Microsoft® Office® Professional 2013 Plain & Simple

Chapter 18. Make contact now with Lync 2013

In this section:

• Signing in to Lync

• Getting started with Lync

• Personalizing your Lync information

• Adding contacts

• Adding external contacts

• Viewing and finding contacts

• Having instant conversations

• Making phone calls with Lync

• Making video calls with Lync

Microsoft Lync 2013 is the real-time communication tool that helps tie together all your collaborative and in-the-cloud work. Whether you’re engaged with with colleagues down the hall or around the world, with Lync, you can have conversations, hold meetings, share files, and work jointly.

The new features in Lync 2013 span across all its communications capabilities, from new ways of viewing your contacts, such as by group or relationship, to new ways of working ...