Readiness Resources for
Office 365
Readiness Resources for Office 365
Following are links to key resources providing information and documentation on working with
Microsoft Office 365. If an organization signed up for Office 365 and they need to start reading
email, sharing documents, and more, see the following resources to get started with Office 365:
Office 365
Get started with Office 365
Get started with the new Office
Install Office with Office 365
Use my Office desktop applications with Office 365
Set up and use Office 365 on your phone or tablet
Start using Office and Office Web Apps
Start using SharePoint sites, SkyDrive Pro, and Newsfeed to share documents and ideas
Start using Outlook Web App for email and calendars
Start using Lync for IM and online meetings
Change your account settings in Office 365 like your password or language
The following Office 365 videos are available:
Office 365
videos
Video: Welcome to Office 365
Video: Share Documents in Office 365
Video: Use email and more in Office 365
Video: Communicate with Lync in Office 365
Video: Use Office and Office Web Apps in Office 365
Also available is the following downloadable Office 365 training course, which includes the
preceding Office 365 videos to help you learn about Office 365, how to use mail, share documents,
and more:
Get to know Office 365
Office 2013
suite
See the Office 2013 clean, new look. The features that you know and use are still there—together
with some new features that are big time savers. To get started with Office 2013, see the following
resources:
Self-paced Office training
Office 2013 Quick Start Guides
Training on Office.com
What’s new in Office 2013
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Readiness Resources for
Office 365
Office Touch Users who are new to Office with Windows 8 on a touch screen can learn about touch and gestures
in the Office Touch Guide.
Guide
Access 2013 apps are built for the web for easier sharing and collaboration. Access Web App is a
new type of database that you build in Access, then use and share with others as a SharePoint app
in a web browser. To learn about Access 2013 see the following resources:
Access 2013
Access 2013 Quick Start Guide
What's new in Access 2013
Access training
Make the switch to Access 2013
Basic tasks for an Access app
Basic tasks for an Access 2013 desktop database
Excel 2013 has a brand-new look and it's also designed to help you get professional-looking results
quickly. To learn about new features in Excel 2013, see the following resources:
Excel 2013
Excel 2013 Quick Start Guide
What's new in Excel 2013
Excel training
Make the switch to Excel 2013
To learn about getting started with IM, presence, and contacts, and how to set up, join, or share
during a Lync 2013 meeting or set up your audio and video, see the following resources:
Lync 2013
Quick Reference guides about Lync
What’s new in Lync 2013
Lync training
Make the switch to Lync 2013
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Readiness Resources for
Office 365
Microsoft Office Web Apps are a part of most Office 365 plans. Depending on the Office 365 plan
that you purchase, you can use view and edit documents on the web. To learn about Office Web
Apps, see the following resources:
Office Web
Apps
OneNote
2013
Office Web Apps
Use Office Web Apps to work together in Office 365
Office Web Apps: Anywhere-access to Office documents in Office 365
Basic tasks in Excel Web App
Basic tasks in OneNote Web App
Basic tasks in PowerPoint Web App
Basic tasks in Word Web App
OneNote 2013 has a fresh, clean look. It is fully integrated with the cloud to enable you to free your
files from your computer’s hard disk drives so that your notes and information are saved and
searchable wherever you go, on almost any mobile device, tablet, or browser. To learn about
OneNote 2013 see the following resources:
OneNote 2013 Quick Start Guide
What's new in Microsoft OneNote 2013
OneNote training
Make the switch to OneNote 2013
Outlook 2013 has a brand-new look that is cleaner, and helps you focus on what’s important by
providing a clear view of email, calendars, and contacts. To learn about Outlook 2013 see the
following resources:
Outlook
2013
Outlook 2013 Quick Start Guide
What's new in Outlook 2013
Outlook training
Make the switch to Outlook 2013
PowerPoint 2013 has a brand-new look and is optimized for use on tablets and phones so that you
can swipe and tap your way through presentations. To learn about PowerPoint 2013 see the
following resources:
PowerPoint
2013
PowerPoint 2013 Quick Start Guide
What's new in PowerPoint 2013
PowerPoint training
Make the switch to PowerPoint 2013
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Readiness Resources for
Office 365
Project 2013 is a brand-new look and features that include a new set of customizable reports, builtin Lync features, and a task path feature that enables you to highlight how tasks interlink in
complex projects. To learn about Project 2013 see the following resources:
Project 2013
Project 2013 Quick Start Guide
What's new in Project 2013
Project training
Make the switch to Project 2013
Publisher 2013 provides new ways to work with your pictures. You can use the new picture and text
effects to move or swap pictures, and add visual effects to your publications. To learn about
Publisher 2013 see the following resources:
Publisher
2013
Publisher 2013 Quick Start Guide
What's new in Publisher 2013
Publisher training
Make the switch to Publisher 2013
Visio 2013 has updated diagram templates, new styles, themes, and other useful tools to help you
cut the time, you spend drawing. You’ll also find more ways to collaborate on Visio diagrams, and
new commenting features. To learn about Visio 2013 see the following resources:
Visio 2013
Word 2013
Visio 2013 Quick Start Guide
What’s new in Visio
Visio training
Make the switch to Visio 2013
Word 2013 allows you to add an online video, open and edit a PDF file, and easily align pictures
and diagrams. The new Read Mode works really well on tablets. Word includes improved
collaboration features, and has direct connections to your online spaces and streamlined review
features such as Simple Markup and comments. To learn about Word 2013 see the following
resources:
Word 2013 Quick Start Guide
What's new in Word 2013
Word training
Make the switch to Word 2013
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Readiness Resources for
Office 365
Experience Office 365 postupgrade
For Office 365 post-upgrade, the User Interface (UI) has been redesigned so that users can learn to
use Office 365 on their own.
To see for yourself:
1.
2.
Sign in to the Office 365 post-upgrade version with a user account (not an admin
account).
The first page you see is the “Get Started” page. The “Get Started” page helps users
do the most common and important tasks for anyone using Office 365.
Note: In usability studies, users were very successful at doing these tasks without the help
of an admin.
The following table provides component descriptions of the “Get Started” page.
This part of the UI
Online tab
Helps users to do this
Learn about:

Office 365 in general, and
what it includes

Outlook, Outlook Web
App, and importing email
to Office 365

Office and Office Web
Apps, including installing
Office and using Office on
Demand

SharePoint sites and
SkyDrive Pro, especially
ways to share documents

Key related topics and videos
Help topic:
Get started with Office 365
Videos:
Video: Welcome to Office 365
Video: Share Documents in Office 365
Video: Use email and more in Office 365
Video: Communicate with Lync in Office 365
Video: Use Office and Office Web Apps in Office
365
Training course (downloadable version of the videos):
Get to know Office 365
Lync, including basic tasks
and how to open Lync
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Readiness Resources for
Office 365
This part of the UI
PC & Mac tab
Phone & tablet tab
Settings tab
Helps users to do this

Install Office and other
apps the user has a license
for.

This page changes based
on whether the user is on
a PC or a Mac.

Click the name of your
mobile device to find out
how to make the device
work with Office 365.

The instructions vary for
each device, based on
what the device supports.

Personal settings, such as
changing your password

Tip: an admin can see the
users “Get started” page
by going to Settings >
Office 365 settings > Get
started.
Key related topics and videos
Install Office with Office 365
Use my current Office desktop apps with Office 365
Use my current Office for Mac apps with Office 365
Set up and use Office 365 on your phone or tablet
Change your account settings in Office 365 like
your password or language
Outlook, Calendar,
People tabs
Use Outlook Web App
Start using Outlook Web App for email and
calendars
Newsfeed,
SkyDrive, Sites tabs
Use SharePoint
Start using SharePoint sites, SkyDrive Pro, and
Newsfeed to share documents and ideas
Installed to the
desktop


Office client
Lync client
Start using Office and Office Web Apps
Start using Lync for IM and online meetings
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Readiness Resources for
Office 365
Office 365 Readiness Resources
IT Troubleshooting
http://community.office365.com/en-us/tools/troubleshooting.aspx
Office 365
community site
http://community.office365.com/en-us/default.aspx
End User Readiness
Office Quick Start Guides are here.
Administrative
type portal videos
Office 365 post-upgrade video training:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-suite-help/training-courses-for-office365-HA104031723.aspx
Office 365 pre-upgrade video training:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/office-365-video-training-coursesHA103177009.aspx
Help and Support
for Users
There are several ways that users can get help in addition to contacting their admin:
Home page on Office.com
Office 365 community (this is available to all Office 365 users, but is mostly used
by admins)
Office community
Admin content
about training
users
There is some content available now which helps admins on-board their users.
Get everybody ready to use Office 365
End user training resources for Office 2013 and Office 365
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