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📢 Great news for OneNote users! 🖊️ We have added two new pens to your Draw tab in OneNote on Windows. The Fountain Pen offers fine, controlled lines—perfect for precision— while the Brush Pen adds artistic flair with smooth, adjustable strokes. Whether you're jotting down notes or getting artistic, these pens have you covered. Plus, it's easy to add them to your toolbar and start inking! Check out our newest blog from Victoria Chen, Product Manager on the Office AI team, give it a try, and let us know what you think: https://msft.it/6041maKez ✏️ #OneNote #InkingTools #PenAndInk

New Workflow and Planning Capabilities in Adobe Workfront --> Adobe Workfront Planning : A major release in Workfront will provide every user a unified view into all activities across the marketing lifecycle, through highly visual marketing campaign calendars and dynamic briefs. This new planning module connects records from every marketing campaign such as assets, timelines, project status and performance metrics to ensure organizations plan strategically and accelerate campaign delivery. Workfront and Frame.io : A natively integrated review and approval workflow will streamline collaboration between cross-functional teams. Any time a marketer creates a project in Workfront, a parallel project is automatically created in Frame.io (where creatives share content and track feedback). Any comments and assets shared will instantly be visible across both applications. Source: https://lnkd.in/e8ymKaDe

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We’re thrilled to introduce Workfront Planning, a powerful new tool in Adobe Workfront. I believe this tool will revolutionise marketing by seamlessly connecting fragmented workflows and delivering AI-powered insights. We hope this helps teams plan and execute campaigns quickly with exceptional alignment and efficiency. By enhancing visibility across all marketing activities, it drives smarter, data-driven decisions and accelerates time-to-market. #digitaltransformation https://ow.ly/obge30sGieV

Hey Microsoft, generic words for product names make for awkward language. When designing the usability of your services, are you thinking of how I can talk about using them in daily language? “I’ll set up a team on Teams,” or “let me loop you in the Loop doc.” Or was it intentional? Maybe I’m old fashioned but I like how Slack became a term that stands for the function the service enables, but doesn’t create ambiguity in context, and doesn’t require capitalization for clarity. I think product and service naming, and how that drives daily language around usage, is part of usability and accessibility…

Zoom’s homepage has a lot going for it. Much of the design and copy choices are worth emulating. One of the aspects I would instruct you to steer clear of? The lack of whitespace in the hero. I think Zoom can get away with this because they are Zoom. They are a category leader, about as entrenched as Microsoft in the space they are in. But from the moment I visited the page, having decided to analyze it, The first thing that struck me was “information overload”. That being said, when you take the time to read the copy and look at the design elements, nothing is necessarily superfluous. It’s quite possible that a downscaling of the visual elements on the right would completely fix this “busy” first impression. Alternatively, shortening the body copy might help with this problem as well. If I have any other note about their hero section, it would be this: where are the capabilities? Again, Zoom’s dominance in their category gives them the luxury of assuming you already know what Zoom does. Don’t emulate that. Looking for more annotations & analysis like this? Get TouchPoints in your inbox every Tuesday morning. Subscribe at Touchpoints . beehiiv . com

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Coming to Adobe Summit next month? Join me and Susan McLaughlin for top tips and tricks to implement and get the most out of Workfront! #workfront #adobesummit2024 #lifeatvanguard #AdobeWorkfront

#inthemeantime how do you nake sure your goverment and company info stays confidential- guess what you dont.. This isn't an all-you-can-AI deal. As the announcement explains, "Subscribers will receive a monthly allotment of AI credits to use Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Designer. The credits will also apply to apps like Paint, Photos, and Notepad on Windows." The option of a Copilot Pro subscription is available for subscribers who use more than the basic basket of credits.

I've ditched OneNote for Microsoft Loop Here's why: OneNote has been my go-to for meeting notes, organising thoughts and general brainstorming - great for structure. But the syncing and sharing? A headache, no matter the Microsoft tenant I've been in. Microsoft #Loop - I caught wind of Loop in 2022 as this nifty real-time collaboration feature in Teams. Initial impressions? Cool, but underwhelming - couldn't see much of a use case just within Teams chats. Fast forward to the full Loop web app launch, and I'm using it in my daily workflow. What I like - → Solid Formatting & UI/UX. → Task lists and @mentions - I can easily share loop pages → Planner boards now sync with Todo and Loop - Tasks sync across multiple apps. → As a Loom fan, the native video and screen recording features are decent There's lots of early Comparisions between Loop and Notion, it doesn't rival Notion. I'm keen to see where Microsoft takes this product.