Here are 5 questions for you to try and answer. Most of
the questions aren't tough. They are just "experience based" questions.
If you are a strong user of these pieces of software you'll
know the answer.
1) Windows software (any version
since 1995): If you have 2 or more programs running at
the same time many clients minimize windows one at a time in
order to display their desktop.
What is the keyboard command to minimize
all program windows and display the desktop?
2)
Word software since 1995: This is an
beginner-intermediate question.
How do you build a keystroke code for typing common phrases?
For example, if I type the initials "rk" and press a certain key, Word
types the phrase: Richard Kraneis, TechSpectrum. How is
that time saver done?
3) Excel software since 1995: This is a
classic and one of my favorites. Less than 1% of my
clients know the answer. In
Excel, how do you instantly display all of your formulas so they
display not as values but as logical text? Users often
click on one formula cell after another trying to understand
what the formulas are doing. There really is a technique
that in less than a second displays the logic of all of your
formulas.
4)
PowerPoint software since 1995: Years ago clipart was 95% +
Caucasians. Since then the trend is to more diversity (and
that's a good thing). But you can still customize your clipart
through changing the colors of people and clothing to the colors you
want. You can even take objects from one clipart and put it into
another.
In PowerPoint, how do you change clipart colors and re-combine
objects? If you have a clipart image of four Caucasians at a
business meeting how do you change the skin tones of the
individuals to reflect the ethnic diversity of our society?
5) Access software since 1995: Access is very
different software and it forces us to think in different ways.
Answering this question means that you truly are an intermediate
Access user and beyond. This is the most difficult question in
this quiz (don't feel bad if you don't have the answer).
In Access,
how do you design and build 1:many relationships into your database?
Perhaps you are a salesman and you contact people several times before
you make a sale. How do you keep track of the potential client
and all of your sales contacts? That's called a one:many
relationship.
6) Internet and Email: This is an intermediate
question. Sometimes we want to send an email to someone at a
company but we don't know them and don't have their email.
Using a web browser like Internet Explorer or Netscape, how do you go
about trying to discover or guess someone's email? No special software is
needed for this technique.
How did you do in testing
your computer knowledge? If you'd like to know the answers just
email
rkraneis@techspectrum.com
along with your answers. Hopefully, you will request on-site
group or private computer training.
