Introduction to Microsoft Office

DESCRIPTION
This 3-day course introduces you to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Word is used for word processing tasks, such as letters, faxes, etc. Excel is for spreadsheet work where you may be number crunching or wanting to analyse data. PowerPoint is a presentations application, where you can create slide shows. Outlook is the application that you use to send and receive email, as well as manage your calendar and tasks.

This course assumes no previous knowledge, and will get you up and running with these applications asap.

PREREQUISITES
None

NOTE:This course can be run using Office 2003 or Office 2007
INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WORD

• What Is Word?
  
  • Create A New Document
    
  • Opening
    
  • Saving
    
  • Quitting And Closing
    
• Word Interface
  
• Standard Toolbar
  
• Formatting Toolbar
  
• Formats
  
  • Formatting
    
  • Font Formatting
    
  • Paragraph Formatting
    
• Production
  
  • Page Setup Features
    
  • Headers And Footers
    
  • Bullet Lists
    
  • Numbered Lists
    
  • Borders And Shading
    
• Editing
  
• Find and replace, and GoTo
  
  • Finding Text
    
  • Replacing Text
    
  • Searching Items
    
  • Go To
    
• Printing
  
  • Previewing Documents
    
  • Printing the Document
    

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT EXCEL

• What Is Excel?
  
• Workbooks and Worksheets
  
  • Creating And Opening Workbooks
    
  • Working With Workbooks
    
  • Working With Worksheets
    
  • Working With Cells
    
  • Navigating Within A Worksheet
    
  • Navigating The Workbook
    
  • Understanding Dates
    
  • Inserting and deleting rows, columns, cells
    
  • Cutting, Copying, And Pasting
    
  • Using Find And Replace
    
  • Using Undo And Redo
    
  • Spell Check
    
• Formulas and Functions
  • Creating Maths formulas
  • Using Paste Function
  • Entering Functions
  • Percentages
• Formatting and Customising Data
  
  • Selecting Items In Excel
    
  • Formatting Text
    
  • Formatting Numbers
    
  • Manipulating Data
    
  • Formatting Columns And Rows
    
  • Formatting With Colours And Patterns
    
  • Adding And Editing Borders
    
  • Using AutoFormat
    
  • Using the format painter
    
• Printing
  
  • Using Page Setup
    
  • Margins
    
  • Printing A Spreadsheet
    
• Charts
  
  • Chart Wizard
    
  • Chart Toolbar
    
  • Working With Charts
    
  • Formatting the Chart
    

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

• What Is PowerPoint?
  
• The PowerPoint Environment
  
• The Different PowerPoint Views
  
• Toolbars
  
• Presentations and Slides
  
  • Creating And Opening Presentations
    
  • Managing Presentations
    
  • Managing Slides
    
• Formatting and Editing Slides
  
  • Working With Slide Layouts
    
  • Applying Backgrounds
    
  • Modifying Slide Attributes
    
  • Paragraph Settings
    
  • Bullets And Numbering
    
• Formatting and Editing text
  
  • Adding Text To A Slide
    
  • Formatting Text
    
  • Using Spell Check
    
• Slide Design
  
  • Using Design Templates
    
  • Applying Animation Schemes
    
• Drawings and Pictures
  
  • Drawing Lines And Shapes
    
  • Using AutoShapes
    
  • Adding Clip Art And Pictures
    
  • Rotating And Flipping Objects
    
  • Aligning Objects
    
• Printing
  
  • Using Page Setup
    
  • Using Print Preview
    
  • Printing A Presentation
    
• Presenting the Presentation
  
  • Running A Slide Show
    
  • Navigating Slides
    
  • Pointer Options
    
  • Screen Options
    

INTRODUCTION TO OUTLOOK

• What Is Outlook?
  
• Outlook Workspace
  
• Customise Outlook Today
  
• The Navigation Pane
  
• The Toolbars
  
  • The Standard Toolbar
    
  • The Outlook Today Toolbar
    
  • The Message Toolbars
    
  • The Advanced Toolbar
    
• Mail
  
  • Creating Messages
    
  • Mail Customization
    
  • Opening And Replying
    
• Contacts
  
• Tasks