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 use…
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: 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 New email…
IT Tip: Uploading Profile Pictures to Outlook/Teams
Adding your profile photo to Teams and Outlook is very simple. Consider doing this if you haven’t already – particularly attorneys. To upload your photo: * Save your photo to a location you can easily find (ex. Desktop, Documents) -- Attorneys are encouraged to use their LEB professional headshots. Scott Pacheco…
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: Your QAT is your friend!
Every Microsoft Office application has a Quick Access Toolbar (aka QAT). Here is my Word QAT: 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 off…
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: To quickly preview all running applications and windows, click the Task Vie…
IT Tip: Outlook Address Book
We all know that our HR department diligently updates the internal LEB phone directory, but did you know that telephone numbers can also be found in Outlook – even if the individual is not in your personal “Contacts”? The little known “Address Book” button in Outlook can be very useful. Click “Address Book” in the…
IT Tip: iManage search tips
Below are some of the iManage search tricks I use. If you type these shortcuts in the search box you can narrow the search field without having to use the “advanced search” options (which I find cumbersome). [word in title] @ [username] will narrow results to documents with a certain title that were authored by a…
IT Tip: Windows Logo Key
What can you do with Windows logo key at the lower left of your keyboard? Quite a lot. Here are some examples. Perhaps you’ll find a few favorites: Key combination Action Windows logo key Open or close the Start menu Windows logo key + D Display the desktop Windows logo key + M …
