New User Instructions
Spring 2015 Office 365 New User’s Guide
This guide will help new users transition to using Office 365!
Page 1. How to login
Page 4. Using calendars
Page 1. Support resources
Page 5. Transitioning from FirstClass
Page 2/3. Using email
Page 6. Cloud Storage
How Do I Login?
Desktop Shortcut on a PC:
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Right click on the desktop
1.
Open any browser.

Click on New and Shortcut
2.
Go to “www.limestone.on.ca”
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3.
Click on the “MyO365 Login” link at the top of the screen
Type: “http://
myo365.limestone.on.ca/
4.
Use your Active Directory login
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Click Next

Type “Office 365”
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Click “Finish”
If instead, you want to use a direct address,
you can go to “myo365.limestone.on.ca”
How Do I Find Resources to
help me?
1.
Open any browser.
2.
Go to “www.limestone.on.ca”
3.
Click on the “MyITS” link at the top of the screen
http://MyITS.limestone.on.ca
http://helpdesk.limestone.on.ca
Home Screen Shortcut on an iPad:

Open Safari Browser

Type: “http://myo365.limestone.on.ca/

Press Enter

Click on the Share Link

Choose Add to Home Screen
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Rename if you want. Click Add
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New User Instructions
How Do I Use Email?
1.
Login to Office 365
2.
Click on the email app
How Do I Set My Signature?
Email Address:
Until the switch, O365 will be using a temporary email address:
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Open the email app

Click on the Gear at the top right
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Click on Options

Click on Layout
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Click on Email Signature
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Make changes and click
Save.
[email protected]
the switch, your email will automatically switch from being sent
to FirstClass to being sent to Office 365. The email address in
Office 365 will then be the one we used in FirstClass
How Do I Attach a File?

Click on the Insert link
[email protected]
Creating a New Email:

Open the email app
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click on the word “New” on the left hand side of the screen
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Enter the person’s name in the “To:” box.

All students and staff are in the directory already!
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Use this form: “lastname, initial”. So for example:
“smith, j”. Use a space after the comma. Then
press enter
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To check to see if you have the correct person, you can click on the email address that
comes up to see their information.

Write your add a Subject, write your email and click Send
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FYI: History and
Unsend are not
available in Office
365!
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New User Instructions
How Can I See Which Emails Are
Read/Unread?
How Do I Get My emails from FirstClass to
Office 365?
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The instructions for transferring emails from FirstClass to
Office 365 are located at:
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http://myits.limestone.on.ca/Office_365/
Firstclass_Outlook/
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There is a number beside the name of the folder
indicating the number of unread emails
Emails that are unread have a coloured Subject
lines. The color depends on the theme you chose.
Mobile Devices:
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Email is available on many devices. Check out
our MyITS website at:

myits.limestone.on.ca/Office_365/mobility/
Organizing Your Email:
Finding Emails:
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On the left hand side you will see
your folders.
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You can search for key words
in emails

Create new folders by clicking on
the Plus Sign beside the word
folder (use a PC or Mac for this).
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Choose which messages to
include


Drag and Drop emails into folders
to keep them sorted
Choose when the email was
likely received

Instructions to create folders
within folders are located in
myITS at http://
myits.limestone.on.ca/
Office_365/O365%20Folders%
20in%20Folders.pdf
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Information Technology Services
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New User Instructions
How Do I Use Calendar?
1.
Login to Office 365
How Do I Get My calendar from
FirstClass to Office 365?
2.
Click on the calendar app

The instructions for transferring your calendar
from FirstClass to Office 365 are located at:
http://myits.limestone.on.ca/Office_365/
Firstclass_Outlook/
Creating a New Event:

Open the Calendar App

Click on the word “New” on the left hand
side of the screen
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Give your event a title at the top.
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Type in the names of Attendees. They will receive an email
inviting them.
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Set the Date, Time, Duration, etc. Set “Repeats” if this is a
repeating event.
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If you have more than one Calendar, choose the calendar the
event is to go in.
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Click on Save/Send.
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Note: if the event is a reminder to do something and does
not make you busy in that time frame, change the “Show As”
to “Free”.
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Mobile Devices:

Calendar tools are available on many devices.
Check out our MyITS website at:

myits.limestone.on.ca/Office_365/mobility/
Creating Calendars:
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You can create more than one calendar (use a
PC or Mac to do this)
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Hover your mouse pointer over “My Calendars”
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Click on the Plus sign and name your calendar.
Sharing Calendars:
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You can share calendars with others
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Select the calendar you wish to share

Click on the “Share” link on the upper right

Enter the person, press enter and decide
what permissions to give them
New User Instructions
Transitioning from FirstClass
We will be transitioning from FirstClass in 3 Phases:
Phase 1: Email will switch from FirstClass to Office
365. You will continue to use conferences in
FirstClass, but all email traffic will be in O365. Websites will remain in FirstClass.
Phase 2: Conferences and Shared Calendars will
migrate over to Office 365. Websites will remain in
FirstClass.
Phase 3: Websites will be migrated.
When Will FirstClass Disappear?


FirstClass will remain active for a year after the initial
migration, giving you a year to move your resources.
Instructions for moving your emails, contacts and calendars are on the myITS website at: http://
myits.limestone.on.ca/Office_365/Firstclass_Outlook/
How Do I Move My Resource Files
From FirstClass Onto My PC or
OneDrive for Business?

You can drag and drop Files from FirstClass
to your PC or network drive.

You can drag and drop files from your PC directly onto your OneDrive.

You cannot drag files directly from FirstClass to
OneDrive.
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You can select and drag multiple files at one
time.
Do I Need to Move My Emails,
Contacts, etc. Out Of FirstClass?
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You only need to move the FirstClass resources that you want to keep
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Instructions for migrating your emails, contacts and calendars are on the myITS website at: http://myits.limestone.on.ca/
Office_365/Firstclass_Outlook/
Do I Have To Log In To Two Different Sites?

Yes during the initial period, you will need to log into Office
365 for your email, and FirstClass for your conferences.
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Will My Email Address Change?
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Nope! It will still be [email protected]

Prior to the migration Office 365 will use a
temporary email address, but this will disappear when we migrate.
New User Instructions
What is OneDrive?
OneDrive is online or “cloud” storage for your files.
You can open it from anywhere, so you always have
access to your files.
How Do I Use OneDrive?
1.
Login to Office 365
2.
Click on the OneDrive app
Working With Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and
OneNote Files In Office 2013:
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When you create or open a file in OneDrive/Office 365, by
default it is saved to OneDrive.
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Files open initially in the Online editor. This online editor has
many of the features of the full version of the program.
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The Online editor saves automatically to your OneDrive.

You can change the name of your file in the online editor.
Click on the name at the top of the document, and type in a new name. Click on the
document below to have this name save.

If you want to edit the document in the full version of the
program, click on the “Open In” link.

The document should continue to save to your OneDrive. To
ensure the document is saved to OneDrive, click on the special save icon.
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How Do I Get Files From My PC Onto
My OneDrive?

You can drag and drop files from your PC directly onto your OneDrive. You can select and
drag multiple files at one time.

If the file you want is in FirstClass, drag it first
to your PC and then to your OneDrive
Transferring OneNote Notebooks:

OneNote Notebooks are not simple files, but
rather collections of folders, and cannot be
dragged into OneDrive.

Visit the myITS website for instructions on
transferring OneNote Notebooks to OneDrive
How Do I Organize My OneDrive?

You can create folders in OneDrive. Click on
New and choose Folder. Name your folder.

Once you have folders, drag and drop files
into them.
How Do I Transfer Folders?

You cannot drag a folder from a PC into
OneDrive at this time.

To get around this issue, create and open a
new folder in OneDrive and then drag files
into it.