Organize business meetings at Starbucks, book an Uber or schedule an email to be sent in a few days. These are some of the cool features of Office 365, listed by Business Insider. You can find details about what Office 365 means on our dedicated page. And below is the complete list of Office 365 tips & tricks:
With the Starbucks Outlook extension, you can schedule a meeting at a coffee shop instead of a cold conference room. You can find a bunch of other Outlook extensions in the Office Store.
Starbucks Outlook extension
You have a slide with various objects in it. Make a copy of it. On the second slide, move the elements where you want them. When you play the presentation, the objects will move smoothly to the new position, like in an animated gif.
Morph function for transitioning elements in PPT
You no longer need to open a browser to search for something on the internet. Just click on the word, then select "Smart lookup" and a Bing search window will appear within your document.
Bing search from Office 365 documents
Access your PayPal account to send money to friends via email with the PayPal extension for Outlook. It's available for Office 365 users, but the extension can also be used by those with Outlook 2013. Find the extension on the Office app Store.
Secure payments via Paypal on Outlook
With the new Uber Outlook extension you can set up a Uber reminder. This reminder is sent to your phone at the pre-set time, with your destination already included. All you have to do is tap on the notification to confirm your order with Uber.
Order an Uber for an Outlook calendar event
You can do this through the Boomerang app, which allows you to set the date and time the email goes out. Also, if you haven't received a response to the email, Boomerang reminds you to follow up.
With the Boomerang app in Office 365, you can set up emails and meetings in advance.
Microsoft has launched the new Microsoft Planner feature in the Office 365 edition. It's like a combined task list for the whole group. With Microsoft Planner, teams can receive and collaborate on tasks, set deadlines, update statuses, send files, and all this information is framed in a single system. Planner appears on the launch page of the Office 365 application.
Planner for Project Management included in Office 365
Microsoft Sway is an online presentation software, an alternative to PowerPoint, that lets you add photos or videos from the internet, your PC, or OneDrive to your presentation. You can also create a live poll with PollEverywhere.com. Create your poll and attach it to your presentation using the Sway app.
Learn how to add an online poll to your presentation
Now you can work with your whole team on the same report in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. You can see in real time who is editing and what changes they are making.
Documents can be edited by multiple people simultaneously
For Office 365 business users, Excel has Power Map, which can create maps from data series. If your data has a geographic correspondence, the feature lets you view 3D maps. If your version supports Power Map, you can find it under Insert/Map.
Turn data into maps
The free Office Lens app for iOS and Android turns your phone's camera into a smart scanner. Take a picture of notes on a whiteboard or a physical document, and it will read and transfer the information to Microsoft's note-taking app, OneNote.
Scan notes, images and documents
