Author Archives: Rob Woodgate

How to Automatically Add Microsoft Planner Tasks to Your Outlook Calendar

To-do list software can be a real productivity booster, but there’s always the risk that it becomes just another list. Use Microsoft Planner to automatically add tasks to your calendar so you know when you’ve got due dates coming up.Read Th… Continue reading

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6 Ways to Get More Out of Microsoft Planner

Microsoft Planner is pretty simple to use, but some of its more useful features aren’t front and center. If you’re just creating and moving tasks, here are six ways to get a bit more out of Planner. Here’s everything you need to know… Continue reading

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Use the Built-In Sweep Feature in Outlook Online to Clear Unwanted Emails

Outlook has useful tools built into the email client, such as Clutter, Conversation Clean Up, and Focused Inbox, to help keep your inbox tidy. Outlook Online includes a feature called Sweep, a tool used for deleting or moving emails using simple rules…. Continue reading

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How to Look Like a Potato in a Microsoft Teams Video Conference

By now, you’ve probably seen the viral tweet about the woman who turned herself into a potato during a Teams meeting and couldn’t turn the filter off again. Here’s how you can make yourself a potato in your next meeting using Snap Cam… Continue reading

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How to Digitally Sign or Encrypt Emails in Outlook Online

Outlook Online lets you digitally sign or encrypt your emails, either individually or by default for all outbound messages. If this is something you need to do, here are the instructions to get it up and running.Read This Article on How-To Geek › Continue reading

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How To Use Outlook Online’s Snooze Tool

Outlook Online has a Snooze function, just like Gmail. Use it to move items out of your inbox until you’re ready to deal with them and stop your inbox from filling up with emails you don’t need right now.Read This Article on How-To Geek &rs… Continue reading

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How to Create a Teams Meeting in Outlook

Now that working from home is the norm, video conferences are becoming the de facto way to meet. Here’s how to create Microsoft Teams meetings directly from within Outlook, without having to book them through the Teams app.Read This Article on Ho… Continue reading

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How to Export an Outlook Calendar as a CSV File

There are times when it can be useful to see all of the events in your calendar at once. Outlook lets you export all of the events between two dates into a single CSV file. Here’s how it all works.Read This Article on How-To Geek › Continue reading

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