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Change Your Campus Directory Listing

The UC Davis staff directory is a helpful tool for letting the campus community know how to contact you. It’s also connected to the campus’s email system, so changes that you make to your directory listing will also show up when someone searches for you in Outlook.

Browse Securely with HTTPS

How can you tell if your connection is secure? All of the major internet browsers will display a lock icon in the address bar if your connection is secure

Book Shared Resources

Outlook calendars provide a space for your team to efficiently communicate the scheduling of shared resources (e.g. conference rooms, hoteling spaces, vehicles) and shared calendars (e.g. vacation). 

Copy and Paste Formatted Text

Keep text copied from web pages consistent with your document’s formatting by choosing the paste method that’s right for you by selecting one of these options when right-clicking to paste text.

Snipping Tool

Save yourself 1,000 words by using the Windows Snipping Tool to capture and include a screenshot of your next email or document. This handy program can be found by clicking the Start Button and typing “Snipping Tool”, which will search for and find the application in whichever version of Windows you’re using.