Learning new Microsoft Office tricks in "just a minute"
Many of you might be used to (or hated) how chat messages in Microsoft Teams would provide a short message preview in the notification pop-up. Sometimes that can be rather embarrassing if someone sees your pop-up and the short preview… “raises questions”. This is a heads-up to let you know that if you have that feature turned on, Microsoft is now doing message previews for channels, mentions, and reactions. Here’s how you can work around that…
If you’re a Microsoft Teams user, you have (at some point) ended up with some poor network performance in a Teams meeting or call. But in the middle of what you’re trying to do, you don’t always have a way to tell if it’s you or the other person. Now, Teams provides a Network Strength indicator that can help you do some initial troubleshooting. Here’s what that looks like…
This is something I’ve never noticed before, and I can see it confusing someone if it gets set inadvertently. You can pin your Microsoft Teams window on top of everything on your screen. That means that anything you launch on that screen is “invisible” until you minimize your Teams window. Here’s what that looks like and how to change the setting…
Microsoft Teams has a Forward function that allows you to forward a chat or channel message to someone. That feature has now been enhanced to allow you to forward up to five messages at once! Here’s how that works…
In many of the Microsoft 365 applications like Word or OneNote, autocorrecting a misspelled word is something you’ve come to expect. Microsoft Teams has been an outlier in that it will flag a misspelled word but it won’t correct it. Microsoft is currently rolling out a change that *will* actually autocorrect commonly misspelled words for you. However, it seems to be not-quite-ready-for-prime-time, but I want you to know what you’re looking at when you see it. Here’s how it looks and (sort of) works…
Microsoft has a calendar feature in Teams that is often overlooked. It’s called a Channel Calendar, and it allows you to set up a calendar that is specific to a channel in a Teams workspace. Here’s how that works…
If you use custom sections in your Microsoft Teams client, it can get a little difficult to quickly pick out which custom section name you’re looking for. Now it’s a bit easier, as you can use emojis in those names. Here’s how that looks…
In Microsoft Teams, you will see a Followed Threads option in the Activity pane. This automatically shows you any Teams conversations you’re part of when looking at the Teams option. But you can also use that to follow threads where you’re not explicitly mentioned. Here’s how that works…
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