Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 141

Episode 141 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Jennifer Mason, Tamara Bredemus, and myself as we cover this week’s updates.

Creating a persistent Microsoft Forms response spreadsheet

If you use Microsoft Forms, you know that in order to see the responses you need to export them to Excel. However, having to export them *every single time* you want to see the responses can be a pain point. Did you know you can pre-create the Microsoft Forms response spreadsheet in OneDrive, and then you simply have to open it to see the most up-to-date responses to your Form? Here’s how that works…

Creating Tasks from a Microsoft Teams chat entry

The nice thing about having a wife who is a user training and adoption specialist is that she lets me know about cool tips she finds… and this one is pretty cool! You can create a task from a Microsoft Teams chat entry, which is perfect when you have something you need to follow up on. Here’s how that works…

Removing text formatting in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint

It’s not uncommon to copy text from some source into an email, and you find that it’s copied over all the formatting that was part of the source material. You can try various techniques to remove the formatting before you paste it, but you can also remove the formatting once it’s in your email, Word document, or PowerPoint slide. Here’s how to make that happen…

Sending a Microsoft Team chat message from the search bar

Sandra Mahan showed me a cool tip the other day when it comes to sending a Microsoft Teams chat message. You can do that without even leaving the chat bar at the top of the screen! Here’s how that works…

Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 140

Episode 140 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Tamara Bredemus and myself as we cover this week’s updates.

One Minute Office Magic is 500 posts old!

One Minute Office magic reached the 500 post milestone today! I started writing SharePoint posts back in 2015, and then slowly widened the focus to Office 365 (now Microsoft 365). I can’t believe I’ve produced and shared that much content over the years…

Here’s to another seven years and 500 posts. Thanks for being part of the journey!

Using Section Template on Microsoft SharePoint Online pages

For each section on a SharePoint Online page, you can add a number of web parts, such as image and text web parts, to make attractive pages. However, if you’re like me, you may not have a keen eye for design and layout. Microsoft is making that a bit easier now by giving you Section Templates on the pages. Here’s how that works…

Splitting up the Collect Responses and Collaboration options in Microsoft Forms

When Microsoft Forms first came out, there was a single button that had the options for both collecting responses from people and for letting others collaborate on building your form. Unfortunately, this often led to people getting links to collaborate when in reality they should have only been able to respond. Now, Microsoft has split those two options out to clarify the options. Here’s what that looks like…