INTRODUCTION

With technology and innovation booming, the global economy is changing and

business needs are evolving. International Data Corporation research found that although a

number of positions require technical skills, even more require knowledge and cognitive skills.

Proficient in Microsoft Office typically means you are able to use MS WORD to edit text

documents, create templates, and automate the creation of table of content. Proficient in Excel

means running and creating, pivot tables, and charts. Plus, you can make slideshows in

PowerPoint. Because of the continually increasing use of computers in our daily communications

and work, the knowledge of computer systems and the ability to work with word processing, data

managements, and spreadsheets and data analysis programs have become essential requirements

for many positions. The degree of knowledge and proficiency required varies from one position

to another based on the tasks and duties involved. To assist managers in determining the level of

proficiency necessary to perform adequately in positions within their respective departments, we

have developed descriptions for the different degrees of familiarity with and of ability to use

computer systems and programs. Three levels of proficiency have been defined: beginner,

intermediate, and advance. These levels reflect the standard steps in the acquisition and

development of computer skills.

Most of us have found that we need to have at least some basic understanding of MS office suite

to cope in the real world. Microsoft word is an important education application. It is important to

process raw facts into meaningful information. Microsoft word can benefits teachers and

students to create new innovative methods of learning and teaching. Microsoft word and

Microsoft office suite for students help to transmit educational materials and practice

systematically in school and university faster with higher quality.

Microsoft office tools have countless applications to assist in our everyday activities. These

office tools help to streamline our professional and personal lives. Proficiency in Microsoft

office suite, however, is not a must have skill in many professions. In learning institutions,

students are introduce to MS Office tools as early as third grade and must meet a basic level of

MS Office suite proficiency before graduation from high school. And in the same way, these

students will have used PowerPoint for their college presentations, they will then use this

program for their boardroom presentations. Their career paths will influence their decision on

whether they choose to upgrade their Office Suite skills. The findings yielded strong evidence

that supports that ICT students are competent with Microsoft office programs; however, there are

many variations in their performance across the four subject areas. It is clear that some skills can

be improved while others are very strong.

Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity applications developed and marketed by Microsoft

that provides various features for word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, and more. It was

first released on June 1st, 1988 for the Apple Macintosh line of computers. The software was

originally called "Microsoft Works", but later renamed to Microsoft Office after the release of

version 2.0 in March 1990. As of January 2016, Microsoft has sold over three billion licenses to

the office suite worldwide since its launch in 1989.

Over 36 percent of businesses use Microsoft Office as their primary productivity solution for

running their core business processes such as data management and document production;

making it one of the most commonly used office suites in use today .The purpose of this study

was to explore the Microsoft office proficiency of ICT students. This study is a descriptive

quantitative research. The researcher’s interest in learning about Microsoft office proficiency
stems from a teacher who brought up the issue that he needs his students to be proficient with the

software.

Objective of the study

In this Research, the researchers aim to analyze The Explorative Research on the

Microsoft Office Proficiency of ICT students in ACLC Antipolo. This study conducted to answer

the following questions.

1. What the main profile of the respondents?

1.1 Name (optional)

1.2 Age

1.3 Section

2. Describe your proficiency with Microsoft office products.

2.1 Create templates

2.2 Edit documents

2.3 Creation of tables of content/

3. Factors after learning Microsoft office proficiency

3.1 Easy
3.2 Intermediate

3.3 Hard

3.4 Very hard

3.5 Barely easy

Scope and Limitation

This study focused on The Explorative Research on the Microsoft Office Proficiency of

ICT students in ACLC Antipolo which will be conducted to determine on students to know on

how to use the Microsoft office with the help on teachers in programming subject in AMA

during this school year 2021-2022. Through observation with the researchers strategy to make a

solution to problems of learning their Microsoft office proficiency of ICT students in ACLC

antipolo. By using survey the researchers gain information about learning Microsoft office.

Using survey questionnaire the researchers will find out why they have difficulty studying the

Microsoft office.

Significance of the study

This research is made with the aim to provide knowledge and information about the

explorative research on the Microsoft office proficiency of ICT students in ACLC ANTIPOLO

Will help their study make easier and to improve their skills using Microsoft office and to make

better presentations, use for features in word make your mark in your style.

Assumptions
 In this study, these are the assumptions of the researchers:

- Some of the student of ACLC are also not very good at using Microsoft office

- Not all in the ACLC student are know how to use Microsoft office

- Microsoft is very useful specially in today’s situation, as a student I always use it for

doing my essays, presentation, pdfs and sheets that I need in online school.

Theoretical Framework

Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is a family of client software, server software, and

services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988,

at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a marketing term for an office suite (bundled set of

productivity applications), the first version of Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft

Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Over the years, Office applications have grown substantially

closer with shared features such as a common spell checker, OLE data integration and Visual

Basic for Applications scripting language. Microsoft also positions Office as a development

platform for line-of-business software under the Office Business Applications brand. On July 10,

2012, Softpedia reported that Office was being used by over a billion people worldwide.[11]

Office is produced in several versions targeted towards different end-users and computing

environments. The original, and most widely used version, is the desktop version, available

for PCs running the Windows and macOS operating systems. Microsoft also

maintains mobile apps for Android and iOS. Office on the web is a version of the software that

runs within a web browser.

The research was conducted by scanning 14.6 million job postings from April to September 2013

supplied by WANTED Analytics, a provider of real-time business intelligence for the talent
marketplace. Of those jobs, IDC analyzed the posting and identified the 20 most common skills

required for those positions. IDC also leveraged data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,

including data on 2010 employment and forecasts for 2020. IDC analyzed employment data for

748 Standard Occupational Classifications and selected the most attractive classifications

according to three criteria: size, growth and wages.

Definition of the Study

In order to arrive at a common understanding, the researchers defined the following terms

operationally:

Microsoft Office - or simply Office, is a family of client software, server software, and services

developed by Microsoft.

Proficiency - a high degree of competence or skill; expertise.

Innovation - practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or

services or improvement in offering goods or services.

International Data Corporation - (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence,

advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer

technology markets.

Pivot Table -  is a table of grouped values that aggregates the individual items of a more

extensive table (such as from a database, spreadsheet, or business intelligence program) within

one or more discrete categories.

Microsoft Excel - It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming

language called Visual Basic for Applications.

Microsoft Word - is a word processing software developed by Microsoft. 

Microsoft PowerPoint - is a presentation program, created by Robert Gaskins and Dennis

Austin at a software company named Forethought, Inc.

Wanted Analytic - a web-based tool that helps organizations make intelligent hiring decisions.

Softpedia - is a software and tech-news website based in Romania.

COMDEX - it was one of the largest computer trade shows in the world, usually second only to

the German CeBIT, and one of the largest trade shows in any industry sector