HELP! My wife needs to brush up on Word, Excel and learn the basics of powerpoints quickly

[diabeticman]

Anyone know of a free online site that can help her do this?

She got surprised by getting a call for a protential job BUT it requires her to show basic knowledge and she wants to brush up.

We get paid on Friday and she needs to take the test tomorrow.

[Nye Bevan]

1. This might be a starting point...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/

Good luck to your wife!

[diabeticman]

11. Thanks

[Journeyman]

2. Two pay sites I know are relatively inexpensive . . .

lynda.com and skillfeed.com

About $20 a month, unlimited use for the month.

Good luck.

[diabeticman]

10. Thanks

[Sopkoviak]

3. Use the Google

Search for program name and tutorial.

Lots of free resources.

[diabeticman]

9. Thanks

[edgineered]

4. Use the F1 key for help. Turn on the assistant.

can't help beyond that, serial short term memory lose, you know.

The help files are your only real solution if she is testing tomorrow.

[diabeticman]

8. THanks

[edgineered]

14. Skills tests, if remembering correctly,

might not be on the computer. They may be on paper or asked while she's sitting there. Do you know which way?

No matter which one, just a question of how indepth to go. All have the same basics though. Any question in particular on your mind?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

12. "serial short term memory lose"

Riiiight?

[edgineered]

15. when did i say that?

, um , uh, oh never mind, forgot

[ChisolmTrailDem]

16. LOL...

What?

[edgineered]

18. Think we have a chance to help her pass the test?

[TheDebbieDee]

5. Search www.youtube.com for tutorials for Word, Excel, etc...

There's more than just junk at youtube....

[diabeticman]

7. Thanks

[Nuclear Unicorn]

21. I second.the YouTube suggestion.

Not only will you find tutorials but they will involve real life solutions that put various elements together, not just abstract basics.

[diabeticman]

6. Thanks everyone.

[Live and Learn]

13. These look like a good start

http://www.skilledup.com/learn/business-entrepreneurship/free-excel-tutorials/

http://www.baycongroup.com/tutorials.htm

[Recursion]

19. Best of luck! Here's my suggestion

I personally have trouble learning from videos, so I like document-based tutorials. And universities tend to publish a lot of them. For instance:

http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/Tutorials/msword/index.php

http://www.arch.virginia.edu/computing/training/online/uw/ms_word/word_home.htm

http://www.utexas.edu/its/training/handouts/UTOPIA_ExcelGS/

http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/medialab/tutorials/powerpoint_how_to.pdf

[renate]

20. maybe if she shows up with an action plan...

... she can say "I'm going to brush up on Word, Excel, and Powerpoint using Resources X, Y, and Z." Even if she's not fluent right now, they'll be impressed that she won't just have a willingness to learn but an actual plan for doing so.

Good luck!