How to Enlarge the Size of Announcements Web Part

The purpose of an announcement web part is to provide relevant information to the users of a center. The content displayed in announcement web parts is page-based. That means, if a user has access to the page displaying the web part, they will be able to see the content displayed in the web part.

Yesterday, one user raised a ticket as she wants to enlarge the size of the announcement webpart. The reason behind this is-When we create the announcement then the announcement webpart shows some information and remaining one in the dotted lines. So user has to click on that link to view the complete announcement.

User's query was reasonable as why the user click on the link each time if they want to view the complete info. Let me clear first thing-There is no out-of-box way to achieve this functionality. If you want to fulfill this requirement then please use SharePoint Designer 2007(SPD).

In this post, i am going to convey the steps that i have taken to resolve this issue. In case of any doubts/queries then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thanks...

Here we go:-

1. Open the default.aspx page in SharePoint Designer (Please take the backup of this page first before making any kind of changes)

2. Click on the announcements web part and you'll notice a List View Options button is displayed in the upper left corner of the web part.

3. Click on Change Layout.

4. Select the Layout tab and select the layout that is 3rd or 4th from the bottom of displayed layouts and click OK.

5. Click yes to the Site Definition Page Warning dialog. 

6. Save your work in SharePoint Designer.

7. Go back to your browser in which the site is currently open and check the results (Please refresh once)