Microsoft Office

[bluesqueak]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Kirstini" <kirst_inn at y...> 
wrote:
> Oops. I've accidentally applied for a job which requires me to 
> have extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office. And I may have 
> accidentally mentioned on my enclosed letter that I was quite 
> proficient in said software manipulation. Now I come to think 
> about it, it may have popped up somewhere on my cv too. I might  
> have also put something about being "highly computer literate..."
> Ummm - I don't really know how to work Microsoft Office (although 
> I've done a bit of Power Point stuff)...does anyone on list? Would 
> it take me a long time to learn -i.e, more than three weeks? 
> Should I perhaps just kill myself now? I may die of embarrassment 
> anyway. 
> Kirstini 
> (begging no-one to reply saying something like "Power Point isn't 
> in Microsoft Office", as I've already suffered heartache today 
> when my housemate pointed out that 58wpm really isn't that fast...)

Anything over 50 wpm is usually perfectly acceptable these days 
(unless they expect you to spend the entire day copy-typing).

I learnt my Office skills by using a CD rom teaching program. The 
one I used, Step by Step, is out of print atm, but if you've got a 
specialist computer bookshop in your town ;-), they'll probably have 
a selection.

They can be expensive, but you have to figure 'how much are these 
job skills worth to me?'. 

Also try Amazon, and look what the approval ratings are on various 
courses.

The CD rom will usually run you through all the expected skills - if 
you treat it as a full time course, you should be OK in 3 weeks.

Mine also had the unexpected bonus that I can now manage a very nice 
Californian accent ;-)

Pip!Squeak

[The classic acting 'oops, I lied' is the actress who was asked if 
she could swim. She said yes, and then was told the scene involved 
being out at sea, drowning. Desperate for the job she shrugged 
mentally, smiled, and said 'Drowning? Oh, that's one of my 
specialities.' ]