Mike A.
- Roanoke, VA 24015 ( 30.3 mi )
- Expert Microsoft Office Tutor
- Male
- Member since: 08/2018
- Will travel up to 10 miles
- Rates from $50 to $60 /hr
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On-line
In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: Computer Programming, Microsoft Excel
My comments on tutoring Microsoft Office : I have been tutoring Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access) for over 20 years and am very good at breaking down the concepts and making them easy to understand. I'll show you all the shortcuts and make your work easy, whether you prefer to work with the mouse or the more time-saving keyboard shortcuts available. And, if you need help in automation, I can show you how easy that is, too. (For example, if you do the same steps or type the same thing over and over, we can shorten that to just one keystroke or mouse click.) I can also help you with advanced programming like sending keystrokes or mouse clicks to another screen or automatically reading information that changes off of a website, like looking up a stock price and doing something with it, like inserting specific text if the price is above a certain value or inserting something different if the price is below a certain value. Or Word or Excel can automatically open every file in a directory and perform the same actions on it, like change some text, or insert a company logo, etc. In Word, I'll show you all the things you know Word can do that WordPerfect could but you can't figure out how. I'll show you all the time-saving things, like trigger abbreviations where you type sy for "Sincerely yours," or anything else you repeatedly type that you would like to blast out with a couple of keystrokes. You can even type a whole paragraph with a couple of keystrokes. I'll show you how to fit everything on one page when one line runs over onto the next page. And how to set up booklet printing. All the things that are so easy to do if the help screen were better. In Excel, I'll teach you all the time-saving shortcuts, too. And all the things people get frustrated with and can't figure out how to work around. In PowerPoint, I'll teach you how to make PROFESSIONAL LOOKING presentations that look like they came from a company. Get rid of all those words spell-check underlines in red, cluttering your presentation. And if you're flooded with email, I'll show you how Outlook can automatically respond to people with different messages for different people, pretending to be you, or Outlook can filter your mail based on who it's from or something it says in the subject or body of the email (like "Low-Priced Car Warranty"), or Outlook can play a special sound and do something special with your mail if it's from a VIP or priority person (like your boss or significant other). I can show you how to do desktop publishing and make brochures and trifolds with Publisher. And I can show you how to make simple databases to keep track of customers or inventory or things you want to be able to search quickly based on criteria (lookup customers by last name, lookup customers by ZIP code, lookup customers who spent over $1000, etc.). I work over Zoom, where we can share each other's screens in real time so we can be very clear and specific about what to do. With me, your first hour of tutoring is free (even if you don't continue) so you can see how much tutoring is going to help you. So, let's get started soon!
If you watch me closely during our sessions, you can see me secretly paying keen attention to you and how you learn best. For example, you might say, "It LOOKS like they want me to factor here." And I'll think, "Aha! LOOKS. Maybe you're a visual learner and like to SEE things explained and SEE examples. (About 80% of students are visual learners.) On the other hand, you might say, "It sounds like they want me to factor here." And I'll think, "Aha! sounds. Maybe you like to HEAR things explained, and you're a keen listener and like to hear things described clearly and specifically. Or maybe you'll say, "I FEEL like they want me to factor here" (as you tap the problem with your pencil). And I'll think, "Aha! FEEL. Maybe you learn by intuition and need to just jump in and work a problem or two with me step-by-step and discover the pattern of what's going on and pick up the FEEL of it. So... ... read more
