SharePoint Tutorial - Web Parts

 

A page in SharePoint is comprised of web parts the exist within zones. Web parts are available for just about everything. For example in the page below there are four web part highlighted by different colors. The purple web part displays a short list of the new announcements stored in the annoucements library. The pink web part displays events from a calendar within the site. The green web part displays an image from a location the user specifies. The gray web part displays a list of links from the links list on the site.

 

Configuring a Web Part

To configure a web part click the down arrow next to it and select 'Modify Shared Web Part'.


This will bring up a section on the right side of the form with the web part's settings. Click the 'OK' button when complete.