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Until I worked for the Fed Govt, I worked physical laboreous jobs, auto tech, install prinkler systems, etc.. So when I got a desk job I basically learned MS office myself...
LOL @ this thread I graduated from college in 1972 long before computers were part of every day life. I'm now 63 years old and test out at expert in ALL MS Office products. How did I do this...self taught and I started out with the first versions, before that I was using the old DOS programs. I just got a new computer with Windows 8 and MS Office 2013, yes there are several things I haven't had time to figure out where they've re-arranged the info on. But really folks, it's not rocket science, if a little old lady like me can figure it out so can you, there are so many FREE resources online.
Congratulations (I guess...).
Nobody said it was rocket science. Nobody said that it can't be learned by people of average intelligence. What is being stated is that working with MS Office isn't 100% ubiquitous and that questioning one's proficiency is a suitable prerequisite.
The first Microsoft Office suite was released in 1989. For the Mac, no less. But MS Word was released in 1983 (1985 for the Mac version), and Excel in 1985.
Office's upcoming release was announced in '89, but it actually went live in January of 1990 for the Mac, and in November of that year for Windows.
To be honest, most software is very easy to learn. You do everything through the GUI! I can see how some people would struggle if they had to program or use command lines, but you really just have to point and click here!
I am shock how much some of these IT people get paid relative to what they actually do and know!
To be honest, most software is very easy to learn. You do everything through the GUI! I can see how some people would struggle if they had to program or use command lines, but you really just have to point and click here!
I am shock how much some of these IT people get paid relative to what they actually do and know!
Actually, IT people generally do go "under the hood" rather than doing everything through a GUI. Also, not every piece of software uses an intuitive GUI.
MS Office isn't even taught in college now, folks. You are expected to already own it and be able to use it by the time you get there. So with that being said, us millennials have used Office for years. I had a hobby of writing poetry and such when I was little, and I would do this on the computer because I hated handwriting, so I have been using Office for roughly twelve years or more now. Most others around my age probably less than that because I was a writing introvert back in the day
Office is inevitable, really. I had to use it all the time in high school. Not as much in middle school or elementary, but I used Office then too.
Isn't it amazing how I grew up with this stuff, and I know it like the back of my hand, but my parents can barely type?
Like most software, if you need to use it you will learn it otherwise probably not.
When I was the traveling IT Support person for a large Hotel group I got really good at solving peoples Office problems but am a very basic user myself.
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