[HPFGU-OTChatter] Microsoft Office

[Shaun Hately]

On 5 Sep 2003 at 16:59, Kirstini 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...)

Kirstini, if you have Office available to you (so you can practice), get 
a good book about its ins and outs, if you can and start practicing. If 
you can do PowerPoint, you obviously have at least intermediate-level 
Office skills already, and three weeks should be more than enough to 
develop fairly advanced skills. 

As for typing speed, 58WPM isn't actually too bad - it depens on the job 
- for a professional typist, it'd be borderline today - for someone who 
is expected to type as part of their job, it's fairly reasonable (where 
I work 70WPM is considered fast, 45 WPM is the point of acceptability) 
and with practice from regular use, you'll find that increasing pretty 
quickly.

Basically, don't panic - you should have time to live up to your CV - 
but if you can, start today.


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