Editing Markdown files in SharePoint and OneDrive

If you are getting immersed in Copilot agents (or system documentation), you are likely seeing more files that end in .md. This is the file extension for markdown files, which are text files that have content and formatting, much like you would see in an HTML file. Markdown files are used extensively in Copilot agents. While you can memorize the formatting of markdown, it’s a lot easier to be able to make changes to a markdown file and see how it will appear when displayed with the formatting. You can now do that with a side-by-side editor for markdown files stored in SharePoint and OneDrive. Here’s what it looks like…

Opening files in the client application in SharePoint Online document libraries

This is a classic tip that I had someone ask me about this last week. They wanted to be able to have files in their SharePoint site open in client applications instead of the browser. I was able to show them how to make a change to the Document Library settings to make that happen. Here’s how that works…

SharePoint News web part – New Filmstrip layout

It’s very common to use the Top Story layout in a News web part on a SharePoint page… but now you have a new option: the Filmstrip layout. Here’s how you select it and what it looks like…

SharePoint Team site homepages will automatically collapse inactive News web parts

If you have a News web part on the home page of a SharePoint Team site, you may run across a scenario where the web part looks like it’s collapsed and News posts that were there now… aren’t. It’s a new feature to allow the home page to show more relevant content and save space. Here’s how it works according to Microsoft…

Retirement of featured links on SharePoint Start Page

Microsoft has decided to retire featured links on SharePoint home pages. This was apparently a low-usage feature, and I don’t know that we used it all that much. Here’s the details of Microsoft’s announcement…

Undo and Redo for PDF annotations on SharePoint/OneDrive for web

Being able to make annotations on PDF files when in SharePoint or OneDrive is great, and now when you’re working in the browser version, you can Undo and Redo those annotations without having to use 3rd party software. Here’s how that works…

Creating watermarks on PDF files stored in SharePoint and OneDrive

If you have a PDF file stored in a SharePoint site or your OneDrive, it’s really easy to add a watermark to the document without having to use any other 3rd party software. Here’s how that works…

Pinning files and folders to the top of a SharePoint document library view

This feature has been around for a long time, but I don’t see it used or talked about very often. Did you know you can pin up to three files/folders to the top of a view in a SharePoint document library? If not, here’s how it works and what it looks like…

Using Forms in a SharePoint Document Library

You may be used to using the Forms feature in a SharePoint list as a quick way to gather initial information for a list item. Now, you can use that same feature to collect a file and associated metadata in a SharePoint document library. This is a great way to make sure people enter the associated metadata for a file without having to take extra steps. Here’s how that works…