Vinod M Every day, millions of people use online collaboration tools, and specifically Microsoft Teams to communicate with friends, family and colleagues. In today’s comprehensive guide we will look into basic troubleshooting of some of the most common issues you might encounter when using Microsoft Teams. We’ll look and provide basic guidance on how to troubleshoot the … Read more
Here’s a question from Danny: I have recently started using Microsoft Visio to make use of diagrams, layouts, and charts. I understood that i can improve my productivity by automating much of the common work across different diagram / drawing files by using Office Macros. As i am pretty new to VBA development, i would … Read more
Here’s a question we just received from our reader Mark: I have been using the Microsoft Teams application for a few months now. I just found out that in Teams after 10 minutes or so, the Teams online status will automatically be changed to away (yellow). This happens if i work on other apps and … Read more
Here’s a question from a reader In my previous role, i need to use Slack on a daily basis, hence i had it installed on my Windows laptop, and automatically open up when I start my machine. In my current project assignment, i seldom use Slack, but i might need it from time to time; … Read more
Here’s a question from a reader: I am unable to change the text size in my collaboration tool, Zoom. I have been going around the options provided in the chat settings. But I do not find the way out. Can you guide me on how I can change my text size to make it a … Read more
To remove new line characters from a string in Python, use the replace() or the strip() functions. Here is an example of the code: Strip newlines / line breaks from strings – Practical Example In this post, we will outline three methods that you can use to delete newlines from a string. We’ll discuss each … Read more
Here’s a question from James: I am unable to find information on spell check from Microsoft Teams chat. It is frustrating as I do not know if I have made mistakes in my Teams chat during a crucial conversation with my clients. I tried to see if any online resource can help me with this … Read more
Here’s a question from Darren: I recently have installed Webex on my Windows 10 computer. I have all my clients using various collaboration tools, and for a specific client i use Webex to join the meetings. I noticed that the application always launches automatically every time I restart my Windows laptop operating system. I only … Read more
Create text files using Python To create text files in Python, use the open built in function with two key parameters: the file path and the mode in which the file should be opened. Use ‘w’ as the mode value to open the file for writing. Once the file is opened, call the write() build-in … Read more
Print strings to hexadecimal in Python You can use one of the following two methods to convert and print a python string as an hexadecimal: #1: Using hexlify Hexlify is a function available in both Python 2 and 3. Make sure to import the binascii library before using it. Hexlify allows us to encode our … Read more