Kelly LaForest

Can you spot the difference? I don’t go into OneNote Online very often because I keep almost all of my OneNote Notebooks open in the Microsoft OneNote 2016 desktop program. Today we were preparing for some new hires that start next week so I found the Onboarding Notebook to see the Onboarding checklist. And something …

Question:  “Is there a way to sort pages within a section in a Microsoft OneNote Notebook other than manually dragging and dropping?” Use Case: A person has one OneNote Notebook to store recipes. Every page is a recipe. They sort their recipes alphabetically from A to Z. When they add new recipes to the Recipes Notebook (by scanning in recipes …

What is Onetastic for OneNote? Onetastic for OneNote is a multi-purpose add-in for Microsoft OneNote. It has been around for over five years (November 2011) and is extremely popular among Microsoft OneNote Power Users. It works with the OneNote desktop program (OneNote 2016, OneNote 2013, OneNote 2010). It does not work with the OneNote for Windows 10 App.   …

Situation: My technology-literate friend was working with a OneNote Notebook stored in her work OneDrive for Business. She was using a PC laptop with OneNote 2016 and an Android (Samsung Galaxy) phone with the OneNote App installed. The Issue: Her changes did not sync between her phone and her computer. New content she added to the OneNote page via her phone …

When you start to use Microsoft OneNote to store all of your notes, the number of pages in a Notebook can become overwhelming. Visual clutter has a negative effect on my brain. I compare it to having 16 tabs open in an internet browser. It’s hard to focus. After a while you start looking for ways …

I was looking at a document stored in SharePoint using Word Online this morning and spotted a button I had not noticed before. The Exit button is tucked between the Print and Share buttons on the far right of the ribbon in Word Online – see:     Why I’m excited about the Word Online …

My Windows Insider friend asked me another question that I wanted to share: “What kind of planning is Microsoft Planner used for?” Short answer: Many things, but mostly work that involves a group or team working together. What You Can Do with Microsoft Planner: Create a Plan. Organize tasks within a Plan onto Boards. Assign ownership …

I was recently asked a question by a Canadian Windows Insider who wanted to know “Is Microsoft Office 365 fully available on Canadian servers now?” (IMO – the things that matter in Office 365 are stored in Canada – Exchange email and SharePoint websites.)   The official answer is: No. Everything in Office 365 is not stored …

(Quick Fix Answer: Clear the Browsing Data manually.) What Happened: I broke the Broken Filter Pane in SharePoint Online. I was resizing the Filter Pane and when dragging it to the right of the screen I dragged past the vertical scroll bar. At first I could retrieve the Pane by waiting until the cursor turned into a …