| Most people today have a basic understanding | | | | Generally it's not that employees don't want |
| of Microsoft applications, but very few | | | | to learn new ways to interact with the tools |
| utilize these programs to their maximum level | | | | they use every day, but that they aren't |
| of efficiency and effectiveness. Employees | | | | aware of the capabilities built into the MS |
| who have acquired a mastery of the Office | | | | Office suite of products. Because many |
| suite through top level training can work | | | | businesses don't require any type of |
| significantly faster and with fewer errors | | | | Microsoft Office training, the majority of |
| than those with only basic knowledge learned | | | | people are working with only a fraction of |
| through trial and error. Introducing | | | | any application's functionality. Whether |
| Microsoft Office training to employees is one | | | | your employees are using Word, Excel, Access, |
| of the most effective ways for any computer | | | | Outlook, PowerPoint, or Front Page, there is |
| centered company to considerably improve | | | | a Microsoft Office training course to shed |
| productivity. | | | | light on new ways of performing old and time |
| | | | consuming tasks. |
| How Microsoft Office Training Improves | | | | |
| Productivity | | | | Forms of MS Office Training |
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| Training is about much more than just simple | | | | Like any type of training today, there are a |
| shortcuts. Office is a highly interactive | | | | variety of ways to bring Microsoft Office |
| set of tools that users can customize to help | | | | training to your employees. Whether |
| them improve how they do their specific job | | | | instruction is giving at a training facility, |
| functions. For example, an employee who uses | | | | given in house by trained professionals, or |
| Microsoft Word to type out mailing labels can | | | | through self paced online training, there is |
| reduce processing time by as much as 80% by | | | | a training program to fit the needs of just |
| gaining a mastery of the mail merge feature | | | | about any company. |
| through a professional training course. | | | | |
| | | | Statistically speaking, classroom training is |
| Just about anyone using Office on a daily | | | | still the most effective way to transfer |
| basis is likely to discover at least one or | | | | information, especially for more technical |
| two ways to drastically cut time and improve | | | | topics. With face to face training, students |
| functionality after taking a training course. | | | | have the ability to ask questions, request |
| But perhaps the greater impact of Microsoft | | | | that information be explained in a different |
| Office training is the combined savings of an | | | | way, and see the instructor walk through the |
| entire office shaving small amounts of time | | | | practice examples in real time. Some |
| off of many small tasks like email | | | | Microsoft Office training facilities even |
| processing. On average, employees receive 42 | | | | offer customized training programs for |
| emails per day, so learning to archive mail, | | | | employers with more specific needs. |
| create mailing distribution lists, and create | | | | |
| rules can significantly improve the | | | | According to a recent study by Microsoft, |
| efficiency of an entire office. | | | | employees rated themselves as unproductive |
| | | | for about 17 hours during any given work week |
| Gauging the Level of Proficiency in your | | | | for various reasons including ineffective |
| Office | | | | meetings, unclear priorities, and software |
| | | | issues. With two complete days lost per |
| To get and idea about how much your employees | | | | employee per week due to inefficiency, there |
| know about the potential of MS Office, try | | | | is a lot of room for improvement. The |
| giving a survey to your employees asking them | | | | easiest way for any company to improve their |
| to list the functionalities of programs like | | | | bottom line is to improve their current |
| Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. If you | | | | processes; otherwise, growth only brings an |
| find that a majority are returned with | | | | exponential increase in wasted time and |
| responses like "word processor" and | | | | money. Microsoft Office training is one of |
| "calculator" respectively, your company | | | | the most effective choices any business can |
| should seriously consider MS Office training | | | | make toward increasing efficiency in the |
| for employees. | | | | workplace. |
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