Loop components let you share one piece of content in several places, and every copy stays up to date. Change it once, and the change appears everywhere it has been pasted. That includes Teams chats or channels and Outlook emails. If you have ever worried about which version of a list is the right one, this is the fix.
What are Loop components, and why would I want them?
Think of a task list that lives in one place but can be seen in many. Everyone who has access to any of those places can edit it. The information stays current without you chasing anyone.
You can make Loop components from most content on a Loop page, or from the whole page. In this post, I’ll use a simple table as my example.
Step one: add something to your Loop page
Start on a Loop page. Type a forward slash to bring up the menu, then choose the content block. Loop builds it for you.
I used a simple two-column table with a date and a task. In the first row I entered 1 December, send out Christmas cards. Nothing fancy, which is exactly the point.
Step two: turn it into a component
Your content block on the page is not yet a component. You need to convert it. Hover over the six dots beside it and left-click them. Then choose the option to create a Loop component.
For my example, the table now sits inside a box labelled “component”. Everything you created is included. Look in the top right-hand corner of the box and you will see three icons.
- The first shows where the component is shared.
- The second is Copy component.
- The third shows who has access.
Click Copy component. Your browser may ask for permission to copy. That is normal, especially the first time. Just allow it.
Pasting your component into Teams
Now head to Teams and open your channel. Paste with Ctrl+V. Give the component a moment to load, then add a message, such as “Quick shared task list”, and post it.
Here is the clever bit. You don’t need to choose an edit option. Just click into the component and start typing. I added a row for 4 January, the first working day of the year, with a reminder to send a welcome email for 2027. I pressed Tab to finish the entry.
The change appeared in Teams straight away. When I went back to the Loop page, it had updated there too.
Pasting your component into an email
Either return to Loop and copy the component again. Or your component may still be on your clipboard. Open a new Outlook email and paste it in. You’ll see the latest version, including the January row. I sent it to myself with the subject “Quick task list”.
Then I added another row to the table: 23 December, wish everyone a merry Christmas. I pressed Tab again. The change showed in Outlook, then in Teams, then on the Loop page. It even corrected a capital letter I had missed.
You can turn a whole Loop page into a component, too
A table is only one example for a content block. You can also make the entire Loop page into a component. That’s handy when you want everything on the page to stay in sync, not just one block.
Look at the top right of the page and you’ll see a component icon. Click it, and the whole page becomes a component. There’s no need to hover over anything or pick individual blocks.
So you’ve got a choice. Make a single block into a component, or make the whole page one. Pick whichever suits what you’re sharing.
Why this makes life easier
With Loop components, there is no more guessing which copy is the newest. Everyone who has access sees the same information, wherever they happen to be working. They can also make changes themselves.
Try it yourself – create a table on a Loop page. Turn it into a component, then share it in Teams or Outlook.
How will it change the way you work with colleagues?
Anyone who has access to the place where it is pasted can edit it. The third icon on the component shows you exactly who has access, so you can check before you share.
Written with the help of Claude AI, from an original transcript.
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