Computer Software Series- Basics

File – Choices for dealing with the document (file) itself
Edit – Choices for changing things you’ve already typed
View – Choices concerning how the document looks on the screen
Insert – Choices dealing with objects you can insert into the document
Format – Choices for changing the way the typed page looks
Tools > Options – Choices for spell check, grammar check, and backup saving options

Formatting

	Text Changing Font Face, Size Using Styles Format Painter Bullets and Numbering Finding and Replacing Text Update practice documents.
	Paragraphs Indenting Text in Paragraphs Using, Setting, and Changing Tabs Update practice documents.
	Documents Previewing Documents Columns & Gutters Page Orientation & Mirroring Margins Spelling and Grammar Checking Update practice documents.
	Images Inserting ClipArt Inserting Images Text Wrapping Around Images Update practice documents.

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Microsoft Outlook

4 hours (240 minutes)

Topics Covered Include:

	Email Menus and Toolbars Creating and Sending Mail Opening, Printing, Replying, Forwarding Deleting Attachments Signatures Organizing Messages
	Contacts Adding and Editing Contacts Sorting Filtering Grouping into Categories Changing Contacts View
	Calendar Scheduling Appointments and Events Moving Events Changing Calendar Views (daily, weekly, monthly)
	Tasks & Notes Creating and Updating Tasks Assigning Tasks to Others Tracking Assigned Tasks Creating and Editing Notes Placing Notes on the Desktop (like Stickies)

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Microsoft Power Point

4-hour course (240 minutes)

Topics Covered Include:

	Basics Planning the Presentation Similarities to Word Elements of the Main Window Using templates Views Text Boxes Formatting Text ClipArt Outline View Promoting / Demoting Text Summary Slides Copying and Deleting Slides
	Masters Title, Slide
	Themes and Designs All Slides, Selected Slides Changing the Color Scheme Animating Text
	Inserting Images ClipArt WordArt Saved Images

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Microsoft Excel

8-hour course (480 minutes)

Topics Covered Include:

	Basics Creating, Saving, Opening Workbooks Adding and Naming Worksheets Changing the Default “Save To…” Folder Editing Data in Cells Selecting Cells
	Formatting a Worksheet Merging Cells Cell Alignment Changing Row Height and Column Width Formatting Data Type Previewing Page Break Preview / Adding / Moving Page Breaks
	Formulas Math Terminology - difference, sum, quotient, product, average Order of Operations AutoSum Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division Relative / Absolute References Filling Formulas
	Functions Average Min and Max Sum Count Copying / Pasting Data, Formulas
	Intermediate Basics Selecting nonadjacent cells AutoCorrect as a Shortcut
	Formatting a Worksheet (cont.) Inserting/Deleting Cells, Rows, Columns Borders and Shading AutoFormat/Format Painter Hide/Unhide columns, rows
	Paste Special… Options Hyperlinks Paste Link

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Microsoft Access - User-level

12 hours (720 minutes)

Topics Covered Include:

Creating a Database

Organizing Data
Entering Data
Printing a Table
Maintaining a Table
Modifying a Table

Relationships Among Tables

Creating Related Tables
Displaying Related Records in a Subdatasheet
Queries
Filtering Data
Linking Data to a New Table

Forms

Reports

Importing and Exporting Data

Creating a Data Access Page

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Microsoft^® Publisher^®

2-hour course

Topics Covered Include:

	Creating Publications From Scratch From Templates
	Page Setup Options Working with: Textboxes Images Word Art Clipart AutoShapes
	Formatting Text Paragraph Properties Spellchecking Master Pages
	Multi-page Documents (i.e. Newsletters) Imposition Setting Margins and Gutter Linking textboxes (Like window shades in Adobe PageMaker)

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Microsoft Project

6-hour course

Topics Covered Include:

Glossary

	Calendars Custom View
	Documents Attaching Hyperlinks Find and Replace Go To Task in Calendar View Reports
	Resources Tasks Tables – How to enter information and what the information means
	Timing Relationships Among Tasks Updating and Tracking Progress Views

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Discovering FrontPage®

4-hour course

Topics Covered Include:

Basics of HTML editing
Using hyperlinks
Designing custom link bars
Page formatting
Drawing tools
Picture editing

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Internet Skills – Basics

4-hours (240 minutes)

Topics Covered Include:

Navigation buttons
Hyperlinks
Setting the Home Page
Search Engine Conventions (quotes, “and,” “not”…)
Adding to Favorites
Organizing Favorites
History
Downloading images
Saving sites
Opening new browser windows
Spyware
Viruses and .exe files
Cookies

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