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The Embed card in Sway allows you to add a wide range of media and interactive content to your presentation. Your Sway can include videos, audio, forms, maps, documents and content from many other online services. Sway will allow you ...

The use of PowerPoint Animation can enhance a presentation by adding movement and visual interest to text, images and other elements. When used correctly, animations help draw attention to important information, guide audience focus and make presentations more engaging. The ...

OneNote is not just for business; it’s use in the classroom offers numerous benefits for both teachers and students. It acts as a versatile digital notebook, allowing teachers to organise lesson plans, resources, and assignments all in one place. Using ...

Microsoft Forms includes a variety of question types which help you collect information in different ways. Depending on the type of data you need, you can choose from options such as Text, Choice, Rating, Likert, Ranking, File Upload, Net Promoter ...

If you have dozens or even hundreds of files with generic file names such as IMG_0001, IMG_0002, and IMG_0003, renaming them one at a time can be a frustrating and time-consuming task. Thankfully Windows 11 includes a simple built-in feature ...

There is nothing quite like the day before you're about to head off on a well-earned break. You finish your last few tasks, tidy up your inbox, and get ready to shut down your computer. Before you leave, though, there ...

For years, Microsoft Teams displayed Chat and Teams as separate icons in the app bar on the left side of the screen. Then Microsoft introduced a new experience that combined chats, channels and teams into a single Chat area. Lots ...

If you are using OneNote then you'll know how quickly notebook can fill up with notes, project ideas, research, and to-do lists. This makes finding important information a challenge, but that is where tags come into play. What is a ...

A very common request in any of my Excel courses is "how to show duplicates in Excel". When we are working with any data set you may need to be alerted when duplicate records exist. This process is surprisingly simple ...

If you have ever opened a Word document and suddenly seen strange symbols like dots, arrows, or a backward “P” (¶), you are not alone. Today I want to introduce you to a range of symbols, and in particular, the ...

Microsoft Planner is often used for recurring projects, team processes, onboarding tasks, event planning, and department workflows. Many teams get to the end of a project and then assume they need to recreate the entire Planner structure for the next ...

Timelines are a great way to show events, project stages, milestones, or important dates in a visual format. They can be useful in everything from a business presentation, training session, project update, and even make fantastic classroom resources. I've had ...

During a recent Outlook training session I was asked if it's possible to delay sending an email? This question is a common one and is often followed by a story about an email sent a little too quickly, a forgotten ...

The Group card provides a way to easily display a set of cards in a neatly organised way. There are five (5) different group types to choose from. You can choose to either create each group type from scratch or ...

Managing members in Microsoft Planner is important to ensure the right people have access to your plan and can contribute effectively. Most plans in Microsoft Planner use a Microsoft 365 Group to manage its membership. The Microsoft 365 Group identifies ...

If you’re anything like me, your Microsoft Teams list can start looking like a messy wardrobe with teams everywhere, channels scattered, and you can never find what you need when you need it. That’s where sections come in. They’re like ...

When users, or "respondants" complete a quiz or survey using Microsoft Forms, the response is saved and can be viewed at any time. By default, each user is provided an option to Submit another response at the end of the ...

I remember the first time I wanted to rename a notebook in OneNote, I thought it would be as simple as right-clicking and typing a new name. However working with OneNote notebooks has always been a little different to other ...

Anyone who has had to work with a longer Word document will have encountered page breaks. A page break allows you to choose when a new page will begin. So what happens when you open a document and need to ...

Sometimes when I am running a training session, I encounter technical issues with a participants computer. Because I have an IT background in network support, I am generally able to fix most of these issues when they arise. One step ...

With the popularity of Microsoft Planner continuing to go up, I often have people ask me how they can get a list of tasks which have been tracked using Excel, and move them into Microsoft Planner without the need to ...

When creating a form using Microsoft Forms, the form is stored within your personal Microsoft 365 account. The form is then shared to collect responses. But what if you want to allow other users in your organisation to edit the ...

For those people using Microsoft Planner you will have noticed some Premium options available. Microsoft Planner has several licensing options available from the basic Microsoft Planner included with any Microsoft 365 subscription, to Microsoft Planner Plan 1, Planner and Project ...

I recently had an email from a client asking me to assist with an error in one of their Excel files. I opened the file to take a look and immediately the error appeared: "There are one or more circular ...