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# Create and publish an announcement


# Create and publish an announcement

Use announcements to communicate with everyone at your site or just the members of your organisation. You can draft a message, review it, and publish when you are ready.

## Before you start

* You need permission to create announcements. Site admins can post site-wide announcements; organisation members can post announcements for their own organisation at the site.

## Create a draft

1. **Navigate** to the **Announcements** page from the main navigation.

2. **Click** the **Create Announcement** button.

3. **Enter** a title for your announcement.

4. **Choose** a category -- for example, **Alert**, **Event**, **Food**, or **General**.

5. **Add** a description explaining the details your audience needs to know.

6. **Set the scope** to control who sees the announcement. Choose **Site-wide** for everyone at the site, or your organisation name to limit it to your team.

7. **Set the start and end dates** and, optionally, a location. Toggle **All Day** on if the announcement covers an entire day.

8. **Click** **Save as Draft** to save without publishing. Nobody else will see the announcement yet.

## Publish the announcement

1. **Open** the draft announcement from the list.

2. **Review** the details, then **click** **Publish**. The announcement is now visible to everyone in the selected scope.

## Edit a published announcement

1. **Open** the published announcement and **click** **Edit**.

2. **Update** the fields you need to change and **save**. The changes take effect straight away.

## Delete a draft

1. **Open** the draft announcement and **click** **Delete**.

2. **Confirm** the deletion in the dialog. The announcement is permanently removed.

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