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