Microsoft Windows

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Microsoft Office Online Tutoring

Remote online tutoring at your fingertips

Get the power of one-to-one customized tutoring sessions when and where you would like them. Whether you're just starting out or want to improve some of your PC skills, el Consulting can help you manage your Microsoft (MS) Windows based PC effortlessly without having to leave the comforts of your home or office.

Remote online tutoring is available for MS Windows and MS Office products, MS Word and MS Excel. Each tutoring session is designed to help you improve your productivity by limiting the time it takes to perform routine PC tasks such as saving pictures/videos using proper file management techniques, using browsers efficiently, or inserting pictures into MS Word or MS Excel documents to add visual interest.

Basic

Get familiar with your PC by learning to use:

Browsers efficiently and easily.
The file management system to keep files from being lost.
Skype to make video calls, effortlessly.
PC quick strokes, short cuts, and other ‘tricks.’
Save files onto your PC from email, the web, Skype , and USB drives.
MS Word - learn about formatting, embedding and linking to pictures, copy & pasting text, using spell check, and more.
For MS Excel learn how to make and use simple spreadsheets including the art of highlighting, character fonts and coloring, cell coloring, copy and paste from within Excel and from the web, plus more.

Mid-Level

Learn more than just the basics. Gain an understanding of the:

Background behind Smart Browsing – the use of tabs, right clicking, and linking to websites.
Storage of pictures on smart phones and tablets.
Anti-virus programs that can help ward against malware and other threats.
MS Word formatting features for letters, creating a table of contents, linking to other files or executable files, and more.
MS Excel capabilities that involve working with formulas, tracking key data such as banking details, saving files with passwords, and much more.

Advanced

Perfect your skills like a pro. Adding to your abilities, learn:

How to take ownership of folders or files quickly so that you're able to add, delete, and update them.
How to configure browsers and make then do what you want.
How to save files from the web, email, smartphone, and cloud based storage accounts such as Google Drive, iCloud or Dropbox!
About free software options that can keep your PC running fast and smooth with top performance.
About external storage - such as large external USB and NAS drives and how to leverage them for improved productivity versus storing data in the cloud.
MS Word professional tips on how to make documents complete with a table of contents, glossary, bibliography, and more.
MS Excel professional tips involving the use of multiple worksheets, links to external sites or worksheets, and the ribbon for designing or editing files more easily.

Tutoring is customized to your abilities....

How would you describe your PC skills?

Basic - have used Windows or Microsoft Office, but know very little

Mid-level - know some things, but overall, pretty limited

Advanced - know quite a bit, but more could improve productivity

Supported Microsoft Versions

MS Office: MS Word & MS Excel

2007
2010
2013
2016 (Office 365)

MS Windows

Windows XP
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

About Our Tutoring Sessions

Every tutoring session is customized to meet your needs. Scheduling for all sessions is arranged to fit your availability. The first session is free (up to 1.5 hours). Each tutoring session is conducted online and managed remotely by Vincent LaVallee, owner of el Consulting and longtime PC veteran, from Chandler, Arizona. Because each tutoring session is customized to fit your needs, the length of time for the each session may vary in time, and the overall time to accomplish a stand alone level of knowledge will depend upon current ability/knowledge, your level of interest.

If you take the MS Windows Mid-level or Advanced Tutoring session, a PDF file with a complete MS Windows Tutorial is available at a greatly reduced price (50%). The Windows Tutorial is intended as a standalone resource for those who prefer to walk themselves through the various MS Windows features, and expand their Windows knowledge at their own leisure and pace. This tutorial shows you how to do everything with step-by-step screen shots and with detailed instructions, including a glossary and index, which allow you to quickly link to places of interest within the document for immediate reference and learning.

Payments/Invoices

We accept payment via personal check or PayPal. Payment instructions will be provided with each invoice, which will be sent out monthly, usually at the end of each month. For those who need special invoice timing, it will be sent on on a monthly basis on the date the individual prefers, in order to make the process as easy and affordable as possible. Each session is listed in the invoice, so, the invoice grows with each session or product order. The invoice includes the date, the start and end times, the hourly rate, the hours billed, and a very detailed description of what was covered in the session, which can also be used to reflect back to recap many of the steps or techniques learned that session. There is a summary at the bottom of each invoice, which will include all the session hours and costs related there from, as well as any purchases made on behalf of the client. These purchases are also listed individually, with online links to the product ordered to show the client exactly what was ordered. The line item for purchases will always include and shipping fees or tax. Order of product is always dropped shipped to the client directly..

"I also read his tutorial on the above subjects [MS Word, MS Excel, and Windows]. I would get back to him on any points that were not clear to me. He would then revise his Windows tutorial until it was clear to me; thereby being clear for most "beginners." ...I took many notes, read the tutorial, and practiced on my own. This was definitely equal, if not better, than any college class I have taken, due to the personal interest in my learning and hands-on approach."

Mary Downey, Prescott, AZ

"I have been tutoring with this amazing man for over a year now, and his patience has kept me going! I started out learning about file management so I can save my pictures and other files without losing them! I now can save pictures from all my devices (iPhone, iPad, iCloud), as well as from my email, directly from the internet, and via Skype too! "

Pat Kane, R.N.,

Long Beach, California

"Now I am learning Excel in order to handle and manage my banking on the computer. I love the patience Vincent has in teaching me in a step by step process! He has let me write the steps as he dictates each process, so that I can refer to these steps as I’m learning. He has also provided Excel video tutorials, showing the exact steps and mouse control to use Excel."

Shirley Haralson, California

"Vincent of el Consulting has been helping me with my computers for a while now and I’d like to recommend him to anyone who could use help in this area. He’s pretty detail oriented and he’s helped get me more organized. He’s shown me all this with online remote access. He also has a nice system of saving any apps that I’ve downloaded and installed, so they’ll be usable in the future if I ever buy a new computer or I replace the C: drive on my PC. Here’s my HIGH 5 🖐 to Vincent. ."

Jeff Davis , Orange, California

"I have been tutored and my computers have been under the care of Vincent at el Consulting now for 8-9 years! Early on, being a Windows basic novice, but well versed in Microsoft Excel, I learned how to use my computer effectively, and with increasingly lower and lower frustration levels. Initially, this meant learning about file management, then how to use browsers more effectively. So, I learned how to save my files in a coherent and logical folder structure, allowing me to find my files rather quickly. He then set up all my key software, such as the anti-virus product, system tools, MS Office, and assisted me with my AOL email, which is via a web browser! "

Graham Baxter

Reno, NV