Learn MS office

[bosco]

My wife has somehow spent the last 15 years in the banking industry as a manager with little interaction with MS office. Well now she needs to learn it. What's the best way for a novice to learn MS Office. I mean from Word to Power Point. She's been asking about video professor but I don't know. Maybe the dummies books?
Anyone have any suggestions?

[rightcoast]

To many free options for that
Call me cheap but there is to much info on the web for that. Use these...

http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/O...PTutorial.aspx
http://www.roanoke.edu/Computing/tutorials.htm

Those are good and this site has 83 different tutorial sites to choose from.
http://www.techtutorials.com/Applica...rosoft_Office/

That should keep her busy

If your wife is familar with computers, Video Professor is going to way under her head (as opposed to over, heh)

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[Stryker]

Originally Posted by rightcoast If your wife is familar with computers, Video Professor is going to way under her head (as opposed to over, heh)

Very true rightcoast...
I had an opportunity to see a few minutes of a Video Professor guide a few months back and it was extremely basic. There was a 32 step process to learn how to right click! (well, maybe not quite that bad)

Stick with the websites as suggested by rightcoast. I'd recommend she also keep them bookmarked at work in case she ever runs into a problem. It's a quick reference that will come in very handy.

Stryker

[bosco]

Great. Thanks. Those websites look pretty good. We'll give them a shot.

[PMich]

Originally Posted by bosco What's the best way for a novice to learn MS Office.

It kind of depends on the level of proficiency needed. If she just needs to be able to get around in office, then a web tutorial would be sufficient. I honesly think the best way, for a number of reasons, is through a structured classroom environment.

1. Its broken down into logical segments. The task of trying to learn Office is far more daunting than learning how to do a specific task or set of tasks within an office program. I realize that web tutorials do this as well.

2. It brings in an impartial instructor. If she were to do web based tutorials, you would become her instructor, and, regardless of everyone's best intentions, the two of you may get put unwanted situations involving a lot of spousal frustration.

3. It shows a willingness on her part to her superiors that she is willing to continue to improve and add to her skill set. She may even be able to get reimbursed for education expenses.

4. In general, learning in a classroom environment allows you to hear terms instead of reading them. Depending on the kind of learner you are, audible tones may stick with you better than visual cues from words. I think this goes a long way into learning the terminology and knowledge of the jargon used in Office apps allows you to ask appropriate questions and better understand the answers that are given to you.

I would suggest that you check with your local community college about evening classes for learning Office and possibly weekend intensive learning seminars if her schedule is tight.

This turned into a bit of a soap box, but I will get off it now. HTH

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