Using the new Fade Banner on SharePoint pages

There’s also one other new SharePoint page banner… it’s called Fade. It’s not as impressive as the new Author banner type, but it’s worth knowing about. Here’s how it works and looks…

Using the new Author Banner on SharePoint pages

When Sandra was sharing some new features with me, she happened to stumble across this new addition to the SharePoint page banners… the Author banner! This looks really slick, and is great for pages that want to make the author of the page more evident. Here’s how it works and looks…

Using Expiration Dates in sharing links

It used to be when you’d share a file in SharePoint or OneDrive, that link was valid until such time as you removed the person from the access to the file. Now you can simply set an expiration date on the link, and they will no longer be able to access the file after that date. Here’s how that works…

Aligning content in SharePoint 2- and 3-column sections

By default, content in 2- and 3-column sections in a SharePoint page always put the content at the top of the section. This could lead to “less than appealing” page layouts if you had a larger image with just a small amount of text in the second column. You ended up with a lot of white space that couldn’t be used for anything. Now, you have the option to pick the alignment of content along the top, center, or bottom. Here’s how that works…

Using Shapes in the SharePoint Image web part

When you have an image web part on a page, your image is pretty much shaped in some sort of square/rectangle format (unless you do something fancy prior to using it). Now the Image web part gives you the option to apply a shape to the image to make it stand out on the page, Here’s how that works and the different shapes you have available…

More options for the Text web part in SharePoint Online

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…

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…