint page. Here’s how you set that up and how it looks…
Using the Image Gallery web part on a SharePoint page
It’s not uncommon to have a SharePoint page that celebrates some gathering or holiday celebration. You have a lot of pictures of the event, and you’re wondering how best to share those on a SharePoint page. Look no further than the Image Gallery web part. Here’s how that works…
Using the Spacer web part on SharePoint pages
This was a thing I don’t think I had ever noticed until Sandra pointed it out to me recently. There’s a way you can add vertical white space in a SharePoint page section without resorting to line feeds in a Text web part. You can use the Spacer web part for a precise level of control. Here’s how it works and looks…
Improved table formatting in a SharePoint text web part
When you use the Text web part in a SharePoint page, the Table option in the web part has improved formatting and accessibility options. Here’s what they look like…
