Announcements

Simply select Announcements from your list of available screens and select New announcement , complete the details as required and select Send.
See Creating an Announcement for further details.

To send an Announcement to two or more recipients, simply select the first recipient or group in Recipient(s) and then repeat until all the recipients are listed:

See Creating an Announcement for further details.

When you select a recipient for an Announcement, if they have an out of office set up, their name is displayed in red and their nominated recipient listed in brackets. If you select a staff group where a member of the group has an out of office set up, the number of staff with an out of office is shown in brackets.
See also Setting an Out of Office.

If you have unread announcements the number next to Announcements is displayed in red
An unread Announcement displays with it's title in bold. Once it has been viewed its title automatically reverts to normal text:

From your Tasks screen, the number next to Announcements is increased and displayed on a red background: