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"Every day there are little things in software that we find annoying. Some write books about it, like Annoyances.org, but I thought this site would be more constructive.
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When I fill in forms for my company, I should be able to find each one (just like I do a Microsoft Word doc I created).
I understand that a Form is not a file stored in a Document Library like other Office docs, but I do think you could hack something so it could be surfaced.
Figure: In this view I should be able to see the Microsoft Forms responses I’ve submitted
When screen sharing in Teams or other applications, you want to be able to reduce noise as much as possible. One way to do this is by using full screen mode.
✅ Chrome – F11 works
✅ Edge – F11 works
❌ Outlook new email – F11 doesn’t work (does nothing)
❌ Word – F11 doesn’t work (does nothing)
❌ Excel – F11 doesn’t work (goes to Charts)
❌ Figure: F11 key goes to Charts in Excel✅ Figure: Full screen in Edge with F11
If I view an all-day event in my Outlook calendar that:
Was created in a different time zone
Goes for multiple days
Has all-day event ticked
The event will show as one day shorter than the actual event. The hover preview shows the same (incorrect) number of days. If I open the event, it displays correctly.
Please fix this inconsistency.
Figure: Test event, created in a different time zone for Monday to Thursday – shows as Monday to WednesdayFigure: The same event (correctly) shows as Monday to Thursday when opened
In SharePoint it shows the file history fine. But the history doesn’t completely appear in the Desktop/Web versions of Office.
We find ourselves looking at version history when debugging SharePoint stuff for clients, and it is useful. Until now we had never gone to Word to view the history – so to find out it does not work is concerning 🔥
In SharePoint we see:
✅ Figure: Good Example – In SharePoint the file history is complete
In Web version of Word we see:
❌ Figure: Bad Example – Web version of Word shows disabled AD users as “Unknown”
In Desktop versions of Word we see (Note we see more file history in the desktop version too):
❌ Figure: Bad Example – The Desktop version of Word shows old users as “Unknown”
There are a few shortcuts on the OWA web app, like bold (Ctrl + B).
One thing I find myself commonly missing is the shortcut to indent/outdent text.
Tab of course will not work because it will be handled by the browser to focus on elements.
I suggest using Ctrl + ] and Ctrl + [ to indent and outdent respectively.
There are many other actions that do not have shortcuts, all the actions on the bottom of the email composer should have a shortcut, but for now this feature would be great.
Figure: Currently there is no shortcut to indent text in OWA
I often have problems giving specific feedback on Microsoft products and this example in Microsoft Outlook is an example.
Delay Send has been a feature I have used since I think the first version back in 1996.
Today I am sending emails to a co-worker at SSW on a Saturday and I see this cool new feature.
I think WOW! And I use it and think this Insight work Microsoft has done is super cool. ⭐
So I wonder how this works and look at “Delivery Options” and then I see this field is out of sync…
I think to myself that the old feature I use is client side.
I guess the new feature I am trying is server side.
Figure: BTW if I check off that check box “Do not delivery before” it sends the email immediately BAD BUG!!!
So I read the help and am not enlightened. ☹️
Figure: I’d love an “Advanced Help” link to the Microsoft Doc article. If a lot of people are clicking “Advanced Help” it might indicate that the help isn’t quite enough
So let’s tell Microsoft I didn’t like it.
I click “Not useful” and nothing obvious happens (see below image)
Suggestions:
I expect to see a red icon and a text field appear
I expect to be able to tell Microsoft why it is not useful.
I expect to get a URL that I can track the issue. This could be a nice integration point into Microsoft Rewards
Figure: If giving negative feedback, I would feel more heard if the down thumb went red. At least resize the icon to 3 times bigger so I know it was clicked