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This short course will allow you to become productive by acquiring a basic understanding of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Outlook, for everyday professional use.
Master the MS Office suite and learn to share data between these applications. This short course will allow you to become productive by acquiring a basic understanding of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Outlook, for everyday professional use.
This course is designed for those who have some experience using a computer, but may be not be familiar with this software. If you do not have basic computer skills, please attend the Basic Computer Skills Course and Effective Internet Use before attempting this course.
By attending this ICL training course, delegates will be able to:
Start Microsoft Office applications and work with the Microsoft Office interface
Create documents in Microsoft Word
Create workbooks in Microsoft Excel
Create presentations in Microsoft powerpoint
Manage and search emails in Microsoft Outlook
Access and work with calendars in Microsoft Outlook
Work with and use contacts in Microsoft Outlook
Work with and use tasks in Microsoft Outlook
Share data between Microsoft Office applications
Understand Office 365 and the cloud
Work with Microsoft onedrive to sync files
Work with Microsoft Office Online apps.
Presenter-taught training in a computer lab
Online training via the platform Zoom or MS Teams
You should be familiar with the basic functions of a computer operating system such as navigating the environment using a mouse and keyboard, starting applications, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, creating folders, opening files, saving files, familiarity with the accessing the Internet and use of common web browsers. If you do not have these skills, we recommend attending Basic Computer Skills Course and Effective Internet use before attempting this course.
Additional information
Please bring a USB flash drive to class if you would like to make a copy of your work or any relevant class materials. Alternatively, you can save these to a cloud storage space or email them to your personal email address.
Software
Recommended operating system: Windows or Mac
Recommended software for PC: MS Excel 2013, 2016, 2019, 365
Recommended software for Mac OS: MS Excel 2016, 2019, 365
Recommended browser: Chrome
before attempting this course.
This course provides an introduction to Microsoft Office. It assumes little or no knowledge of Microsoft software, however participants are required to have some experience using a computer before attending.
Word processing in Microsoft Word
Understanding word processing
Creating documents in Word
Starting Microsoft Word
Using the blank document template
Typing text into a document
Saving your new document
Typing numbers into your document
Inserting a date into your document
Making basic changes to your document
Checking the spelling in your document
Saving changes to an existing document
Printing your document
Safely closing your document
Word processing quick reference
Spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel
How spreadsheets work
Spreadsheet functionality
Starting Microsoft Excel
Understanding workbooks
Using the blank workbook template
Typing text into a worksheet
Saving your new workbook
Typing numbers into a worksheet
Typing simple formulas in a worksheet
Easy formulas
Typing dates in a worksheet
Easy formatting
Checking spelling in a worksheet
Making and saving changes
Printing a worksheet
Charting your data
Safely closing a workbook
Spreadsheets quick reference
Presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint
Understanding electronic presentations
Starting Microsoft PowerPoint
The PowerPoint screen
Creating a new presentation
Adding text to your presentation
Saving your new presentation
Adding more slides using the ribbon
Typing directly into a slide
Inserting clip art images
Safely closing a presentation
Opening an existing presentation
Running a presentation slide show
Printing audience handouts
Presentations quick reference
Emails in Microsoft Outlook
Navigating messages in a conversation
Flagging messages in the message list
Using instant search
Search options
Using a search folder
Customising predefined search folders
Creating a custom search folder
Calendars in Microsoft Outlook
Understanding Outlook
Starting Outlook
Common outlook screen elements
Accessing the calendar
Changing calendar components
Displaying specific dates
Navigating within a calendar
Scheduling an appointment using click to add
Scheduling using the appointment window
Creating recurring appointments
Scheduling an event
Printing your calendar
Calendars quick reference
Contacts in Microsoft Outlook
Understanding the contact form
Understanding electronic business cards
Viewing your contacts
Creating a new contact
Entering contact details
Deleting an unwanted contact
Printing contact details
Contacts quick reference
Tasks in Microsoft Outlook
Viewing tasks
Creating simple tasks
Typing tasks directly
Changing task views
Sorting tasks
Completing tasks
Deleting tasks
Printing a task list
Tasks quick reference
Sharing data between Microsoft Office applications
Understanding data sharing
Opening files in the documents window
Using copy and paste
Capturing the screen
Drag and drop moving
Right dragging
Object embedding
Updating an embedded object
Object linking
Updating a linked source
Sharing data quick reference
Introduction to Office 365
Working in the cloud
What Is Office 365
Office 365 versus Office 2016
Office 365 apps and services
Understanding Office online
OneDrive for Business
Understanding and accessing OneDrive for Business
Uploading files
Syncing files
Creating a new folder
Editing OneDrive files
Selecting and moving files in OneDrive
Sharing files in OneDrive
Starting with Office online
Understanding Office online
Creating a new document
Saving a document
Opening an existing file
Accessing desktop versions in Office online
Due to the comparative complexity of each application in the MS Office suite, the time spent on each application will vary and will be guided by participants' needs.