To
save the web part and use it again, you must export the web part and
then import it to the other page. The following sections explain how to
export a web part and then import it to another page.
Export a Web Part
Exporting a web part
involves saving the web part’s settings as a file to your computer. Not
all web parts support this option, and in some web parts, the owner of
the page may choose to disable this option. In those cases, you should
look in the options in that web part’s properties tool pane to see whether the
option to allow the web part to be exported is enabled. (Not all web
parts have this option; some web parts cannot be exported.)
To export a web part that allows exporting, switch the page that has the web part to editing mode and then hover your mouse over the web part’s
title row. Doing so exposes a small black triangle on the right corner
of the title row. Click this triangle and expose the web part’s
drop-down menu, shown in Figure 1. If the web part allows exporting, the Export option appears on the menu.
After
you select the Export option, a File Download dialog appears, allowing
you to save the web part to your computer. You can save the file
anywhere on your computer so that you can import it later (see the
following section).
Import a Web Part
To import a web part that you have previously saved to your computer, open the page in editing mode and click the web part zone where you want the
web part to be added, as if you were adding a new web part. However,
when the dialog with the list of web parts appears, instead of
selecting a web part from the list, click the Upload a Web Part link
shown under the Categories box . When you click this link, you see a button to browse and a button to upload the file you have exported, as shown in Figure 2.
Once the web part is uploaded,
it is added to the Imported Web Parts category in the web part
selection pane.
