Time for the next level

[M]

I would consider myself a fairly advanced user of Office
products (with the exception of Frontpage and Access) but
I want to reach (or get near MVP abilities). I
sytematically went through, "Office XP: Inside Out" and do
not feel it had that great of an impact on me. It is well
written but difficult to apply the techniques described in
a practical manner. Is there a better book (online
tutorial) for "drilling" that would aid in more retention
of advanced concepts? Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

A couple of thoughts.

1. Using a tutorial or book to learn Office will only give you how Office
is "supposed" to work. MVPs and others who post here have used Office for a
long time and know how it does "not" work, or work as expected. That kind
of knowledge takes experience, not reading.

2. Your best bet for getting "MVP" like abilities may be to concentrate on
one program at a time. I concentrated on Outlook as it was the most
frustrating to me at first (Outlook 97!! - what a dog!). As you become
proficient in deciphering why and how errors occur and can be fixed, you can
branch out into the next application - for me Word as I use Word as the mail
editor of choice.

These are only suggestions and others may chime in with more opinions, but,
for the most part, these should be a couple of pretty good guidelines.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
M <[email protected]> asked:

| I would consider myself a fairly advanced user of Office
| products (with the exception of Frontpage and Access) but
| I want to reach (or get near MVP abilities). I
| sytematically went through, "Office XP: Inside Out" and do
| not feel it had that great of an impact on me. It is well
| written but difficult to apply the techniques described in
| a practical manner. Is there a better book (online
| tutorial) for "drilling" that would aid in more retention
| of advanced concepts? Thanks

 

[Guest]

OK. Is there anywhere that can get me started? An F.A.Q.
of well known errors and other ways in which any of the
Office products do not behaved as advertised?

 

[Beth Melton]

I'd say the best place to start is in the newsgroups.

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/


OK. Is there anywhere that can get me started? An F.A.Q.
of well known errors and other ways in which any of the
Office products do not behaved as advertised?