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How do you use a summary link in a web part?
To add a Summary Link Web Part to your page, you must first click “Edit Page” under Site Actions and then click “Add a Web Part” in the zone of your choice in order to bring up the gallery of available web parts. The Summary Link Web Part should appear in the Default grouping of web parts.
The home page of SharePoint 2010 publishing sites uses a Summary Link Web Part to display a list of tasks that one should perform. Somebody at Microsoft manually entered these Summary Links to provide you with a list of shortcuts to tasks commonly used in a publishing site.
If your page is not already in edit mode, click Edit at the top right of the page, and select the Quick links web part. Hover over the link you want to edit, and select the Edit item pencil at the bottom of the item you want to edit.
How do I add a link to a Sharepoint Webpart?
Add accessible hyperlinks
- Select the Edit link of the section where you want to add the hyperlink.
- Select the Add a new web part link.
- Select Link in the Web Part menu.
- Insert the address of the destination link.
- In the Address field, type or paste the URL.
What are summary links?
A Summary Link Web Part and a Summary Link field control both provide an easy way to build a page of links to various resources, both inside and outside of your site. You can control the appearance, organization, and presentation of the links that you add to a Summary Link Web Part or field control.
option 1: On the site actions menu select “Edit this page”, On the right of the summary links webpart a small down arrow appers click on that and delete the webpart(do not close it). option 2: In the Page URL at the end type(? contents=1) in the webpart maintenance page select the Summary Link webpart and delete it.
How to add a summary link Web part?
To add a Summary Link Web Part to your page, you must first click “Edit Page” under Site Actions and then click “Add a Web Part” in the zone of your choice in order to bring up the gallery of available web parts. The Summary Link Web Part should appear in the Default grouping of web parts.
How are links stored in a web part?
Only users with “Full Control” rights can add the web part to a site by editing the page. Users with “Contributor” rights can add and delete links to a “Links List” collection. Each link in a collection is stored as a separate row in the content database. Deleted links can easily be retrieved from the recycle bin.
How are columns divided in a summary web part?
All groups must use the same style inside a given Summary Link Web Part. Lastly, you can select the number of columns you would like to divide the groups into. The options for columns range from 1 to 5. In order to divide links among columns you must use groups; however, the use of groups is optional.
How can I change the style of my links?
Clicking the “Configure Styles and Layout” option brings up the following dialog box. From here you can select the default style for new links. Each link added can have a different style. There is also an option which allows you to reset the style on all existing links already added to this particular web part.