| Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet and data storage | | | | There are more than 26,000 Learning Partners in this |
| software program that is an important part of the | | | | network. Training is administered in two different |
| business management process in many organizations. | | | | manners. There is classroom based training and |
| An ability to understand this program and to work | | | | distant learning. These two methods have become a |
| with it is essential for all levels from entry to top | | | | common choice in most computer based training and |
| management. Many organizations list being able to use | | | | educational programs in the last decade. Each |
| Excel as a requirement for employment. The ability to | | | | individual must evaluate his own situation taking into |
| master this useful program will benefit anyone | | | | consideration his budget, his schedule, and his own |
| involved in business from a job applicant to the CEO | | | | ideal learning style to make a decision about which is |
| of the company. | | | | better for him. |
| Excel training exists at many levels also. The | | | | Microsoft Excel training is offered by either group. |
| software itself includes tutorials designed to get you | | | | The Microsoft Certified Partners for Learning Services |
| started. The Microsoft website offers additional | | | | (MCPLS) offer comprehensive hands on instructor led |
| training software that is also intended to give a user | | | | training at sites spread widely over the world. A |
| at least a working knowledge of Excel. For many | | | | directory on the Microsoft Excel training home site |
| people, this is as far as they take their training and as | | | | can guide you to a MCPLS facility in your area. |
| a result they both struggle with Excel and fail to | | | | Microsoft Official Distant Learning (MODL) partners |
| realize or utilize its tremendous potential. If you want | | | | provide training platforms that can be delivered |
| to get the most out of it, you need to accept its | | | | directly to your own computer. They provide the |
| complexity and recognize the need for some serious | | | | back up and technical support needed to complete |
| training. If you are able to reach the point where you | | | | the training and maximize its results. |
| can truly say you have "mastered" Microsoft Excel, | | | | It is possible to delve into Microsoft Excel if you have |
| you will have a leg up on the competition both within | | | | any knowledge or familiarity with spreadsheet |
| and outside of your company. | | | | applications, but this approach ignores the potential |
| Microsoft Office training is offered through a | | | | and only skims the surface of what Excel can do for |
| worldwide network of Microsoft Certified Learning | | | | you and your organization. The smart way to master |
| Partners. These organizations have passed rigorous | | | | Excel and get the most out of it is to take some |
| Certification examinations administered by Microsoft. | | | | formal Excel training from a Certified Partner. |