a word of caution if you are planning to take the MS Office basics course from Mindedge through AARP

[ChrisA5K4]

 long story short, you MUST have a FULL, paid version of Microsoft Office 365 in order to complete the MS Office basics course, this is not something you are currently told when starting the course.

the longer part...

 So, I decided that since it was now free to me through AARP I would take an MS Office basics class

for the third time since 1996 as I am unfamiliar with powerpoint and have used open-source solutions

for word processing and spreadsheets for the last 20 years and have not used a Microsoft product in ages... but as it turns out, Microsoft no longer includes installed program versions of Word or Excel, offering instead, access to their online versions which ARE NOT compatible with the current MS Office course offered by mindedge through AARP.

  I see this as WAY more of a Microsoft problem and less so a Mindedge problem...

but do be warned.

all the best.

[JamesB154364]

You are right. I am trying to use Excel and it is not compatible with this course unfortunately.

Thanks for the info.