Make the Most of Office 365’s Latest Updates
One of the perks of being an Office 365 subscriber is Microsoft’s regular unfurling of new features and updates for the software’s constituent apps (Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and Word).
How to Understand and Use AI to Your Advantage
Everyone is talking about AI at the moment, and it can be daunting. Whether you’re completely new to terms like ‘Large Language Model’ and ‘GPT’, or you just want to ensure that you know how to get the most out of the available tools, Happy is here to help.
You might be thinking “I don’t understand AI” or “I don’t need AI!” and that’s entirely understandable but you might benefit from it far more than you’d think. ChatGPT and similar tools can be great for things like getting writing prompts, summarising documents and e-mails and many other tasks.
In this blog, Ben demystifies some of the riddles of AI and explains how it can be used to help you in your day to day work.
How Power BI Can Help You Create Reports Quickly and Easily
We all want to get the most out of our data – to really dig deep into the numbers so we can make informed business decisions. How do you find new opportunities? How do you know where to divert your resources?
In Excel, this can be a minefield – having to copy and paste data from different sources, then tweak it so it displays correctly, and then running dozens of functions to get the right information. And that’s not counting on the time needed to then create graphs and charts so that you can visualise it and spot trends!
What if there was an easier way? In this blog, Ben explains how Power BI can help you to create these reports quickly and easily.
How to Copy Formulas in Excel Using Absolute Cell References
When copying formulas in Excel, you’ll find that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. The key to making sure your formulas work every time is Absolute Cell References. This makes sure that your formula uses the same cell reference each time — wherever it is copied to.
Learn how to create an Absolute Cell Reference in this video with Senior Facilitator Gill — understanding how to use Absolute Cell References will allow you to confidently and efficiently expand on your Excel skills!
How Microsoft Teams Keeps Improving Our Remote Working Experience
Since spring 2020, Microsoft Teams has become a household name. With Teams, you can keep your files, conversations and video meetings all in one place, making remote working so much simpler.
Microsoft has been adding new features to the application throughout the course of the year in order to make the software more immersive, flexible and convenient. In this blog, Billy highlights a range of Teams’ latest innovations, which are designed to both enhance user experience and improve productivity in our ‘new normal’.
The Curious Case of Teams and Unconscious Competence
As the year draws to a close, thoughts naturally turn to the word of the year. If we narrow our scope to the workplace, “Teams” has to be high on the list.
But while those of us who have been working on computers for years could adapt to MS Teams with very little difficulty, we shouldn’t neglect those whose roles previously required little or no IT knowledge.
In this blog, Darren looks at how a simple application like Teams is not always so simply explained to newcomers.
What’s New in Office 365 in June
New features are regularly added to Microsoft Office 365’s assorted apps to improve user experience. The updates are so frequent that even regular 365 users won’t necessarily be up to date with all the new additions.
In June 2020, some of these new features included allowing users to make private annotations on Word files in MS OneDrive and to share links to specific slides in PowerPoint presentations. Learn more about these and other newly added features in this blog.
New Features Added to Office 365 in April 2020
New features are regularly added to Microsoft Office 365’s assorted apps to improve user experience. The updates are so frequent that even regular 365 users won’t necessarily be up to date with all the new additions.
In April 2020, new features included the ability to drag relevant emails into a group mailbox. Find out more about this and the other newly added features in this blog.
How to Create a SharePoint System That Will Help You Work Smarter
“My manager just wants one simple library with all the folders from our server just copied across.”
We hear this all the time! So often a manager will hear or read how the competition is making great use of SharePoint and will ask for a library to be set up, without fully understanding its potential.
In this blog, Darren gives five top tips to help you create a SharePoint 365 system that will help your organisation collaborate better, improve processes and work smarter.
What’s New in Office 365 in May 2019
Microsoft regularly unfurls new features and updates for Office 365’s assorted apps. So frequent are these updates that even regular users might not have had a chance to take advantage of the new additions just yet.
