How do I learn to do Microsft Word and Excel and things like that?

Question

Alot of jobs ask if you can do those things..what are they and how and where can I learn to dothose things?

Answer 1

most local career centers have free tutorials on their computers that can walk you through the basic of these programs. Also you may want to contact your local adult learning center/library for available classes that may be available for little or no cost to you. If you have access to a computer you can go directly to the Microsoft website where you can work on tutorials that will teach you how to use their programs.
Here's the link:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/FX100565001033.aspx

Answer 2

Microsoft Word is a word processing program and Excel is for spreadsheets. If you are familiar with any other types of word processing and spreadsheets you can use these, but you will have to learn how to use the different functions. Lotus 1-2-3 and Quattro Pro are spreadsheet programs also and Wordperfect is another version of a word processing program. You can download a free trial of MS Word and MS Excel at www.microsoft.com and check them out. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

You'll have to buy Microsoft Office or go to a library where they have it on the computer for free. My suggestion would be to then try to create different types of documents- brochures, graphs, reports, etc and figure it out. It would take forever to learn every feature but that way you can learn the most important ones. When you are in Microsoft Word and Excel, click on every link at the top and click on every option to see what it does.

Answer 4

There are tutorials built in, or you can take classes, ot get books on it, would recommend including power point. one problem that might arise is the costs of the program. A viable option is open office which is basically identical and available to all for free at openoffice.org.

Answer 5

They both have tutorials built in but if you need live direction you can always sign up for classes.

I know many adult programs across the nation offer classes on microsoft office.

Answer 6

At book stores, there are always books on both those programs. Also, experimenting with programs works probably even better.