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Using Outlook to Cut/Paste, Annotate and Post Screen Clippings into Yammer
In my last post (“Drag and Drop Files into Yammer”) I showed off my new fave feature of Yammer. The inspiration for the post came from a colleague wishing for the ability to cut/paste images right into the post field in Yammer, eliminating the need to save a file to the desktop and upload it. The …
Read onDrag and Drop Files into Yammer
On December 1st, 2014, a colleague of mine posted the following in our itgroove Corporate Yammer Network: “Kelly, When I can use Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V to drop images right in this box, then Yammer might win over Outlook.” I get it. Having to save an image to the desktop then upload it to a …
Read onMake the Enter Key Not Submit Message in Yammer
UPDATE #2 – (10/2015): The Publisher Settings checkbox has disappeared making this blog post no longer accurate. Read more here: Where Did the Publisher Settings Checkbox go in Yammer? UPDATE #1 (6/2015): The screenshots in this post are no longer current as the Yammer interface has changed. You can now find the Settings button by …
Read onHow to Use Internet Explorer
Trying to perform a quick troubleshooting session for a colleague or a client, but you’re logged in with credentials in Internet Explorer browser? Logging in and out takes time you don’t need to waste. Other people end up unable to log out of SharePoint or Office 365 as the cache has remembered their login creds and they are essentially “stuck”. …
Read onHow to Insert Multiple Links to Multiple Pages in OneNote
I use the Copy Link to Page every day to point my colleagues to various OneNote pages in our Corporate OneNote Notebooks. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about using one of my personal Notebooks that I use for storing recipes: Right click on the page you want to make a hyperlink to. Select …
Read onHow to Draw a Straight Line in OneNote
I wanted to annotate a PDF to clearly point out the required revisions to a colleague. I usually use Snagit Editor as it has powerful annotation tools – there are varied options and the result is polished and precise. I find that my attempts to use the drawing tool in OneNote end up sloppy. It’s …
Read onThe Dos and Don’ts of Naming OneNote Sections
Breaking best practices for file naming conventions has long been one of my pet peeves. And I see a lot of it – enough to throw my hands up in the air and scream: “ ? * \ / : < > | & X ” %“ ! So the other day while attempting to pair down my OneNote Notebook …
Read onKeep OneNote To Do Lists Tidy Using the Subscript Keyboard Shortcut
There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts to explore. I recently happened upon one by accident that has changed how I work with To Do lists in Microsoft OneNote. I use the To Do tag to place a checkbox beside each item in my list so I can mark a task complete when I’m done. Next …
Read onUsing Open With Explorer in SharePoint
Many new SharePoint users lament the loss of their network or shared drive. The comfort and familiarity of storing files in a folder structure is hard to let go of… especially for those who don’t have the benefits of drag-and-drop that comes with SharePoint 2013 (as they are either on an old version of SharePoint or stuck on an out-of-date version …
Read onKeyboard Shortcuts for Navigating Windows Explorer
Over the last year, I have finally freed my mind from the rigid shackles of folder structure – thanks to the mind-expanding magic of metadata. I have also discovered a new hobby – exploring the various rabbit holes of endless folders in our legacy SharePoint site via Windows Explorer. I treat my explorations like detective work – wandering through …
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