Certification
Microsoft offers certification in MS Office products such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel. This testing is based upon knowledge of command name and menu location familiarity alone. While Microsoft Office Certification is a good base or prerequisite for any training, recognition and location alone is not enough for advanced document center and legal office production.
Our training is quite different in that it is based on the ability to produce a variety of documents through understanding the functionality of commands, which commands are best (judgment) for speed, functionality and office automation. We take our students to the next level of training - document specialists. Large businesses require consistency and speed as many users will need to access and reuse documents quickly and effectively.
Microsoft's Office Certification does not provide the level of testing to accurately access an individual's ability or understanding to create documents quickly and efficiently - especially those in legal and high level financial industries. These require both strategy and judgment when creating and editing documents. However, it does provide a fundamental understanding of both basic computers and Microsoft's menus which is a necessity prior to additional office training. Understanding how to use them effectively is the next step. This is the reason as to why many Microsoft Certified users fail high level legal and financial word processing formatting tests.
Our testing and training requires that a variety of documents be produced quickly and accurately using standard legal and financial methods. Setting a document up properly is one of the foremost important talents for any good secretary or operator as most documents are reused and edited multiple times by multiple users. Formatting must be consistently styled, easy to understand and edit. All of our students understand these concepts and have mastered them before completing our courses.
AdvanceTo has developed a multitude of tests for our students to complete before our certification is given. Editing and proofing are also included in document production as they are necessary tools in everyday office work. Hence, we include document comparison software training such as Workshare (DeltaView), Adobe Acrobat and MS Word's compare, editing and proofing features to our training to ensure a thorough understanding of electronic blacklining is present before they are hired.
In addition, was also include document management software (DMS) using programs such as iManage (Interwoven).
We produce the highest level of legal and financial secretaries, assistants and word processing operators - our document specialists through our training.
Our training is quite different in that it is based on the ability to produce a variety of documents through understanding the functionality of commands, which commands are best (judgment) for speed, functionality and office automation. We take our students to the next level of training - document specialists. Large businesses require consistency and speed as many users will need to access and reuse documents quickly and effectively.
Microsoft's Office Certification does not provide the level of testing to accurately access an individual's ability or understanding to create documents quickly and efficiently - especially those in legal and high level financial industries. These require both strategy and judgment when creating and editing documents. However, it does provide a fundamental understanding of both basic computers and Microsoft's menus which is a necessity prior to additional office training. Understanding how to use them effectively is the next step. This is the reason as to why many Microsoft Certified users fail high level legal and financial word processing formatting tests.
Our testing and training requires that a variety of documents be produced quickly and accurately using standard legal and financial methods. Setting a document up properly is one of the foremost important talents for any good secretary or operator as most documents are reused and edited multiple times by multiple users. Formatting must be consistently styled, easy to understand and edit. All of our students understand these concepts and have mastered them before completing our courses.
AdvanceTo has developed a multitude of tests for our students to complete before our certification is given. Editing and proofing are also included in document production as they are necessary tools in everyday office work. Hence, we include document comparison software training such as Workshare (DeltaView), Adobe Acrobat and MS Word's compare, editing and proofing features to our training to ensure a thorough understanding of electronic blacklining is present before they are hired.
In addition, was also include document management software (DMS) using programs such as iManage (Interwoven).
We produce the highest level of legal and financial secretaries, assistants and word processing operators - our document specialists through our training.
