Creating an Outlook calendar entry from an email on Outlook on the web (and New Outlook)

This may be a new trick for some of you… In the classic Outlook client, you can drag an email over to the calendar icon on the left-side navigation bar, and Outlook will automatically create a calendar entry using that email content. Unfortunately, you didn’t have that same ability if you were using Outlook on the web or the New Outlook client. Now you can! Here’s how that works using Outlook on the web, and you should be able to do the same in the New Outlook client…

Clear your browser cache with CTRL+SHIFT+DEL

Here’s a real quick tip for getting to the settings to clear browser history and cache on any browser you’re using. Instead of trying to find the Settings for that option, just click CTRL+SHIFT+DEL and you’ll go right to the panel that allows you to clear things out.

Using Loop in OneNote

Microsoft Loop is a great way to collaborate with others on your content, as a Loop component can show up in multiple places (like Teams and an email), and everyone is seeing and updating the content in real time (regardless of where they are). One of the few places where you couldn’t use Loop is in OneNote, which is something that can be useful for things like taking notes in a meeting. Now, you *can* use Loop in OneNote! Here’s how that looks…

Using @ mentions in Whiteboard comments

Whiteboard has allowed comments for some time, but they didn’t allow you to @ mention someone in the comment. This was already a feature in applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Now Whiteboard will work the same way. Here’s how that looks and works…

Creating wiki-style links in OneNote

Many people like to use wikis to create quick “sites” for documentation that can easily reference other pages in the wiki. When I was looking at some online content, I noticed a tip that is great for setting up a “pseudo-wiki” in OneNote with very little effort. Here’s how that would work…