2007 Upgrade Training

[trainingheaduk]

Has anyone been involved in a large scale upgrade from Office 2000 - 2007.
I'm looking at an upgrade of approximately 4000 users in multiple locations
and need to build a training plan. The issues I'm facing stem from business
heads not recognising the value of formal training for this upgrade. Does
anyone have any examples of where training has proved valuable, or indeed
where not investing in training has resulted in a negative experience?
Any comments would be greatfully received.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

One thing to impress upon the powers who control the money is that the user
interface for the core Office 2007 has changed drastically. Training will
help these folks get up to speed much faster than making them go on a
scavenger hunt for the commands they want to use. Time lost = money lost.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Try the Microsoft Web pages. Lots of good advice.
Start here
The Solution Showcase
http://www.microsoft.com/office/showcase/default.mspx

 

[Jacinthe]

This may be overly simplified ... but what worked for me when our office
upgraded (shortly after the 2007 release) was to push 2007 to the "powers
that be" computers first (our company policy is no more than x computers per
day to allow for support to keep up if need be). They were almost
immediately confused by the new interface and realized the value of formal
training.