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…

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…

Merging your PDF files in OneDrive on the web

If you have multiple PDF files stored in OneDrive that you’d like to have merged into a single PDF file, you don’t have to look for third party software to make that happen. You can do it with the Merge function in OneDrive on the web. Here’s how that works…

Extracting your PDF files in OneDrive on the web

Have you ever had a PDF file where you’d like to extract certain pages to create a new PDF file, but you don’t have any software (that you know of) that would allow you to do that? Now you do! You can use OneDrive on the web to open up a PDF file and extract selected pages to make a new PDF file. Here’s how that works…

Compressing your PDF files in OneDrive on the web

It’s not unusual to have large PDF files stored in your OneDrive that you’d like to email or share, but that are too large to do so. There’s now an option in OneDrive on the web that allows you to compress that PDF file (without destroying the original). Here’s how that works…

Coloring SharePoint and OneDrive folders in Windows File Explorer

Some time ago, Microsoft added a feature to allow you to change the folder color in a SharePoint or OneDrive library. That color would show up in Windows File Explorer, but you couldn’t set the folder color from there. But… now you can! Here’s what that looks like and how it works…

Annotating PDF files in OneDrive and SharePoint

If you have a PDF file stored in OneDrive or SharePoint, you can now easily annotate the pages with text boxes without having to use a 3rd party application. Here’s how that works…

Using Expiration Dates in sharing links

It used to be when you’d share a file in SharePoint or OneDrive, that link was valid until such time as you removed the person from the access to the file. Now you can simply set an expiration date on the link, and they will no longer be able to access the file after that date. Here’s how that works…