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How to use Microsoft Sway - Tutorial for Beginners

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In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to get started with Microsoft Sway. Sway is an easy-to-use digital storytelling app for creating interactive reports, presentations, personal stories and more. Its built-in design engine helps you create professional designs in minutes. With Sway, your images, text, videos, and other multimedia all flow together in a way that enhances your story. 0:00 Introduction 1:13 How to get Sway via Office.com 2:38 Start page 4:46 Overall editing layout 5:33 Cards 5:55 Adding title, background image, and setting focus 8:00 Adding new card 11:00 Adding video 12:20 Adding a collection of photos 12:47 Move content around storyline 13:25 Design view 16:00 Navigating through a Sway 16:20 Play 16:49 Share 17:45 Responsive layout that works on desktop & mobile 18:16 Transform Word document into Sway 18:37 Getting back to a previously created Sway 19:04 Wrap up View the Sway that I created in this video here: https://sway.office.com/0K6FHmvFJ2HuuX7V?ref=Link&loc=play Check out Tara Brown's channel here (she took the photos of me that I used in this Sway): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS-M8bdfRsXijq3gIQ9RhQw As full disclosure, I work at Microsoft as a full-time employee.

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what is Microsoft Sway?', 'start': 13.861, 'duration': 2.743}, {'end': 26.393, 'text': 'Well, Microsoft Sway allows you to create visually stunning documents, presentations, newsletters and communications in a matter of minutes.', 'start': 16.664, 'duration': 9.729}, {'end': 36.901, 'text': "Now I've been playing around with Sway and I'm by no means a designer and I added some content in and I was able to make it look gorgeous in just a matter of moments.", 'start': 26.873, 'duration': 10.028}], 'summary': 'Kevin from microsoft demonstrates how to create stunning documents using microsoft sway in minutes.', 'duration': 36.792, 'max_score': 0.109, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk109.jpg'}, {'end': 94.936, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 50.052, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 51.734, 'text': 'You could either use it on the web.', 'start': 50.052, 'duration': 1.682}, {'end': 57.998, 'text': "There's also a Windows app, but the Windows app simply serves as a container for the web version of Sway.", 'start': 51.974, 'duration': 6.024}, {'end': 62.082, 'text': "So whichever one you use, you'll get the exact same functionality.", 'start': 58.379, 'duration': 3.703}, {'end': 65.203, 'text': "Today, I'm gonna show it on the web and show you how to get started with it.", 'start': 62.162, 'duration': 3.041}, {'end': 70.969, 'text': "Well, instead of me describing and explaining what Sway does, why don't we jump on the PC and first off,", 'start': 65.725, 'duration': 5.244}, {'end': 73.631, 'text': "I'll show you how you could get it and then I'll show you how you could use it?", 'start': 70.969, 'duration': 2.662}, {'end': 80.779, 'text': "Here I am on my PC and to get Microsoft Sway, let's head to the website office.com.", 'start': 74.111, 'duration': 6.668}, {'end': 85.225, 'text': 'Once you land on office.com, click on sign in.', 'start': 81.24, 'duration': 3.985}, {'end': 93.415, 'text': 'When you click on sign in, this will drop us on the sign in screen and if you already have a Microsoft account, you can go ahead and type it in here.', 'start': 85.765, 'duration': 7.65}, {'end': 94.936, 'text': 'and then sign in.', 'start': 93.875, 'duration': 1.061}], 'summary': 'Microsoft sway can be accessed via web or windows app, offering the same functionality. to get started, visit office.com and sign in with a microsoft account.', 'duration': 44.884, 'max_score': 50.052, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk50052.jpg'}, {'end': 137.411, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 111.893, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 118.938, 'text': 'On Office.com, not only are we going to get to Sway from here, but you also get all of these other productivity tools as well.', 'start': 111.893, 'duration': 7.045}, {'end': 127.004, 'text': 'You get Outlook, you get free cloud storage space with OneDrive, you get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, you get all of these different apps.', 'start': 119.018, 'duration': 7.986}, {'end': 131.887, 'text': 'Now, one thing you might notice is Sway is not part of the initial set of apps here.', 'start': 127.044, 'duration': 4.843}, {'end': 137.411, 'text': "To get to Sway, we need to click on all apps and then there's an option here that says Sway.", 'start': 132.267, 'duration': 5.144}], 'summary': 'Office.com offers sway along with other productivity tools, including outlook, free cloud storage, word, excel, powerpoint, and onenote.', 'duration': 25.518, 'max_score': 111.893, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk111893.jpg'}, {'end': 226.373, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 179.082, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 181.724, 'text': 'So this allows you to start from a blank canvas.', 'start': 179.082, 'duration': 2.642}, {'end': 184.627, 'text': 'Now you also have the option to start from a topic.', 'start': 181.784, 'duration': 2.843}, {'end': 192.773, 'text': "If I click on that, you could type in whatever the topic is and it'll pull in data from Wikipedia to help you get started on a Sway.", 'start': 184.967, 'duration': 7.806}, {'end': 197.577, 'text': 'And the third option here is you can also start from a document.', 'start': 193.334, 'duration': 4.243}, {'end': 201.42, 'text': "So let's say you have a Word document, a PowerPoint or a PDF.", 'start': 197.617, 'duration': 3.803}, {'end': 206.204, 'text': "If you click here, you can upload that into Sway and then you'll start from that.", 'start': 201.761, 'duration': 4.443}, {'end': 212.467, 'text': 'As I look down on the start page, I also see this section here that says My Sways.', 'start': 207.305, 'duration': 5.162}, {'end': 217.89, 'text': "This is where I can see any of the sways that I've worked on before right here.", 'start': 212.967, 'duration': 4.923}, {'end': 226.373, 'text': "I could also see sways that I viewed, so maybe not necessarily sways that I've created, but maybe a coworker or a classmate of mine created a sway,", 'start': 218.35, 'duration': 8.023}], 'summary': 'Sway offers starting options: blank canvas, topic, or document. my sways section stores previous work and viewed sways.', 'duration': 47.291, 'max_score': 179.082, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk179082.jpg'}, {'end': 273.166, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 246.488, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 251.351, 'text': 'As I work my way down the page, there are also Sway templates that you can simply start from.', 'start': 246.488, 'duration': 4.863}, {'end': 257.055, 'text': "So maybe you're not feeling inspired to start your own content and instead you could simply start from existing content.", 'start': 251.411, 'duration': 5.644}, {'end': 260.718, 'text': 'They have a few examples like a newsletter, a resume, a business presentation.', 'start': 257.095, 'duration': 3.623}, {'end': 262.137, 'text': 'So you could start from this.', 'start': 260.998, 'duration': 1.139}, {'end': 265.661, 'text': 'Just like in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, you have templates that you can start from.', 'start': 262.219, 'duration': 3.442}, {'end': 273.166, 'text': 'And then at the very bottom to help inspire you about what you could do with Sway, Sway also has featured Sways.', 'start': 266.101, 'duration': 7.065}], 'summary': 'Microsoft sway offers templates for easy content creation, like newsletter, resume, and business presentation.', 'duration': 26.678, 'max_score': 246.488, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk246488.jpg'}, {'end': 327.674, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 281.692, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 283.734, 'text': "Let's say if a Sway doesn't yet exist.", 'start': 281.692, 'duration': 2.042}, {'end': 291.98, 'text': "So to do that, I'm going to click on create new, and this will drop me in Microsoft Sway, and it looks pretty empty here right now,", 'start': 284.054, 'duration': 7.926}, {'end': 293.742, 'text': "because I haven't created anything yet.", 'start': 291.98, 'duration': 1.762}, {'end': 299.247, 'text': 'To orient you to Microsoft Sway, I want to talk about the layout here.', 'start': 294.142, 'duration': 5.105}, {'end': 303.35, 'text': "So some of the things you'll see is on the top, I have these two different tabs.", 'start': 299.307, 'duration': 4.043}, {'end': 308.014, 'text': "One of them is the storyline view and by default, I'm dropped within this view.", 'start': 303.79, 'duration': 4.224}, {'end': 315.881, 'text': 'The storyline is where I add all of my content into my Sway and where I organize the order in which my content appears.', 'start': 308.394, 'duration': 7.487}, {'end': 319.485, 'text': 'And then next to that, I have another tab called Design.', 'start': 316.381, 'duration': 3.104}, {'end': 322.909, 'text': 'Design is the look and feel of my Sway.', 'start': 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Emphasizes the key feature of Microsoft Sway in enabling quick creation of visually appealing content.', 'Sway is entirely free to use, available on the web and as a Windows app that serves as a container for the web version. Highlights the cost-free nature and availability of Microsoft Sway on both web and Windows app, ensuring accessibility for users.', 'Provides a step-by-step guide on how to access and use Microsoft Sway through office.com, including signing in with an existing Microsoft account or creating a new one. Details the specific process of accessing and using Microsoft Sway through office.com, emphasizing the ease of account creation and sign-in.']}, {'end': 246.288, 'start': 111.893, 'title': 'Accessing sway and its start page', 'summary': 'Discusses accessing sway from office.com, highlighting the different methods and options available, including creating a new blank sway, starting from a topic or document, and viewing analytics related to sways.', 'duration': 134.395, 'highlights': ['You can access Sway on Office.com along with other productivity tools like Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.', "To access Sway, you can click on 'All apps' and then select 'Sway', or use the app launcher menu and select 'Sway'.", 'The Sway start page offers options to create a new blank Sway, start from a topic using data from Wikipedia, or start from a document such as Word, PowerPoint, or PDF.', "The 'My Sways' section on the start page allows users to access and view previously worked on or viewed Sways, as well as analytics related to Sways.", 'With a Microsoft 365 subscription, users can view analytics such as the number of views and duration for which Sways were viewed, and manage deleted Sways.']}, {'end': 481.517, 'start': 246.488, 'title': 'Using microsoft sway for content creation', 'summary': 'Showcases the features of microsoft sway, including the use of templates, adding content, and customizing the design, to create a presentation about the user, kevin stratford.', 'duration': 235.029, 'highlights': ['Microsoft Sway offers templates for various content types such as newsletters, resumes, and business presentations, providing options for users to start from existing content. Microsoft Sway provides templates for newsletters, resumes, and business presentations, offering users the option to start from existing content.', "The layout of Microsoft Sway includes the storyline view for organizing content and the Design tab for customizing the look and feel of the presentation. Microsoft Sway features a storyline view for organizing content and a Design tab for customizing the presentation's appearance.", 'Users are able to emphasize, accent, and insert links in the text, as well as associate background images with headers in Microsoft Sway. In Microsoft Sway, users can emphasize, accent, insert links in the text, and associate background images with headers.', 'Microsoft Sway provides the option to use Creative Commons images for presentations, offering a wide range of sources including OneDrive, Flickr, Bing images, and more. Microsoft Sway allows the use of Creative Commons images from various sources including OneDrive, Flickr, Bing images, and more, ensuring availability of diverse content for presentations.', 'Users can set focus points in Microsoft Sway to control the visibility of specific areas in the background photo across different device types, ensuring optimal display. In Microsoft Sway, users can set focus points in background photos to ensure optimal display across different device types.']}], 'duration': 481.408, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk109.jpg', 'highlights': ['Microsoft Sway allows users to create visually stunning documents, presentations, newsletters, and communications in a matter of minutes.', 'Sway is entirely free to use, available on the web and as a Windows app that serves as a container for the web version.', 'Provides a step-by-step guide on how to access and use Microsoft Sway through office.com, including signing in with an existing Microsoft account or creating a new one.', 'You can access Sway on Office.com along with other productivity tools like Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.', 'The Sway start page offers options to create a new blank Sway, start from a topic using data from Wikipedia, or start from a document such as Word, 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{'end': 526.643, 'text': "And here I'm going to paste in some text about myself.", 'start': 523.841, 'duration': 2.802}, {'end': 531.406, 'text': 'If any of you are curious, I was born in New York City, grew up next door in New Jersey,', 'start': 527.023, 'duration': 4.383}, {'end': 534.708, 'text': 'went to school in Michigan and then I moved out to Seattle to work at Microsoft.', 'start': 531.406, 'duration': 3.302}], 'summary': 'Demonstration of inserting text, media, and groups of content for presentation.', 'duration': 33.42, 'max_score': 501.288, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk501288.jpg'}, {'end': 781.821, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 754.76, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 762.427, 'text': "And so one of the things that you'll see is within Sway, I have all these different headings and the headings serve as a container for the content.", 'start': 754.76, 'duration': 7.667}, {'end': 766.27, 'text': 'So here I could both expand and collapse the different headings.', 'start': 762.467, 'duration': 3.803}, {'end': 773.515, 'text': "Now, one thing that's very nice about Sway is just like the name implies, Storyline, I can move content around my page.", 'start': 766.69, 'duration': 6.825}, {'end': 781.821, 'text': "So here, I can simply drag and drop if let's say I wanna put this how I ended up with Microsoft after my photos or I could drag and drop it above.", 'start': 773.575, 'duration': 8.246}], 'summary': 'Sway allows easy organization and movement of content within different headings.', 'duration': 27.061, 'max_score': 754.76, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk754760.jpg'}, {'end': 799.755, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 773.575, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 781.821, 'text': "So here, I can simply drag and drop if let's say I wanna put this how I ended up with Microsoft after my photos or I could drag and drop it above.", 'start': 773.575, 'duration': 8.246}, {'end': 787.425, 'text': 'And similarly, I can also move the content within around as I see fit.', 'start': 782.321, 'duration': 5.104}, {'end': 792.469, 'text': "So it's very easy to move your content around and get it in a flow that makes sense.", 'start': 787.465, 'duration': 5.004}, {'end': 799.755, 'text': "I have all of my content in my Sway now and what I wanna do next is let's see what the design looks like.", 'start': 793.289, 'duration': 6.466}], 'summary': 'Content can be easily moved and organized in sway, facilitating a logical flow.', 'duration': 26.18, 'max_score': 773.575, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk773575.jpg'}, {'end': 882.952, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 856.37, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 861.655, 'text': 'Down here I could also customize my Sway with custom colors, typography and textures.', 'start': 856.37, 'duration': 5.285}, {'end': 863.796, 'text': "I'll click into that and show you what this looks like.", 'start': 861.695, 'duration': 2.101}, {'end': 870.582, 'text': 'So here I could set the colors I like, I could define the colors I like, I could even pick colors from my photo if I wanted to do that.', 'start': 863.816, 'duration': 6.766}, {'end': 876.827, 'text': 'I see different color palettes, fonts and then I could set how I wanna emphasize animations and the text size.', 'start': 870.922, 'duration': 5.905}, {'end': 882.952, 'text': "I'm gonna leave them as they are, but I just wanna show some of the controls and capabilities that you have within Sway.", 'start': 877.168, 'duration': 5.784}], 'summary': 'Customize sway with colors, fonts, and animations.', 'duration': 26.582, 'max_score': 856.37, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk856370.jpg'}, {'end': 1041.219, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1009.113, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1013.336, 'text': "And what good would it be to create a Sway if I didn't share it with others?", 'start': 1009.113, 'duration': 4.223}, {'end': 1017.739, 'text': 'And right up here in the top right-hand corner, I have the ability to share my Sway.', 'start': 1013.436, 'duration': 4.303}, {'end': 1021.142, 'text': 'And if I click on that, I could copy a link so people could view it.', 'start': 1017.759, 'duration': 3.383}, {'end': 1023.523, 'text': "Let's say I want to bring people in and let them edit it.", 'start': 1021.282, 'duration': 2.241}, {'end': 1025.365, 'text': 'I could also let them edit it.', 'start': 1023.884, 'duration': 1.481}, {'end': 1030.709, 'text': "I've included a link to this Sway in the description if you want to see what it looks like on your device.", 'start': 1025.685, 'duration': 5.024}, {'end': 1034.551, 'text': "I could even create a visual link and here's what that looks like.", 'start': 1031.329, 'duration': 3.222}, {'end': 1041.219, 'text': "It has more of a thumbnail view with the top heading and I could copy this and paste that let's say into an email message.", 'start': 1034.592, 'duration': 6.627}], 'summary': 'Demonstrates sharing options in sway, including link sharing and collaborative editing.', 'duration': 32.106, 'max_score': 1009.113, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk1009113.jpg'}], 'start': 482.057, 'title': 'Creating web pages with microsoft sway', 'summary': 'Discusses creating visually appealing web pages with microsoft sway, including adding images, videos, text, customizing design, and sharing options.', 'chapters': [{'end': 553.298, 'start': 482.057, 'title': 'Adding content to sway', 'summary': "Discusses how to add additional content types to a sway, such as text, images, videos, and tweets, and demonstrates inserting text and a heading. it also briefly mentions the speaker's background from new york to seattle.", 'duration': 71.241, 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The transcript provides a step-by-step demonstration of creating a visually appealing and interactive web page using Microsoft Sway.', 'Adding various content types such as images, videos, and text. The speaker demonstrates adding different content types such as images, videos, and text to the web page, providing a comprehensive overview of the available options.', 'Customizing the design and layout of the web page. The chapter covers the customization of the design and layout of the web page, including setting emphasis, adjusting the appearance of images and videos, and exploring different styles and color palettes.', 'Exploring sharing options for the created web page. The speaker explains various sharing options for the created web page, including copying a link, enabling collaborative editing, creating visual links, and sharing on social media platforms.']}], 'duration': 699.214, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/OrYYQvPilSk/pics/OrYYQvPilSk482057.jpg', 'highlights': ['The chapter covers the customization of the design and layout of the web page, including setting emphasis, adjusting the appearance of images and videos, and exploring different styles and color palettes.', "The chapter discusses the process of inserting various content types, including text, media, and groups, to enhance the Sway's visual appeal and interactivity.", 'The speaker demonstrates adding different content types such as images, videos, and text to the web page, providing a comprehensive overview of the available options.', 'The speaker explains various sharing options for the created web page, including copying a link, enabling collaborative editing, creating visual links, and sharing on social media platforms.', 'The speaker demonstrates adding text to a Sway by pasting in details about their background from New York to Seattle, providing a concise overview of their journey.']}], 'highlights': ['Microsoft Sway allows users to create visually stunning documents, presentations, newsletters, and communications in a matter of minutes.', 'Sway is entirely free to use, available on the web and as a Windows app that serves as a container for the web version.', 'Provides a step-by-step guide on how to access and use Microsoft Sway through office.com, including signing in with an existing Microsoft account or creating a new one.', 'The Sway start page offers options to create a new blank Sway, start from a topic using data from Wikipedia, or start from a document such as Word, PowerPoint, or PDF.', "The 'My Sways' section on the start page allows users to access and view previously worked on or viewed Sways, as well as analytics related to Sways.", 'The chapter covers the customization of the design and layout of the web page, including setting emphasis, adjusting the appearance of images and videos, and exploring different styles and color palettes.', "The chapter discusses the process of inserting various content types, including text, media, and groups, to enhance the Sway's visual appeal and interactivity.", 'The speaker explains various sharing options for the created web page, including copying a link, enabling collaborative editing, creating visual links, and sharing on social media platforms.']}