Learning new Microsoft Office tricks in "just a minute"
If you’ve been using Microsoft Outlook for any length of time, you’re probably familiar (and comfortable) with the Classic Outlook look and feel. But now that New Outlook/Outlook on the web are the recommended options, you may feel like you’re struggling with the look and feel (on top of the functionality changes). Microsoft has added a new option to Outlook that lets you use the Classic Outlook theme in New Outlook/Outlook on the web. Here’s what that looks like…
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…
I just found a new option this morning in the Outlook calendar (for New Outlook and Outlook on the web) that makes it SO easy to create a .ics file for a calendar entry. If you don’t know, a .ics file is a link to add a calendar entry to your own Outlook calendar. The .ics file has been around forever, but creating one can be cumbersome. Now it’s a simple right-click option. Here’s how it works…
Late last week, Microsoft announced that the expanded people card in Classic Outlook would be retired, and you would only see the standard card instead. Here’s the announcement…
Microsoft announced today that the Context IQ feature in New Outlook and Outlook on the web will be retired on March 16th, 2026. This is the feature that provides you a drop-down menu of items when you add a / to the body of your email. Here’s the announcement…
If you’re using Copilot Chat, you’re probably familiar with providing one or more files for grounding your prompt. You may not know that you can also ground your chat in emails. This means you can take an informational email and use it in your Copilot chat session for asking questions. Here’s how that looks…
It’s not unusual to have a long email thread that is looking like a meeting needs to occur. But trying to find all the people, summarize the agenda, and find the best possible time can be a real chore. However, using the Schedule with Copilot feature in New Outlook/Outlook on the web can most of that work for you. Here’s how that works…
One of the best features of Copilot is that it can help you draft emails and replies based on custom instructions you provide Copilot in the New Outlook and/or Outlook on the web settings. Here’s how you can update those instructions and how it works…
Have you ever needed to create a new meeting invite on your calendar, but you don’t quite have all the details yet? It’d be nice to be able to create a “draft” entry of that invite to flag it on your calendar so it doesn’t get overridden. Now you can! Here’s how that works…
