Mac to PC, Gmail to Outlook: a time of mourning
October 22, 2019 3:47 PM Subscribe
Seeking resources to get up to speed in the PC world after a decade+ exclusively on Macs. Also shifting from an all-Google existence to Office 365. What videos, webinars, tutorials, articles will best prep me for the transition to different shortcuts, quick keys, mousing behavior, email navigation and more?
I'll soon be starting a new job where I will receive a Dell loaded with what I need to do the job, plus the company's prescribed security software. I'll be working with a fully remote team and clients, all in the cloud and supported by some third-party tech company. I've been Mac based and am a little nervous about adapting to the switch on top of the general new-job learning curve. I'll also be shifting from regular use of GSuite shared docs and Gmail to Office 365 and Outlook.
I'd love to know some of the best resources for a bit of study that will put me in a good place. Preferring short and easily digestible bites please. No interest in reading 50-page pdfs. Maybe a YouTube channel with a focus on "the 10 best PC hacks" or articles like "the 3 things about Sharepoint that you must know," and so on. A 3-webinar series, short bulleted articles, you get the idea. Also, I'm a Chrome devotee; is there any reason that should change? FWIW I was a regular PC user 15 years ago.
Help and thanks!
I'll soon be starting a new job where I will receive a Dell loaded with what I need to do the job, plus the company's prescribed security software. I'll be working with a fully remote team and clients, all in the cloud and supported by some third-party tech company. I've been Mac based and am a little nervous about adapting to the switch on top of the general new-job learning curve. I'll also be shifting from regular use of GSuite shared docs and Gmail to Office 365 and Outlook.
I'd love to know some of the best resources for a bit of study that will put me in a good place. Preferring short and easily digestible bites please. No interest in reading 50-page pdfs. Maybe a YouTube channel with a focus on "the 10 best PC hacks" or articles like "the 3 things about Sharepoint that you must know," and so on. A 3-webinar series, short bulleted articles, you get the idea. Also, I'm a Chrome devotee; is there any reason that should change? FWIW I was a regular PC user 15 years ago.
Help and thanks!
My only advice, as someone who personally uses Google stuff and works with Office 365 is seek counsel from your co-workers on how they do things. Also, when struggling to figure out how to do a particular task, ask co-workers first, then do research on your own time for the best ways to accomplish particular tasks. (Co-workers don't always know the best ways and should be used as guidelines but not as a substitute for your own research)
Fact is, most organizations use different subsets of the features Google and MS provide, so there probably won't be anything tutorial-wise out there that's tailor-made for you. You'll either get too much information or too little.
Sorry that this doesn't really address your question, but my experience having moved from a Google workplace to an Office one was one of slowly figuring out what I thought were the best ways to do things, one thing at a time.
To maybe make up for my lack of usefulness here, I'll offer you one tip, and it's that the search in Outlook is terrible. If you're used to Google's fantastic mail search this will be a pain point for sure. Make sure to create folders and sorting rules to make it easier to find messages.
posted by signsofrain at 1:59 PM on October 24, 2019
Fact is, most organizations use different subsets of the features Google and MS provide, so there probably won't be anything tutorial-wise out there that's tailor-made for you. You'll either get too much information or too little.
Sorry that this doesn't really address your question, but my experience having moved from a Google workplace to an Office one was one of slowly figuring out what I thought were the best ways to do things, one thing at a time.
To maybe make up for my lack of usefulness here, I'll offer you one tip, and it's that the search in Outlook is terrible. If you're used to Google's fantastic mail search this will be a pain point for sure. Make sure to create folders and sorting rules to make it easier to find messages.
posted by signsofrain at 1:59 PM on October 24, 2019
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