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# Global Publisher Layouts

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.

### 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="d189471e90">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d189471e90 ">To create actions:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d189471e90 ">Customize Application</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d189471e90 ">To customize action layouts and page layouts:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d189471e90 ">Customize Application</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d189471e90 ">To view page layouts:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d189471e90 ">View Setup</td>

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In Salesforce for Outlook, global publisher layouts drive the actions that Group, Contact Manager, and Professional Edition users see when they click the Salesforce Side Panel Publisher. Salesforce for Outlook users working in all other editions can [set up their side panel publishers using Outlook Side Panel Publisher Layouts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=outlookcrm_side_panel_publisher_layouts.htm&language=en_US).

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)

Note Chatter groups without customers display the global publisher layout by default, unless you override it with a customized group publisher layout. In Chatter groups that allow customers, the publisher displays standard actions only, such as Post, File, Link, and Poll.

You can assign different global publisher layouts to different user profiles to customize which actions users see by default on global pages.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)

Note Changes to user layouts override the global publisher layout on user profile pages and the Chatter home page.

Follow these steps to work with global publisher layouts.

1. **[Create Global Publisher Layouts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.creating_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.
2. **[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.
3. **[Assign Global Publisher Layouts to User Profiles](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.assigning_global_publisher_layouts_to_profiles.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    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.

#### See Also

- [Create Global Quick Actions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.creating_global_actions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can add global actions to any page that supports actions, like the Home page, the Chatter tab, object pages, and custom Lightning app pages. For example, add a Log a Call action to global layouts so users can record call details right from a Chatter thread.")