How essential are computer skills in non-technical academia today?

Basic knowledge of MS-Office is needed, at least. It is not that hard once you start with, try. **wishes luck**

@doesnotmakesenseatall Thanks, with an effort I could probably handle that. Is there an “Idiot Guide” to MS Office? +GA

Hello Valentine Michael Smith. You already know the answer to this question.

@Kelly_Obrien Yes, this dinosaur should just quietly sink into the tarpit, sans PhD. +GA

@stranger_in_a_strange_land
PhD is meaningless anymore. It merely indicates a person’s willingness to please his professor(s) by ensuring he will not stray too far too fast from the company line.

@Kelly_Obrien Which I won’t do anyway, so I would have to “shop” for a second-rate college willing to accept my thesis without jumping on any Profs bandwagon.

@stranger_in_a_strange_land

Good Luck!

@Kelly_Obrien Might have to do it the way Valentine Michael Smith did. LOL

@stranger_in_a_strange_land
I can Grok it! Try not to get yourself killed!

@Kelly_Obrien Only discorporate when the time comes.

@stranger_in_a_strange_land Stay away from large bodies of water like bath tubs. Discorporation will surely be if you surf in an ocean!
The abrupt change from rapport of water ritual to a situation in which a newly won water brother might possibly be considering withdrawal or discorporation would have thrown him into panic had he not been consciously suppressing such disturbance. But he decided that if it died now he must die at once also — he could not grok it in any other wise, not after the giving of water.

“Drink deeply…”

I do not know any such guide, try google. Might help. But really, it is not hard to use or start using MS-Office, specially ‘MS-Word’. **smiles**

@doesnotmakesenseatall I’ll give it a try. Thanks so much! :^) +GA

@Kelly_Obrien Yes, swimming pools can be dangerous for Martians, especially with nubile female humans around.

People need to be able to drive a car, but not everyone needs to be a mechanic or an engineer designing cars. It’s the same with computers.

Computers control the world today. In my opinion, a basic knowledge of hardware and oft-used software like MS Office is an absolute must regardless of what your job is.

@Austinlad @mattbrowne I’ve let things slip too much in the last 25 years. It’s catch-up time.