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Office 365 User Guide

By : Nikkia Carter
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Office 365 User Guide

By: Nikkia Carter

Overview of this book

Microsoft Office 365 combines the popular Office suite with next-generation cloud computing capabilities. With this user guide, you'll be able to implement its software features for effective business communication and collaboration. This book begins by providing you with a quick introduction to the user interface (UI) and the most commonly used features of Office 365. After covering the core aspects of this suite, you'll learn how to perform various email functions via Exchange. Next, you will learn how to communicate using Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams. To boost your productivity, this book will help you learn everything from using instant messaging to conducting audio and web conferences, and even accessing business information from any location. In the final chapters, you will learn to work in a systematic style using file management and collaboration with OneDrive for Business using SharePoint. By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with the knowledge you need to take full advantage of Office 365 and level up your organization's productivity.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Understanding Office 365
4
Section 2: Managing Microsoft Exchange
10
Section 3: Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
14
Section 4: OneDrive for Business
17
Section 5: Collaboration Using SharePoint

Configuring your personal settings

The Settings we will look at in this section pertain to the settings you get when you click on the gear from the Office 365 Home page. The gear menu changes as your make your way through the different applications in Office 365:

The following screenshot is just a portion of the Settings that you can configure for yourself as an end user. Let's walk through each of these options:

Some sections can be expanded by clicking on the down arrow to the right of them. For example, if you click the down arrow next to Themes, you will get a list of themes you can choose from. If you click on the down arrow next to the Start page, you will see a dropdown of start page options.

Some of the options that are available through the gear menu are redundant links to settings we have covered in the previous section; for example, we have already learned how...