I spend a lot of time managing and updating Web pages on our internal Microsoft Office SharePoint Web site. MOSS is great for displaying lists, libraries, and calendars of shared items and events using Web parts. When I first starting creating pages, though, it wasn’t clear to me how to do things like add headings, add explanatory content, or use formatted text to make a page look more appealing. Then I found the Content Editor Web Part, which is now one of my favorite Web parts. It allows you to add HTML, formatted text, tables, and images to a page to help clarify, explain, or add emphasis to whatever you’re trying to communicate. For example… here’s a typical default SharePoint page with an Announcements Web part and a Calendar Web part at the top of the page.

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This a good start for a page, but it doesn’t quickly communicate what the page is about, grab the attention of your audience, or look very appealing. That’s where the Content Editor Web Part comes in. You can use this versatile Web part to add a heading, graphic, and introductory paragraph to your page, like this:

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Want to know how to do this?

To learn how to create something similar with a Content Editor Web part on your Microsoft Office SharePoint Web page, and for a list of awesome tips and tricks, visit this blog entry on the Get to the Point blog

For more information and related topics, see About the Content Editor Web Part on Office Online.

--Loreen