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Create a Tree View for Your Pages in Sharepoint

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Case: You have some pages in Sharepoint that you want to present as a tree due to the parent-child relationship between them. Requisites: Pages created in Sharepoint. Steps: Open each page and use the 'Promote' option: Click on 'Add page to navigation':   You will have all the pages shown in the navigation bar:   Edit the navigation bar and click '...', 'Make sub link' for the page that you want to be a child of the previous page in the navigation bar:   Repeat the steps until you see the structure you want and save it:   Results: The pages will look as parents and children in the navigation bar:  

Download Video Transcript from Microsoft Stream

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Case: You have a video in Microsoft Stream with transcription enabled and you want to download the transcript. Requisites: Video in Microsoft Stream with transcription enabled. Steps: Open the video in Microsoft Stream. Click on '...' and 'Update video details'. Click on 'Download file' under the 'Options' section and save the vtt file. Go to https://web.microsoftstream.com/VTTCleaner/CleanVTT.html Upload the vtt file with the 'Choose Files' option. Results: The webpage will show the vtt formatted and ready to be copied, therefore, you can use the text as you wish.  

Stop Spam or Phishing Email Without Filtering

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Case: You receive spam or phishing in your email inbox and you want to avoid it without using the spam or phishing filter. Requisites: None. Steps: Open the email in your inbox.   Show email's header, in Gmail use the 'Show original' option.  In the header, find the 'Received: from' section and copy the IP address (last numbers between brackets). Go to https://check-host.net/ip-info , put the IP in the textbox and click on 'Info'. Look for the 'Whois' section and click on 'Retrieve whois data'. Look for any 'abuse' section where you can get the email to report the spam or phishing email. Report the situation to the email you just found. Results: The IP that sent the email reported will stop sending spam or phishing emails.

Create a Folder Grouping Messages From Different Accounts in Thunderbird

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Case: You have several accounts in Thunderbird and you want to have one folder that will show you the messages from all the accounts. In this case the folder will show all the emails in the sent folder of each account that where sent in less than 7 days. Requisites: Thunderbird. Steps: Go to 'Local Folders' and then to 'Search Messages...'.     Click on 'Save as Virtual Folder'.   Put a name to the new folder and click on 'Choose...'.   Check the folders you want the messages to be collected from and click 'OK'.       Tick 'Search Online' and put the criteria, in this case all the messages that were sent less than 7 days. Then click on 'Update'. Results: The 'Sent' folder will be created and will show the messages in the folders defined that comply with the criteria.