This is quite an unknown feature in Word and it can be really useful when you need to copy multiple blocks of text (even from different documents) and paste to re-arrange or create a new document.
Clipboard only holds one block of text but copy to Spike holds multiple blocks.
To gather text to the Spike, select the text (or image) and press CTRL+F3.
This cuts the text but you can press CTRL+Z to undo the cut action and the text will still remain on the Spike.
Continue copying text to the Spike using the same process.
When you want to paste everything from the Spike, press CTRL+SHIFT+F3 which also erases everything from the Spike.
If you want to paste the contents but not clear the Spike, simply type Spike and press Enter.
So what is metadata in SharePoint and should you be using it?
Metadata is information that describes a document for example, the filename, document title, who created the document, who last modified it.
You can create your own metadata fields in SharePoint that essentially categorises documents for example, is the document related to a certain project, if so, which one, or is the document of a certain type (proposal, agenda, budget etc).
You then use this metadata structure to filter and locate documents in a SharePoint library.
This then eliminates the need for nested folder structures, commonly seen on company network drives.
A well thought out and structured metadata approach in SharePoint document libraries is worth the time investment.
Without this, you will end up with a replication of a network drive, just simply in a different environment.
SharePoint Permission Groups
These have always been around, before Office 365 came on the scene, and these permission groups (Owners, Members, Visitors) allow you to control who has access to the SharePoint site only. Those users in the Owners group can grant or remove access as required.
Office 365 Permission Groups
Office 365 is really a collection of lots of different applications, such as Teams, Tasks, OneNote, SharePoint Online and many more, under the banner of Office 365. Office 365 permission groups control who has access to all of these services. This can be very useful for multiple applications that users should have access to and in most cases will do the job you need.
There may also be occasions though when 'Person A' needs to have access to the Office 365 services but perhaps should not have access to one of the SharePoint sites. So in this situation that's where the SharePoint permission groups come in. The administrator can access the SharePoint permission group and remove 'Person A' from access, still leaving the user access to the other Office 365 applications.
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