> Basic technology skills easily transfer. All office software is similar, it does not matter what you learn. I had the benefit of being taught how to use spre

> Basic technology skills easily transfer. All office software is similar, it does not matter what you learn. I had the benefit of being taught how to use spreadsheets. Not Excel. Not even 1-2-3. I also had the benefit of being taught how to use word processors. Not Word. Not even WordPerfect. The teacher understood that transferable skills had to be taught since they knew the product we were learning with would never be used in the workplace. My mother was taking similar courses around the same time, only they were geared towards the workplace. She was provided with three books over an inch thick that walked the students through a particular product. One set of books for Word, then another set of books for WordPerfect. These courses didn't treat skills as transferable, and I'm sure a lot of students suffered because of that approach since I have seen many people freeze up or complain when presented with a product they weren't taught.