Outlook on the Web - 7 cool features
Posted by Chris Menard on 03/02/2021
Outlook on the Web keeps rolling out new features. In this video, I cover seven features in Outlook that I love. Start a Teams chat in Outlook, work with sending and receiving attachments using OneDrive for Work, use undo send, suggested replies, and sent later.
Excel Charts - three methods for filtering Chart Data
Posted by Chris Menard on 02/26/2021
Filtering data in Excel charts is easy to do. The method you use should be based on the amount of data you have. In this video, I show three methods of filtering chart data. Method 1 is using Chart Filters. This is the easiest method.
Zoom Security - Using and Changing your Personal Meeting ID (PMI)
Posted by Chris Menard on 02/23/2021
Your Personal Meeting Room is a virtual meeting room permanently reserved for you to access with your Personal Meeting ID (PMI). With your PMI, you can start instant meetings, or you can schedule a meeting that uses your PMI.
Word: Insert Electronic Signature multiple ways including AutoCorrect
Posted by Chris Menard on 02/22/2021
Need to add your electronic signature to a Word document? It is effortless to do. In this video, I'll show three ways to add your electronic signature to a Word Doc, how to correctly resize your signature, and wrap the text shows it shows correctly in the document.
Microsoft Forms - 5 things you may not know you can do in Forms
Posted by Chris Menard on 02/21/2021
With Microsoft Forms, you can easily create surveys and polls to collect customer feedback, measure employee satisfaction, and organize team events. You can print a blank form, shuffle questions, allow receipt of responses, add a logo to your form, and use Forms in Teams.
Excel: Covert decimal hours Excel's hours & minutes (8.25 to 8:15)
Posted by Chris Menard on 02/17/2021
I'm frequently asked how do I change decimal hours to Excel's hour and minute format. A couple examples: 7.75 need to show as 7:45, and 30.25 needs to show as 30:15. The solution is to divide by 24 hours. The formula is hours/24.
Microsoft Forms - Show Progress Bar on Surveys, Polls, and Quizzes
Posted by Chris Menard on 02/16/2021
Microsoft Forms is an excellent tool for creating surveys, quizzes, and polls. Did you know you can add a progress bar to a Forms survey or quiz? A progress bar makes it easy for users to see how many pages they have left to complete.
Zoom Polling - View all poll results at one time during a meeting
Posted by Chris Menard on 02/15/2021
Zoom's polling is a great feature. One tip that most users don't know is that you can view all polls' results during a meeting. By default, as the host, you can easily share one poll's results during the meeting, but you can launch a web browser and see the results of every poll. This may be handy when you need to discuss the poll results or schedule breakout rooms based on poll results.
Outlook - make Teams Meeting the default and Meet Now Feature
Posted by Chris Menard on 02/13/2021
The Outlook desktop client now allows all meetings to be Teams meetings by default. No longer do you have to remember to click the Teams Meeting add-in icon in the ribbon. Another new feature in Outlook is you can now have a Meet Now meeting in Teams.
Microsoft Word's incredible Follow-up feature!
Posted by Chris Menard on 02/10/2021
Have you ever been in a Word document and need to mark some sections for Follow-up? For example, a bulleted or numbered list where you need to come back and some bullet points. Maybe you don't like the wording of a paragraph and want to follow-up on it later.