Microsoft Teams How to change your Background

How do I personalise my Teams Meeting background?

This was by far the most frequently asked question during training sessions I delivered in MS Teams training during NZ’s first lockdown. That and: ‘how do I set it so I can see more than 4 people’s video stream on my screen?’.

Perhaps driven from the shock of working from home and the real need to hide the mess of your life from the keen eyes of colleagues and clients, your background also reflects who you are and is an opportunity to express yourself without saying a thing.

And, as my trainee’s so eloquently put it: “you can change your background in Zoom”.

How to search in Microsoft Teams

There’s lots of reasons to use Search in Teams.

Sometimes you’ll want to find something you (or someone else) posted, but you can’t remember where it is or what channel to go look for it.

If you manage staff or a project team, you may want to check the recent activity of a specific team member.

Teams has a powerful search engine, and it’s easy to filter your search to hone in on the information you really need.

10 ways Microsoft Teams can improve performance reviews

Need to manage and track employee performance and KPI achievements?

Microsoft Teams is a great tool for managing projects that have a start and end date, but it also works well for managing ongoing work, and is super helpful for managing and tracking the achievement of goals – so it’s a perfect tool for employee performance reviews.

Whether you have regular 1-2-1s with your team, or 6 monthly/annual reviews, these best practice tips will work for you.

HOW TO delete a blank or extra page in Word document (5 quick fixes)

Needing a hand to remove a blank or extra page in Microsoft Word?

If you're reading this, you're probably wrestling with an extra page break or a blank page or a lot of space within your document somewhere.

I'm going to show you several different fixes starting with the easiest and moving to the more unusual fixes.

What are the benefits of using Office 365 for Business?

What are the benefits of using Office 365 for Business?

Office 365 is Microsoft’s cloud toolset.

When you subscribe, you get access to Outlook and the original Office suite of Excel, Word and PowerPoint, along with an additional suite of new Microsoft apps.

All apps within the Office 365 suite are designed to work online anywhere, and on any device.

So, whether you’re working from a PC on a desk at the office, a laptop on the train, an Apple iMac at home, or using your mobile phone, or any other touch device - if you’re connected to the internet, you can get to all your work stuff.

In fact, even if you’re offline you can still get to your files when using Office 365’s Sync tool.

How to subtract in Excel

Let me help you learn how to subtract in Excel.

It's simple when you're shown how, but read to the end to make sure you understand what happens when you multiply and subtract, or divide and subtract in the same formula.

This is a tricky one, so please don’t skip over it!

How to unhide columns in Excel

Need a hand to unhide columns in Excel?

There are different methods or unhiding available to you, depending on the version of Excel you are using.

I'll take you through the method that will work on any version.

How to freeze a row in Excel

Let’s look at how to freeze a row in Excel.

It can be a real pain when you don't have freeze panes on, and when you start to scroll down the screen you lose the headings at the top of your columns.

Best Excel Keyboard Shortcuts for Beginners | Tips and Tricks

Learn the BEST Excel keyboard shortcuts. Perfect for Beginners and for those who want to save time and work smarter.

It doesn't matter if I'm delivering a Stage 1 or a Stage 3 Excel training course - when I'm demonstrating to the class I whip around the screen, format, select and modify and update using shortcut keys.

How to remove Excel formulas and keep the results

If you share Excel files outside of your organisation you’ll enjoy this post where I share with you how to remove Excel formulas and keep the results so that you can confidently send a file knowing you aren’t disclosing confidential information inside of your formulas.