Hardly a day goes by that we don’t get a question from someone along the lines of “does do , and why doesn’t it?”. Or, there’s the “when will Microsoft change to allow us to do ” question. Bottom line… we don’t know, and we have virtually no sway to influence Microsoft to change their software… but you do!
Adding a Background Blur to your video meetings in Microsoft Teams
If you’re used to having video meetings in Microsoft Teams and you’re the person on the video, I know you’ve thought about what might be showing in the background while you’re presenting. You may be neat and tidy, or you… may not be. I would be in that second category… But now in Microsoft Teams, you can use the Background Blur option to make it harder to tell just how many pizza boxes might be right behind you. Here’s how…
Finding the keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Teams
Sandra showed me a cool trick today that is useful for anyone using Microsoft Teams. You can quickly get a pop-up list of all the keyboard shortcuts that might save you a few seconds every time you do something out in Teams. Here’s how it works…
Finding the length of time you’ve spent in a Word document
Do you sometimes feel like you spent the entire day editing a single document in Word? Now, there’s a way to find out exactly how long you’ve spent in a particular document. This cool tip came to me via Hayley Milliman…
Windows 10 and Show Touch Keyboard Button
If you have a tablet device, you know that Windows 10 will show a touch keyboard on the screen when necessary. But you can also get that touch keyboard to appear on a non-tablet device for a monitor that doesn’t recognize touch. Here’s how…
Outlook Message Preview – changing the number of lines to show
If you don’t use the Preview Pane to show an email when you have it highlighted, you likely rely on the Message Preview in the Inbox folder to get some idea as to what the message might be about. If you don’t know, you can change the length of that preview from one to three lines. Here’s how to do it…
Excel Flash Fill on names
I’m sitting in a training session today, and I saw the trainer do something in Excel that I didn’t know was possible… Flash Fill can complete columns of names based on other columns. Here’s how…
Inserting multiple blank lines in an Excel spreadsheet
This is a really simple tip that I wish I had known about sooner, instead of copy and pasting blank rows for an Excel spreadsheet. Instead of just inserting a single blank row, you can easily insert multiple blank rows by highlighting the number of rows you need. Here’s how…
Transferring your Skype phone calls to another phone
If you’re a person who gets a number of phone calls on your work number, you may want or need to have those calls transferred to another number for some period of time. Maybe you have an errand to run outside the office, and you want the number to go to your cell phone. Or maybe you’re out of the office for an extended period of time, and you want someone else to field your calls. Here’s how you can make that happen in your Skype settings…
