Custom Guide: Learning-on-Demand is a Minneapolis firm that specializes in customizable, computer training for users at all levels. The average employee is only familiar with 10% of a computer's features, they claim. They want to help businesses and non-profits fill in the other 90%.
They also make available more than 60 Free Quick Reference guides to help you start using the most popular computer software programs. They offer two-page tips for using the many Microsoft Office (2003 and 2007) products on the market, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and several others. There are also guides for getting started with Adobe products and web browsers including Internet Explorer and (my new favorite) Mozilla Firefox. The guides are very user friendly, with color-coded instructions and diagrams. You really can start using a program immediately.
Anyone with Internet access and a printer can print out these guides for free. The library has also copies several dozen of them for patrons to pick up and use on-site or at home. Just look for the "Quick and Easy Computer Guides" sign next to our local history collection. Or ask a library employee for help.
I don't know how much beyond a 10% familiarity with my own computer I'll ever get (seems that once I start feeling comfortable with a new program, they come out with a new version!) but it's nice to know there's some practical help out there.
And you can't beat the price. - Nanette
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