I have to use a new tool at work. What do I learn first?

The few things to learn first in a new work tool, mapped from the one you’re leaving behind.


When to use
When your team switches software, or a new job runs on a tool you’ve never opened.
Time
5 min
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New job, first month Step 3 of 7

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I have to start using at work. Until now I’ve used , mostly for . Don’t tour every feature. Give me the handful of things I need for that work, in the order I’ll meet them. Where my old tool had the same thing under another name, say so. Then give me one practice exercise, built from my real work, that I can finish in under an hour. Add three habits from the old tool that will trip me up in the new one. Tools change often and you may be describing an older version, so mark anything you’re unsure of and tell me what to look up in the official help pages.

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