Have you noticed Microsoft has made a change to how you search in Outlook? This won’t have happened across all users of Outlook yet, but for those with a standard Microsoft 365 for Business it is likely to be live now. There are many benefits of the modern ‘software as a service’ (SaaS) subscription model, ContinueContinue reading “Outlook has replaced how you search your emails…two useful shortcuts”
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Work from Home – overcoming your reluctance to video call
Work from Home – overcoming your reluctance to video call. What is your hurdle to getting on a video conference? This post helps you overcome it whether its how to set up your desk, seeing your face on screen or just the unknown.
Our NZPI CPD Courses for 2020
Christine will be presenting three courses this year on the NZPI CPD calendar: Emerging Technologies in Resource Management in eight locations – see details here Planning Practice and Ethics in the Digital Age in four locations – see details here Cloud-based Collaboration and Communication for Planners in three locations – see details here Looking forward to meeting youContinueContinue reading “Our NZPI CPD Courses for 2020”
Welcome to 2020!
It just sounds futuristic, doesn’t it? 2020. If there was ever a year for improving your digital skills, this is it. Every individual has a unique combination of digital skills. Why? Because most people have never learned these abilities in any sort of structured manner. Word processing came along, email came along, texting came along,ContinueContinue reading “Welcome to 2020!”
Understand how you spend your time with MyAnalytics
Microsoft’s Office 365 now contains a powerful tool to understand how you spend your time throughout the week. MyAnalytics was added to Office 365 suite this year. It gives you personalised information on how you have been working focusing on these areas: Network – who you have communicated with and patterns around these communications CollaborationContinueContinue reading “Understand how you spend your time with MyAnalytics”
Scanning from your mobile – Office Lens
Rather than take a trip to the photocopier, try using Office Lens to take a scan at your desk. Need to take a picture of that whiteboard at the end of the meeting – use Office Lens. With the programs within Microsoft Office becoming ever the more integrated, it makes sense to look at howContinueContinue reading “Scanning from your mobile – Office Lens”
Slide Prep Made Easy! Draft in MS Word.
Preparing a PowerPoint presentation can take more time than you think. There is a simple way to save time by preparing your slide content in Word and then importing it to Powerpoint. Each slide, title and body text will be instantly created and formatted. It’s much better than wasting time moving around your slides toContinueContinue reading “Slide Prep Made Easy! Draft in MS Word.”
Need maps? Try Power Map for Excel
Including a map in our technical writing and presentations is an easy way to make geographic information more engaging for our audience. With the advanced data visualisation these days it can seem a little intimidating. However generating simple maps is actually really easy and automated with Excel. It includes Power Map a quick and easyContinueContinue reading “Need maps? Try Power Map for Excel”
Smartphone Productivity
Smartphones are an integral tool in our workflows these days, but how can we be more productive with them. Check out these eight hints for using your mobile device more productively. 1. Sync your phone with your other devices Ensure that you are working over the cloud so that regardless of the device you areContinueContinue reading “Smartphone Productivity”
Choosing the right productivity software
Productivity software options have grown significantly in the past few years. If you are not yet incorporating any of these products into your workflows, it is important to give one a try. This post gives you some hints for choosing the right productivity app(s). The key considerations are: Function – what you need it toContinueContinue reading “Choosing the right productivity software”
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