Microsoft 365 Apps

Bookings, Forms, Lists, Loop, Planner, To Do, OneNote - the apps beyond the big three.

18 guides in this category.

How-To Guides

• How to Book Appointments with Microsoft Bookings - Set up a Microsoft Bookings page to automate your scheduling. Let clients and colleagues book appointments directly without back-and-forth emails.
• How to Create and Manage a Survey with Microsoft Forms - Create surveys, quizzes, and questionnaires in Microsoft Forms. Learn how to share links, track responses, and export data to Excel.
• How to Create and Use a List in Microsoft Lists - Track tasks, issues, and inventory with Microsoft Lists. Learn how to build, customize, and share lists with your team.
• How to Edit Videos for Free Using Microsoft Clipchamp - A beginner's guide to using Microsoft Clipchamp, the free video editor included in Windows 11 and Microsoft 365.
• How to Export and Analyze Microsoft Forms Results - Export Microsoft Forms responses to Excel, reshape the raw data so it can be counted, build a PivotTable, and share a read-only results summary.
• How to Export and Resize Videos for Social Media in Clipchamp - Instantly resize a horizontal video into a vertical format for TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts using Clipchamp.
• How to Use Branching Logic in Microsoft Forms - Send respondents to different questions based on their answers, end the form early for a disqualifying answer, and test every path before you share it.
• How to Use Microsoft Loop Components in Teams, Outlook, and the Loop App - Create and use Microsoft Loop components - live, collaborative content blocks that can be shared across Teams chats, Outlook emails, and the Loop app.
• How to Use Microsoft Planner for Task Management - Use Microsoft Planner to build task boards, assign work, track progress, and pin a plan inside the Teams channel your team already uses.
• How to Use Microsoft To Do for Personal Task Management - Get every task, flagged email, and Planner assignment into one list, and pick the handful you will actually finish today.
• How to Use OneNote for Note-Taking and Organization - Keep every note in one searchable place with OneNote — notebooks, sections, and pages that sync to every device and can be shared with colleagues.

Troubleshooting

• Fix Microsoft Forms Not Accepting Responses - Reopen a Microsoft Form that refuses submissions by fixing the audience setting, the response deadline, and the one-response-per-person rule.
• Fix Microsoft To Do Not Syncing Across Devices - Get the same task list on every device: find the account a task really landed in, force a refresh, and clear what is blocking the upload.
• Fix Missing Plans or Tasks in Microsoft Planner - Find plans and tasks that vanished from Microsoft Planner by checking your account, clearing filters, and confirming who the plan is shared with.
• How to Fix OneNote Not Syncing - OneNote showing a sync error, or edits from your phone never reaching your laptop? Check sync status, force a sync, and free the section that is stuck.

Explainers

• Understanding Microsoft Lists vs Excel for Tracking - Compare Microsoft Lists and Excel for shared trackers: column types, per-person views, and item history against calculation, charts, and offline work.
• Understanding OneNote vs Microsoft Loop for Notes - Pick the right one with confidence: what each tool is built for, where the content actually lives, and how to tell whether Loop is even switched on.
• Understanding Task Management in Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 ships three task tools - To Do, Planner, and Lists. Which to use for personal work, team projects, and structured tracking.