IT Tip: Muting on Zoom
**You’re MUTED!** If you don’t already know, I’m a fan of keyboard shortcuts. In a Zoom meeting, use the space bar for a walkie-talkie like action. When muted, press and hold the space bar to talk. Releasing the space bar will mute again. Teams will be releasing the same feature in the future. But for now, you can …
IT Tip: Hands Off Your Mouse
Constantly moving between your keyboard and mouse breaks your rhythm. You can reduce the number of mouse reaches by using simple keyboard shortcuts. Sorry Mac users, these are for Windows only. Some favorites for the most common **Outlook** actions: **_ENTER, or, CTRL+O_**_ _to Open an email **_CTRL+N_** to start a…
IT Tip: Using " / " commands in Teams
**Slash the Teams Search bar** You can use “ / “ codes in the Teams Search field: * Type “/call” to call someone. * Type “/chat” to send a chat message. * Type “/busy” to change your status to Busy. “/available” to make yourself available again. * “/” by itself displays a list of all commands.
IT Tip: Your QAT is your friend!
Every Microsoft Office application has a Quick Access Toolbar (aka QAT). Here is my Word QAT: ![][1] The QAT provides quick one-click access to your most commonly used commands. If you are not making use of this tool, you should be! And it’s so easy to add icons to your QAT. Simply **right-click** any button in the …
IT Tips: Word Shortcuts
Here are some not-so-well-known keyboard shortcuts in Word: * Rather than pecking at the Delete or Backspace keys to delete a word, place your cursor at the end of the word then press **CTRL+Backspace** * **Double-click** a word to highlight it * **Triple-click **to highlight an entire sentence * Highlight a …
IT Tips: Outlook Appointments, Tasks, and Contacts shortcuts
**Typing in Outlook Appointment Fields** Create an appointment in Outlook. In the Start time field, instead of clicking through the mini calendar, type “next Tuesday” to autofill the date! There are many possibilities, like: tomorrow, this Friday, next week, next month, 3rd Friday. Major holidays work too, like: Vet…
IT Tip: Drag and Drop to iManage
**Did you know that you can drag and drop files to iManage?** Drag any file from your desktop to a matter folder in iManage Web or Work Panel (Outlook). You can also drag and drop emails from Outlook. This is very helpful when you need to save large batches of files!
IT Tip: Save Frequently Used iManage Searches
If you repeatedly perform the same iManage searches, consider _saving_ your search to save time! For example, create a simple search that displays the Spreadsheets you created in the last 30 days: 1. Create your **Advanced Search** using the criteria you use repeatedly: ![][1] 1. Click **Save as Search Folder*…
IT Tip: Quickly Display Desktop and Open Applications
A couple of little known, but handy tricks on the Windows taskbar … To quickly access an icon or shortcut on your Desktop, click the little sliver to the far right of your Taskbar to minimize all windows and display your full Desktop: ![][1] To quickly preview all running applications and windows, click the Task Vi…
IT Tip: Setting Chrome to Open in Specific Pages
Did you know that you can set Chrome to open specific pages upon opening the browser? This can save time if you find yourself visiting the same sites every day. The easiest way to do this: 1. Open the sites/pages in Chrome that you would like to open whenever you open your browser. 2. Click the “**Customize and c…
