The Announcements Tool displays all or selected categories of the announcements added to the Announcements Database. All announcements are stored in Announcements Database and displayed on a page using the Announcements Tool. The Announcements Tool can be added to the Main Body or the Right Side of a page.
Announcements Tool Properties

The Edit Announcements Listing screen opens after adding the Announcements Tool.
- Announcement Categories: Use the radio buttons to select if All Categories or Selected Categories to be displayed. If Selected Categories is chosen, use the checkboxes to indicate which categories to display.
- If there are no announcements: The default text is "There are currently no announcements.". This text can be updated or removed to leave the area blank if there are no announcements.
- Click the Update button to add the tool to the page.
Announcements Tool Options

- edit: Add/edit/remove tool heading, change tool status to inactive/active, or schedule a status change. See the Tool Heading and Status article for more details.
- Edit Announcement Properties: This opens the Edit Announcements Listing screen. You can change the categories of announcements that will be displayed, update the text that displays if there are no announcements
- Add/Edit/Delete Announcements: Opens the Announcements Database
Note: This link will only show for users with permissions to the Announcements Database - Edit Categories: Opens the Announcements Categories in the Announcements Database
Note: This link will only show for users with permissions to the Announcements Database - Change Position: Change the position of the tool on the current page
- Move: Change the location of this tool to another page by selecting the desired category and page
- Preview: Opens a new tab to preview the page
- Delete: Deletes the tool from the page
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