Office365 Instructions

Office 365 starts in the Outlook tab for your email

At the top of Office 365, you’ll find a set of tabs that will take you to the different tools of your Office 365 account.

Click on the different tabs to switch to other areas of Outlook Web App.

Use this area to change your personal information and sign out of your account.

 

Use this area to change settings and options.

Create a new message by clicking on the new mail icon.

Folders
Folders will be on the left hand side of your screen. The folder list includes the folders in your mailbox and Favorites. It may include other folders, such as archive folders.

You can hide this pane by clicking the chevron icon at the top.

You can expand and collapse folders in this view by clicking the triangle icons next to the folder names.

Search Window
Type what you want to search for here, such as the name of a person you want to find messages from, or text that you want to search for to find a particular message.

Messages
A list of messages in your Inbox or the current folder is in the center column. Each entry in the list view has additional information, such as how many messages there are in a conversation and how many are unread, or if there is an attachment, flag, or category associated with any messages in the conversation.

When a conversation is selected, you can delete it, add a flag, or add a category by clicking the icons. At the top of the list view are filters that you can click to quickly find messages that are unread, that include your name in the To or the Cc line, or that have been flagged. In addition to the filters, you’ll see the name of the folder you’re viewing and the view that you’ve selected.

The reading pane is on the right side of the screen, where the conversation that you’ve selected is displayed. You can respond to any message in the conversation by clicking the links at the top of the message.

Open an item in a separate window
By default, you read and create items in Office 365 either in the reading pane, or in a window that overlays the main window. For most items, to open them in a separate window, simply double-click the item in the List pane.

To open a message that you’re reading in a separate window, click the extended menu icon and select open in separate window.

For more extensive tutorials on email, please visit Microsoft’s Learning Center.

Click on the Calendar tab to open your calendar.

Create a new event by clicking new event. An event can be an appointment, a meeting, or an all-day event.

Use the mini calendar to navigate from one date to another. Shading will show you what days you are currently viewing and darker shading marks the current date.

You can view more than one calendar at a time. This section lets you add other people’s calendars and select which to display.

 Select the view you want, and share or print your calendar.

For more extensive tutorials on using the Office 365 calendar, please visit Microsoft’s Learning Center.

This is where your contacts are stored. From here, you can find, create, and edit your contacts. Also, you can search for contacts in your organization’s directory.

Create a new contact by clicking new contact.

 

All the places you can find contact information.

Search People

Type a person’s name here to search for them in your contacts and in your organization’s directory.

The list of contacts for the current directory is in the center column. The contact card for the selected person is on the right side pane.

Click the icons to send a message or create a meeting request for the person displayed.

To change or reset your Office 365 password, follow the instructions below.

1. Go to https://home.cunyfirst.cuny.edu
2. Click on the Change Password link.
3. Enter your User ID or your Empl ID, your old password, and your new password. Click OK.

Note: If you forgot your User ID and your Empl ID, then try to proceed
as a “First Time User.” This will not create a new account, but will
simply regenerate your previous account.
Passwords Must Be:
– Between 8 and 12 characters long
– Contain at least 1 upper-case letter
– Have at least one number (1, 2, 3, etc.) or special character (&, %, !)
– Cannot be one of the last 4 passwords you’ve used
Remember that your Office 365 Password is an identical copy of your CUNYfirst Password.

If after following above instructions correctly you cannot login to Office 365 with your NEW Office 365 password, try to login with your OLD Office 365 password, which is your OLD CUNYfirst password. If unsuccessful, try to login with your NEW Office 365 password at later time.

If you need further assistance, contact the Helpdesk at 718-997-4444 or help@qc.cuny.edu

OneDrive is cloud based storage and access to the web based Office 365 suite.

For more information click on the link provided on-screen after clicking on OneDrive.

Click on new to create a new file in your preferred application.

You can use your Office 365 account to install Office on up to FIVE devices (PCs, Macs and mobile devices).

To start the install click the Settings gear and then Office 365 settings.

On the left hand side click on Software.

For more information on installation requirements and help click on the link at the bottom of the Office 365 screen that reads Review System Requirements.

Click on Install.

This will now install the latest version of Office on your device.