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Thomas Duff

@duffbert

Short aging geek, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform, Notes/Domino, speaker, Co-author of two Sametime books

 Minneapolis, MN
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Joined March 2008
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Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 301 oneminuteofficemagic.com/202…
Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 301

Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 301

Episode 301 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Tamara Bredemus, Matthew Ruderman, and Thomas Duff as we cover this week’s updates.

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SharePoint Lists: Refreshed user experience oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftLists
SharePoint Lists: Refreshed user experience

SharePoint Lists: Refreshed user experience

Normally, I don’t put out a tip on an item that hasn’t hit tenants yet. But this is a “they moved my cheese” type of change, and I want to make sure you have a heads-up befo…

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Replacing fonts in a PowerPoint side deck oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #PowerPoint #ReplaceFonts
Replacing fonts in a PowerPoint side deck

Replacing fonts in a PowerPoint side deck

I learned this tip by listening to my wife do a presentation on PowerPoint tips and tricks. :) Did you know you can easily replace one font with another in a PowerPoint side deck without manually s…

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Copilot actions in the File Explorer context menu are being retired oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftCopilot #FileExplorer
Copilot actions in the File Explorer context menu are being retired

Copilot actions in the File Explorer context menu are being retired

Things are constantly being updated in the Microsoft Copilot offering, and it’s not unusual to see Microsoft retire or alter specific features as time progresses. In this retirement, Microsof…

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Outlook: Copilot Prioritize feature will be retired oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftCopilot #Outlook
Outlook: Copilot Prioritize feature will be retired

Outlook: Copilot Prioritize feature will be retired

One of the Outlook features that I used to like was the ability to have Copilot automatically prioritize my inbox. It would learn as it went along, and you’d find new emails getting up or dow…

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Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 300 oneminuteofficemagic.com/202…
Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 300

Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 300

Episode 300 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Tamara Bredemus and Thomas Duff as we cover this week’s updates.

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Using Copilot in OneNote oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftCopilot #OneNote
Using Copilot in OneNote

Using Copilot in OneNote

When trying to use Copilot in OneNote in the not-too-distant past, I found that the results were less-than-helpful. It seemed like the options were limited, and it had issues trying to find the con…

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Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 299 oneminuteofficemagic.com/202…

Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 299

Episode 299 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Tamara Bredemus, Matthew Ruderman, and Thomas Duff as we cover this week’s updates.

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Using Ask Copilot in a Microsoft Teams chat oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftCopilot #AskCopilot
Using Ask Copilot in a Microsoft Teams chat

Using Ask Copilot in a Microsoft Teams chat

If you’re in a Microsoft Teams chat with a person or a group, you may want to use Copilot to get more context on what someone said or what was discussed. You can do that by using the Ask Copi…

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Always paste as plain text with the CTRL+SHIFT+V shortcut oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #Windows #KeyboardShortcuts
Always paste as plain text with the CTRL+SHIFT+V shortcut

Always paste as plain text with the CTRL+SHIFT+V shortcut

We’ve all had the experience of copying something from a web page, pasting it into a Word document or OneNote using CTRL-V, and the formatting is all messed up compared to the existing format…

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Hiding all your open windows with a Windows + D shortcut oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #Windows #KeyboardShortcuts
Hiding all your open windows with a Windows + D shortcut

Hiding all your open windows with a Windows + D shortcut

Have you ever had a large number of windows and applications open on your Windows desktop, and you’d really like to hide them all to get back to your clean desktop? You can do that with a Win…

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Keeping an eye on a specific cell in Excel using Watch Window oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftExcel #WatchWindow
Keeping an eye on a specific cell in Excel using Watch Window

Keeping an eye on a specific cell in Excel using Watch Window

This Excel feature came to my attention a couple of weeks ago, and I had never heard of it. It’s called Watch Window and it makes it easy to keep an eye on a particular cell without having to…

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Running a Copilot prompt from a SharePoint button oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftCopilot #SharePointOnline #Prompts
Running a Copilot prompt from a SharePoint button

Running a Copilot prompt from a SharePoint button

If you set up SharePoint pages on a regular basis, you are probably familiar with the SharePoint Button web part. It’s usually used to store a link that can be clicked. However, there are som…

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Using the "Review this presentation" prompt in PowerPoint with Copilot oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftCopilot #PowerPoint #Prompts
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Creating custom templates in Microsoft Planner oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftPlanner #Templates
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Pausing notifications in your Microsoft Teams client oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftTeams #Notifications
Pausing notifications in your Microsoft Teams client

Pausing notifications in your Microsoft Teams client

There is a new way to pause your Microsoft Teams notifications for a set period of time. The feature is Pause notifications, and it’s very easy to set. Here’s how you do that…

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#M365TwinCities Speaker Dinner…
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Come see Tamara and myself... it'll be a show. :)
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Microsoft Word: Similarity Checker retirement oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftWord #SimilarityChecker
Microsoft Word: Similarity Checker retirement

Microsoft Word: Similarity Checker retirement

For those of you who might have used the Microsoft Word Similarity Checker feature to check for potential plagiarism scenarios, I’m sorry to let you know that the feature is being retired on …

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Final Reminder… Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 13th, 2026 oneminuteofficemagic.com/202… #OneMinuteOfficeMagic #Office365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftPublisher #Retirement
Final Reminder… Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 13th, 2026

Final Reminder… Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 13th, 2026

This was originally announced about a year ago, but I thought it best to put this out as a final reminder before the October 13th deadline hits. Please read the following content if you are still u…

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