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New in SharePoint: use your own fonts!

Now you can personalize and unify your digital workspace by customizing SharePoint with your own fonts. With SharePoint Brand Center, a dedicated SharePoint site for brand assets, you can strengthen your brand and create a unified communications profile.

Use your own fonts in SharePoint. Image Source: Microsoft

SharePoint Brand Center provides a central platform for easily managing and deploying graphic brand assets, such as fonts, colors, and images, and more. First up is the ability to create custom font packages that you can use in SharePoint and Viva Connections. Soon there will also be a feature to create your own color themes.

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SharePoint header becomes both optional and removable

Are you ready for more flexibility on your SharePoint pages? A new feature in SharePoint makes it much easier to influence how the header looks and works. The header area, which was previously mandatory and permanently located in the header, instead becomes an optional banner area. This means that you can choose not to display the header at all on some pages and show several banners on other pages - if you wish.

Headern är en webbdel numera, som du faktiskt kan välja att ta bort — *The header is a web part nowadays, which you can actually choose to remove. Image Source: Microsoft*

What's new?

The header area with image, header and responsible functions is transformed into a Banner web part and offers new layouts; “Author” and “Fade”
You can choose to display any number of banners on your page and they can be placed in any column of the page, even the full-width space at the top.
The page title syncs with the header area, you change the title of your page and the file name also changes which makes it easier to find in the page library

Headerområdet omvandlas till en mycket mer flexibel Banner-webbdel — *The header area is transformed into a much more flexible Banner web part. Image Source: Microsoft*

So, if you find that the header area in SharePoint is taking up unnecessary space on your SharePoint pages, or if you want to highlight a subtitle a little extra on a page, this update will make it quite possible to fix it.

The new feature is being rolled out but won't change the default look of SharePoint pages, and you'll always need to have a header on your page to save or publish, even if you choose not to display the header.

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Double-click to open the attachment directly in Word

Soon it will be even easier to work with documents directly from your inbox in Outlook. Instead of having to download attachments first and then open them in programs like Word or Excel, you can quickly jump into editing mode with a double click. The attachment opens directly in the relevant desktop app on your computer. One simple click gives you a smooth preview directly in Outlook.

Dubbelklicka på den bifogade filen för att öppna den direkt i skrivords-appen — *Double-click the attachment to open it directly in the desktop app. Image Source: Microsoft*

The first time you open an attachment of a specific file type, you may encounter a security issue, but you can choose to permanently disable it for future files of the same type, so you don't have to repeat. By minimizing the steps required to get started with your documents, managing your attachments will be faster and easier than ever. This way you can focus on the most important thing - your work.

Improve collaboration by sharing your location information

In a world where hybrid workplaces are becoming the norm, how do we stay connected? The flexibility of hybrid work brings many benefits, and to meet the challenges that they can pose, Microsoft is introducing new features in Teams and Outlook to make it easier to share and manage your work schedule, whether you're working remotely or in the office.

Underlätta planeringen av möten genom att dela er platsinformation — *Facilitate meeting scheduling by sharing your location information. Image Source: Microsoft*

Everyone can easily specify their workplace and working hours, providing a clear overview for you and your colleagues and making scheduling meetings easier in a flexible work landscape. You can also easily update your workplace and keep your colleagues updated, which simplifies spontaneous meetings and collaborations.

Ställ in din standardarbetstid och -arbetsplats i Outlook — *Set your default working time and workplace in Outlook.*

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In an increasingly digitized work environment, many companies face the challenge of keeping information and communication efficient and accessible.
The solution is a well-structured intranet that means you can quickly refer employees to the right information on the intranet, eliminating the need to build solutions from scratch and dramatically reducing the inflow of email.

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