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Vertical sections create a column on the right side of your Microsoft SharePoint pages that contains web parts.
The ability to have vertical sections in Microsoft SharePoint Online is a fantastic feature for organizations! In this article, we are going to show what vertical sections are, how they can be configured, and some tips and tricks.
To learn more about how to use Microsoft Share Point Online vertical sections on home and news pages, we recommend reading this article.
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A vertical section is exactly that – a column that can be added to a page in Microsoft SharePoint Online that appears on the right, with the ability to add web parts to it. Previously, it was only an option to add horizontal sections to pages. You now have the option of having a column of content on the right side of the page.
To add a vertical section to a page, click to add a new section and then choose the Vertical Section option. Unlike standard sections, it doesn’t matter where you do this on the page since it is going to be a vertical column running down the entire length of the page.
Once you have done this you will see your vertical section appear on the right side of your page. At the moment you don’t have a choice where this appears – it is always on the right-hand side as shown below.
Apart from adding a vertical section, the other thing that you can do is apply a section background to it. This can be really useful to segregate content or to visually indicate that the vertical section contains special or unique content.
Vertical sections can contain any web parts you want, including the Call-to-Action web part. Want to learn more about these web parts?
A great example of a Call-to-Action web part is actionable content on the right side of a communication site as shown below:
When using SharePoint Online vertical sections, we recommend that you:
On the other hand, it’s best to avoid the following:
It seems that a 4 column layout is highly popular with the SharePoint Online user community.
This can be achieved by having a 3 column section along with a vertical section on a page. However, it doesn’t look good on team sites (since you also have to consider the quick launch), and even on communication sites a lot of the web parts don’t seem to scale nicely for 4 columns.
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