Upgrading Microsoft Office Knowledge

[Huntingwhale]

My wife is looking to get some exposure to the world of MS Office, as she never used it back in her home country. With her wanting to transition her career to more of an administrative/office environment, MS Office will be vital for her to know. Obviously there are online tutorials and such, but she prefers to learn via an instructor either in class or online.

I used to use some training companies a while ago when I was starting out my own career, but the ones I used seem to be gone now. I found some courses on BV College which seems like a good fit. A few random sites here and there.

Looking to see if anyone has any suggestions or can recommend any good learning workshops for a MS Office (specifically Excel & Word) beginner?

[calumniate]

LinkedIn learning is free where I work. Not instructor based but could be complimentary? You get workbooks and content to follow along with. Bvc non-credit used to have good stuff.. would have to check

[I_H8_Crawford]

Depending on level of knowledge, you can start with Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/projects/ge...oft-office-365

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by calumniate

LinkedIn learning is free where I work. Not instructor based but could be complimentary? You get workbooks and content to follow along with. Bvc non-credit used to have good stuff.. would have to check

It’s available free through CPL.

https://calgarylibrary.ca/read-learn...g-for-library/

[getbak]

You can get free access to LinkedIn Learning with a library card, which is also free in Calgary.

The BVC courses look like they're all what's they call Anytime Online, meaning you work through the course at your own pace on your own schedule without any scheduled instruction time, but there is an instructor available, as well as some group discussion forums available for the students to chat with each other and the instructor. I'm not sure if that would work for her.

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by I_H8_Crawford

Depending on level of knowledge, you can start with Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/projects/ge...oft-office-365

This is a really cool site!

[DoubleF]

Start with a Youtube video of what these programs can do and how they're typically used. Then afterwards, jump into the programs once you have an idea about what is going on from 100 feet up.

For excel, I always used Exceljet, but I concur that lots of what is taught there is excessive for what most people typically require.

If you actually use almost everything in Exceljet and some of the other programs, you have to quietly ask why the company is using excel rather than going to a database type program. Then you ask yourself whether you should stay.

Seriously speaking, this is the case with some companies who are worth hundreds of millions and some in excess of a billion dollars. You've probably heard of them in the news and didn't even know it. It's idiotic and an obvious sinking ship if management can't even figure #### like that out at that levels of a company of those sizes. 7 days to do calculations that should take 70 seconds with the right tools. It's moronic for a million dollar company, let alone hundreds of millions or a billion.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

It’s available free through CPL.

https://calgarylibrary.ca/read-learn...g-for-library/

CPL probably also has free access to Udemy training as well. Lots of self-paced instructor led courses you can sign up for on Udemy.