This is a feature I’ve been wanting to see for a VERY long time. You can now create SharePoint news posts that are designed to be sent out via email, with ALL the content viewable in the email! Even nicer is the fact that viewing stats for the news post will include both views via the SharePoint site *and* the inbox. Here’s how all this works…
Tag: SharePoint Online
Colored Folders in SharePoint Online and OneDrive
When you’re in a document library in SharePoint Online and there is a long list of folders, it can be hard to quickly pick out a particular folder you might use on a regular basis. Now you can make it easier to find a particular folder by changing the color of it in the document library. Here’s how that works…
Seeing (and clearing) applied filters in a Microsoft list
We just had this new feature roll out in our SharePoint tenant, and it’s pretty cool. When you filter your view on column values, you will now see what the filters are at the top of the view, as well as a button to clear all the filters at once! Here’s what it looks like…
Using the SharePoint app bar to create new pages and news posts
If you have a modern SharePoint Online Communication or Team site, you can now create new content on your site by using the SharePoint app bar running down the left side of your site. This makes it a lot faster to create new content without trying to figure out where you need to be first. Here’s how that works…
Creating Private Draft Pages in SharePoint Online sites
When you’re creating new SharePoint Online pages, you sometimes want that page to *only* be viewable by you (or a select view) while you’re building it out. Now you can with the Private Draft Pages feature. Here’s how that works…
The People web part now has a Medium setting
In your SharePoint Online pages, the People web part only had a small and large setting. This was, to borrow a theme from Goldilocks, either too cold or too hot. Now you have a Medium setting, which seems to be… just right. 🙂 Here’s how it works…
Using Page details for version history in SharePoint Online pages
Sandra “clicked a button” the other day, and noticed a cool feature in the Page details option at the top of a SharePoint Online page. You can examine the version history of the page, and see what web parts were edited or deleted. Here’s how that works…
Using Section Template on Microsoft SharePoint Online pages
For each section on a SharePoint Online page, you can add a number of web parts, such as image and text web parts, to make attractive pages. However, if you’re like me, you may not have a keen eye for design and layout. Microsoft is making that a bit easier now by giving you Section Templates on the pages. Here’s how that works…
SharePoint Calendar View Conditional Formatting
If you’re using Calendar views in SharePoint Online, you may have wondered if you can using any conditional formatting to color code the items in the view. Now you can! Here’s how to do that…