How can I learn Office 2007 basics in a reasonable amount of time.
If it takes say 5 weeks to learn to do basic things in Office 2007, then it
has to improve my productivity by more than 10% to pay for itself in a 50
week year. And if it doesn't pay off in a year, time's up because it will
probably be obsolete. So I need a way to learn the basics in much less than
5 weeks. Like about a few days. But having just spent five hours exploring
some obscure features I happened across, I do not feel much closer to
mastering it than before I started. I suppose having a human being who knows
it sitting at my elbow for a few hours would be effective. Any other
suggestions? (Dont suggest the Microsoft web site. I looked and it cannot
be done from there.)
Re: How can I learn Office 2007 basics in a reasonable amount of time.
"Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If it takes say 5 weeks to learn to do basic things in Office 2007, then
> it
> has to improve my productivity by more than 10% to pay for itself in a 50
> week year. And if it doesn't pay off in a year, time's up because it will
> probably be obsolete. So I need a way to learn the basics in much less
> than
> 5 weeks. Like about a few days. But having just spent five hours
> exploring
> some obscure features I happened across, I do not feel much closer to
> mastering it than before I started. I suppose having a human being who
> knows
> it sitting at my elbow for a few hours would be effective. Any other
> suggestions? (Dont suggest the Microsoft web site. I looked and it
> cannot
> be done from there.)
It does not require 5 weeks to learn to do basic things in any Office 2007
application, even Access. What features you need to use in an Office
application depends on what you want to accomplish. Most users never use
all of the features included in a Office application.
Now if you have no idea what a spread sheet or a database are, I can
understand why you are confused with Excel or Access.
Suggest you start by using Office for your normal work. If you have a task
that you want to do and Help is not sufficient ask in one of the newsgroups.
Every Office application has a newsgroup. Some have a specific newsgroup for
newusers {such as Word and Excel}. Access has a getting started newsgroup.
If your intent is to learn Office in the abstract {not related to your
specific job} and you live in US, suggest you check for courses at your
local community college.
"Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7DD02077-A19D-4B34-812E-AA61DCDDE6C9@microsoft.com...
> If it takes say 5 weeks to learn to do basic things in Office 2007, then
> it
> has to improve my productivity by more than 10% to pay for itself in a 50
> week year. And if it doesn't pay off in a year, time's up because it will
> probably be obsolete. So I need a way to learn the basics in much less
> than
> 5 weeks. Like about a few days. But having just spent five hours
> exploring
> some obscure features I happened across, I do not feel much closer to
> mastering it than before I started. I suppose having a human being who
> knows
> it sitting at my elbow for a few hours would be effective. Any other
> suggestions? (Dont suggest the Microsoft web site. I looked and it
> cannot
> be done from there.)
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