Microsoft Ignite 2017 is rolling out announcements into the Office 365 production environment.
Large page and news authoring toolbox with search and categories
- hover over where a user wants to insert next
- click on the ‘plus’ icon
- access the larger toolbox surface area, simply click its upper-right, inward-facing arrows icon
A user can see all available web parts by categories, use the upper search box to go directly to the exact web part.
File viewer
A user can highlight over 270+ file types within SharePoint pages and news article. File viewer is name change to the Document web part, and support Word, Excel, PPT, renders PDFs, 3D files, text and code.
Highlighted content updates
A user can choose a specific document library as the source, more design and layouts, filtering mechanism to refine by document type and control metadata for influence on the search-based results.
People updates
A new Descriptive display shows more profile information including custom links and descriptions.
Forms (Microsoft Forms, previously Excel Survey)
Collect information and feedback right within the context of your page or news article. Create your surveys at forms.office.com and introduce it right within the SharePoint user interface. Forms can show the results after the user submits the form. Updating the form at forms.office.com, the survey will automatically be updated.
Spacer & Divider
Simple web parts allow to add physical space between web parts.
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