CCI Tech Tip Tuesdays

Last week, we talked about Doodle for group scheduling .  Doodle can also be used to schedule one-on-one interviews, but another option is  Calend.ly , which is made for specifically this purpose and has many of the features you would want! For example, you have to schedule 20 people for one-on-one interviews in the next 3 days. You can either start e-mailing everyone back and forth, keeping track of replies as best you can, or you can set-up time blocks in Calend.ly, give all 20 people the link, and let each one pick their own interview date and time. With  Calend.ly  there are many customizable options including if there should be breaks between meetings, questions for attendees to answer prior to the meeting, creating a custom e-mail for people with additional information after they have signed up, and automatically updating your calendar with meetings.  It will also send reminder e-mails to meeting attendees. Want to learn more?  Visit...

Have a big group of people and need to schedule a meeting?  Find the ideal location to meet?  Pick the best lunch option?   Doodle  lets you set up a simple poll, everyone can select their preferences, and then you can pick the best option! Doodle pro tip: select the  Yes, no, if need be  option to allow people to pick maybe.  Or select Limit the number of votes per option  to let people sign-up for timeslots instead of a poll (for example if you are trying schedule one-on-one interviews). Learn more about setting up Doodle for scheduling. Learn more about setting up Doodle for non-scheduling polls (example locations, food choices, etc).

Sometimes you get a document that someone has edited with track changes, and while you would like to accept all of their bolding, italicizing, and font changing, you don't want to just accept all their edits. There is a simple way to accept all the formatting changes quickly, while leaving the other suggestions for you to sort through manually! Step 1: Click the arrow beside Show Markup from the Review ribbon and ensure that only Formatting is selected. Step 2: Click the arrow under Accept from the Review ribbon and click Accept All Changes Shown Click here to learn more.

In a past Tech Tip Tuesday, we shared how to mute a thread of e-mail replies that do not apply to you , whether you are using Outlook or Gmail.  How about if you are the one sending the e-mail?  To send an e-mail that eliminates reply-all e-mail threads, you simply BCC the e-mail list, and put our own e-mail address in the To line. For example, here is how we would send a Tech Tip Tuesday to all staff - ensuring that any replies only come to us, and not to all staff: Gmail: Web Outlook: