computer training

[dorisday]

I am being made redundant soon and need to sort out some computer training. I need to know more on word, Excel and Powerpoint. Anyone any suggestions of courses I can do at home.?

[ACtheTROLL]

suggestion for at home study is don't

some of the IT training schools promise the stars and charge the earth.

You need the basics - word processing is only putting words in a document and formatting the layout to make it easy to read - the basics apply to 90% of all documents
so you will need a small set of skills(it's the words that count)

again spreadsheets are simple enough to use - its the twiddly bits that take the time - once you have the basics - it becomes very job specific

go to your local tec and see what they have on offer - it will be free (or just about)
so if you no likee - nothing lost

[VHG]

Talk to your local college or visit your local library.

Many places do free training for basic computer understanding or learning office products

[darcydark]

Hi, Most firms now seem to want ECDL and the next step is ECDL advanced.

They each cover Excel, Powerpoint, Access and Word.