Feeling mischievous this Halloween? 👻 The next time you see a colleague is working on the same document as you (you can see their name a the top right corner of the screen), haunt them with the ghost icon. 😱
Sometimes there is a Post so important that it will need to be easily located at a later date. This could be to highlight a Post in a busy channel 🚦🚸 We can Pin a Post to the channel to make it easier to find. 📌 To Pin a Post, we click … then 📌Pin […]
✔ We have always had the option to Reply toposts in a Teams channel ✔ We can now also Reply to posts in Teams Chat 😎 This is useful when an excitable colleague messages you in Teams Chat and sends multiple messages 💬💬💬💬 before you have answered the first one Use the Reply option to […]
Make replacing an existing image easy by using the Change Picture feature. Replace an existing picture without the effort of deleting the original and then inserting, resizing and positioning the new picture. In this example we use the From Clipboard… option to replace the original image with an image copied from another document 😎 🕵️♀️You […]
Interacting with large Excel files can be frustrating 😢 Improve the viewing experience by freezing 🧊 headings; making them alwaysvisible, no matter how much you scroll 🖱. There are three Freeze options (found in the View tab): Freeze Panes – freezes all rows above and columns to the left of the cell you are clicked […]
During a Teams meeting when sharing your screen, the Presenter mode controls how your webcam is displayed 🧑 The default mode is called Content Only, this shows a full screen of content and your webcam appears in a small box For presentations where you want to be seen use one of the other presenter modes, […]
Simplifying a photo is a great way to ensure your audience is focused on the part of the photo that you intend. Busy backgrounds can be distracting and cause a photo to look out of place in your presentation PowerPoint has three methods for simplifying a photo, in the right situation, all are useful and […]
Now that Teams is the de-facto App for communication, many of us spend more time crafting Teams posts than emails.Let’s spend a minute looking at how to win at Teams posts. 🏃♂️ Quickly start a Teams chat from anywhere in Teams without reaching for your mouse 🚫🐭 a. Press CTRL+N b. Begin typing the name […]
Mouse 🖱 movements are often the quickest way to select and move content. When using your mouse to carefully position content in an Office document we often hold our breath and tense up . The Cursor Keys (arrows) on your keyboard ⌨ are perfect for stress-free fine detail work and finishing touches. You can 👉nudge […]
When working on something critical it is useful to have no interruptions for a few minutes. Microsoft encourage us to schedule focus time in our calendars, but sometimes we need focus time now! Hover your mouse pointer over the Teams app in the system tray to switch to Do Not Disturb (to switch off notifications) or another status […]
