SharePoint Lists: Refreshed user experience

Normally, I don’t put out a tip on an item that hasn’t hit tenants yet. But this is a “they moved my cheese” type of change, and I want to make sure you have a heads-up before it shows up in mid-December with no warning. Microsoft is making a change to the user experience in Microsoft Lists. It’s mostly a case of just moving things around (no real functionality changes), and here’s what you will likely see…

Replacing fonts in a PowerPoint side deck

I learned this tip by listening to my wife do a presentation on PowerPoint tips and tricks. 🙂 Did you know you can easily replace one font with another in a PowerPoint side deck without manually searching through the entire deck? The Replace Fonts feature does this very nicely. Here’s how it works…

Copilot actions in the File Explorer context menu are being retired

Things are constantly being updated in the Microsoft Copilot offering, and it’s not unusual to see Microsoft retire or alter specific features as time progresses. In this retirement, Microsoft is removing some of the Copilot menu options when you are looking at the File Explorer menu, and replacing it with a single Ask Copilot option. Here’s what that looks like…

Outlook: Copilot Prioritize feature will be retired

One of the Outlook features that I used to like was the ability to have Copilot automatically prioritize my inbox. It would learn as it went along, and you’d find new emails getting up or down arrows as it attempted to help manage new emails. Unfortunately, Microsoft has decided to retire that feature, so you won’t be seeing it any longer. Here’s the Microsoft messaging on the retirement…

Using Copilot in OneNote

When trying to use Copilot in OneNote in the not-too-distant past, I found that the results were less-than-helpful. It seemed like the options were limited, and it had issues trying to find the content I was trying to focus on. I decided to give it another try today, and it is SO much better. Here’s a sample of what I was able to do…