Play Game and Become Expert of Microsoft Office

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Microsoft has created a game Called “Ribbon Hero” that will help you to get familiar will all the features ofMicrosoft office. Users with a limited knowledge can add this game to their office and could boost their knowledge with fun. The game presents users with challenges that test their ability to use different features of the programs.

Jennifer Michelstein, a program manager at Microsoft’s Office Labs who helped design the game said “Any reasonably complex software faces a question of discoverability,So we asked how can we help users become experts?”
“But,” she said “a lot of us were very sceptical about it. We didn’t think we could build anything fun.”

Ribbon Hero currently works with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (both 32/64 Bit).It is only limited to Version 2007 and 2010 only and will run on Windows 7, Vista and XP When you install the ribbon hero, a tiny green icon appears on the screen. When you use different features of Word, Excel or PowerPoint you earns point. Each command contains points accordingly. The game is designed to expose users to new features while playing. You can also connect ribbon hero with your facebook account, You can share your points and also can compare your score with others. Facebook ask you to publish your score after each 100 points.
“We were surprised because right away people were telling us they were playing it and it was fun,Competition motivated their play.
“A lot of people told us they liked this way of learning, they really liked that they could learn for a few minutes at a time.
“Anecdotally we are hearing that people are learning and remembering what we have taught them,” she said.
Sadly, said Ms Michelstein, the game was not designed to last forever.
“We never designed the game to be something that users will play over and over again,” she said. “Once you play all the challenges twice you are done.”

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