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description: After you finish creating a global publisher layout, you can assign it to different user profiles. For example, a Marketing User and a Standard User need different actions in the Chatter publisher or in the Salesforce mobile app. Create multiple global publisher layouts and assign them to different user profiles to customize the actions for each profile.
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# Assign Global Publisher Layouts to User Profiles

After you finish creating a global publisher layout, you can assign it to different user profiles. For example, a Marketing User and a Standard User need different actions in the Chatter publisher or in the Salesforce mobile app. Create multiple global publisher layouts and assign them to different user profiles to customize the actions for each profile.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, <strong>Contact Manager</strong>, <strong>Database.com</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d43944e87">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43944e87 ">To create actions:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43944e87 ">Customize Application</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43944e87 ">To customize action layouts and page layouts:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43944e87 ">Customize Application</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43944e87 ">To view page layouts:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43944e87 ">View Setup</td>

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1. From Setup, enter Publisher Layouts in the Quick Find box, then select **Publisher Layouts**.
2. Click **Publisher Layout Assignment**.
3. Click **Edit Assignment**.
4. Select a user profile by clicking anywhere on its row in the table.
5. From the Publisher Layout, select the global publisher layout that you want to assign to the highlighted profile.
6. Save the layout.

#### See Also

- [Add Actions to Global Publisher Layouts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customizing_global_publisher_layouts.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Actions you add to the global publisher layouts appear on pages such as the Home and Chatter pages. They also appear on the action bar and action menu on the Feed and People pages in the Salesforce mobile app.")
- [Global Publisher Layouts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.working_with_global_publisher_layouts.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Global publisher layouts determine the global actions that appear in the various Salesforce interfaces. In Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience, these layouts customize the actions on global pages (like the Home page) and on the Chatter page. Lightning Experience also uses these layouts to populate the Global Actions menu. And in the Salesforce mobile app, these layouts drive the actions that appear in the action bar on the Feed and People pages. Global publisher layouts can include global actions only.")