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Solution for “The document you are trying to load requires Adobe Reader 8 or higher”
WHAT This comes up a lot lately, particularly as more and more folks switch to browser based email clients (like Gmail and Outlook on the Web). When you received a fancy PDF (often from the Canadian Government for us … blurgh), if you simply click to open it, your ‘default’ client for PDF might be …
Read onRIP Outlook – Hello Outlook on the Web … as an App
I’ve been on a bit of a quest lately to help rip Outlook (the software … you know, 2016, etc.) out of users hands. It is what they know and think they need … but they don’t, and it is inferior. Outlook on the Web is where all the action is happening, no OST, less …
Read onInbox Zero in the Office 365 Ecosystem
I took part in a neat event the other day at a local Meetup called “Lighten the Load: Tech Tools for Not for Profits“, run by the local NetSquared NonProfit group. It was a fun evening with great food (and Bourbon!) and a bunch of folks each took turns sharing their favourite technology tip, in …
Read onGetting caught up – Here’s Some Office 365 What’s New(s)
Well, I’ve been away a little while. Life has been busy but I’m starting to get back on track. Let’s start today by simply sharing the last 3 Office 365 What’s New Presentations I have presented since November 2018 at the Victoria Office 365 User Group. Sharing is Caring as they say. November 2018 – …
Read onQuick Video Tip – How to use Quick Parts in Outlook 2016
I’ve shared this so many times in person to great excitement by others that I thought I’d take a second to make a video of it. Enjoy.
Read onTrello vs Planner presentation – January 2018 Victoria Office 365 User group
Well, I went long on this one. The plan was to be 30 minutes and I clocked in at 57 minutes but I guess I was excited about the content … or just crazy. 🙂 Here’s the overview of what was presented and below is the deck shared on SlideShare. “Let’s talk about KanBan – …
Read onOur Presentation for the Office 365 User Group – October 2017
Delivered monthly at the Victoria Office 365 User Group, this is the October 2017 installment of “What’s New in Office 365”, in this case a special “What we learned at Microsoft Ignite 2017”. Learn more: https://www.meetup.com/preview/VicO365/events/242412428 Office 365 – What’s New – October 2017 – Ignite Edition from itgroove Professional Services Ltd.
Read onMy presentation from the September 2017 Office 365 User Group
Delivered monthly at the Victoria Office 365 User Group, this is the September 2017 installment of “What’s New in Office 365”, delivered by yours truly. Learn more: https://www.meetup.com/preview/VicO365/events/242412428 Office 365 – What’s New – September 2017 from itgroove Professional Services Ltd.
Read onChanging the primary email address of an Office Group in 365
What Renaming an Office 365 Group is simple if all you want to change is its display name. However, if you want to free up the email address it used (in our case, Office 365 Groups are neat and all, but the mailbox functionality is extremely limited – you can’t move messages, archive them, categorize …
Read onHow to delete Skype for Business Contacts from Outlook
This shouldn’t be this hard, but for some reason it is. If you end up with rogue contacts in your Outlook “Skype for Business Contacts”, here’s a quick video demonstrating how to find and clean them up. The notice if you try and do this directly in Outlook is “You cannot make changes to contents …
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