Taking software class online can be a nightmare, especially when you are stepping into a world of softwares that you don’t understand. Not always will a professor help you explain the software. Neither can a professor that is in a complete time zone reach over your shoulder to explain that software to you.
I was to download free trial of Microsoft Outlook, go to a friends house, or go to a public library to gain access to that program. The free down load would down load, but never install. In fact, it told me the very product key that was emailed to me by Microsoft was invalid or corrupted and encrypted with errors.
I went through a period of time uninstalling, and then reinstalling as I waited a sessions of ten for three hour downloads. Still I achieved nothing. My homework was due soon and I had not time to waste, so I went to my local public library. I waited a period of 30 minutes to get onto a public computer. Typed in my temporary guest pass as it was not my regular assigned public library. To see the computer was limited of access to the programs, a question to a few librarians and since I left the computer meant I had to wait again until someone was finished with their hour time to be up. A librarian finally came over to a computer and unlocked it to reveal that they didn’t even have the software.
The librarian then called the surrounding other libraries and asked if they had the software, the answer was NO.
Microsoft I had learned is an email client and a calendar database. If it was used for such a numerous amount of thing, wouldn’t one think that a lot of people would use this software. Especially when it is used by some large businesses.
This isn’t the case I learned, Microsoft Outlook is getting quickly replaced by black berries, and other small pocket sized systems. Not only but your cell phone has a note that can allow you to add notes to remind yourself that you have an important appointment. Then in event that you need a calendar, your cell phone also has this ability to remind you. These options come free with these devices and to get the software of Microsoft Outlook will cost someone $140.00 as an estimated price.
I contacted Microsoft on this problem of down loading their free trial the answers were not helpful. They had reported problems with the new Microsoft Outlook software and a patch was available for my problems. I asked what problems they were referring to and the answer the representative gave me was that rather than their focusing on Microsoft Outlook they would now be focusing on Microsoft Word for the a reason of raising security.
The HTML messages that should appear dressed up are not loading, neither are the animated GIF images playing. The program has supposably become less popular. Certainly, the world of technology is constantly changing and people are also trying to search for more efficient and cheaper ways of doing things.
