Karin Skapski

I recently ran into an issue where I found the Theme button not working in Change the Look after adding a custom theme to SharePoint Online. When I opened Settings in the Office 365 Suite Bar, clicked the Change the Look, and then clicked on Theme, nothing happened. I was able to change the theme …

In the modern workplace, various apps and tools flash alerts at us throughout the day. These notifications can make it difficult to focus on our work. Did you know that it can take up to 23 minutes to refocus after checking just one email or chat? I learned that fun fact in the MyAnalytics dashboard. …

Microsoft MyAnalytics is a personal productivity app that displays insights on how you use Office 365 tools and provides recommendations on how to improve your working habits. You can vote on whether MyAnalytics insights are helpful or not and provide written feedback to Microsoft about MyAnalytics to help them improve the product. If you’re not …

2018 Note: A lot has changed in the SharePoint Online modern experience since I wrote this post a year ago. Though some of this information may still help you, there are now better ways to brand modern sites; this post by Corrie Haffly is a great resource, as well as this video from Yaroslav Pentsarskyy. I’d love if …

The Ribbon is the name for that fancy menu you see at the top of your Microsoft Office programs. It lets you easily navigate around the many features that Office has to offer. Did you know that you can customize the ribbon? You can even add some custom keyboard shortcuts while you’re at it. I’m …

There’s no denying that Bing has some beautiful wallpapers… but did you know that they have a “Best of Bing” wallpaper pack that you can download and use on your computer? How To Install the “Best of Bing” Wallpaper Pack Head to Bing.com/gallery (or click on the screenshot below). Look over on the left menu. Click …

This blog post is aimed at Microsoft Excel beginners, and will leave you feeling confident about what Excel is used for, with a few tricks up your sleeve to boot. What is Microsoft Excel? Excel is a program created for spreadsheets which contain data. Data can be numbers or text. Microsoft Excel is the tool …

Last month was a busy month! We were hit with some great news from Microsoft – they opened two Canadian datacentres. Kelly attended Social Media Camp. Of course, we continue to highlight our great clients and the services we provide. Creating and updating WordPress websites has been a good chunk of my role since I …