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With our three day professional business skills course you'll learn the key things you need to work in the highly demanding and challenging roles of Executive Assistant, PA or senior administrator. Day 1 will cover the key features of Word and PowerPoint, covering shortcuts such as efficiently creating long business documents and creating and modifying existing presentations. We concentrate on Excel and Outlook on day 2. Utilising the best of Excel for data analysis and reporting and in Outlook covering quick steps and rules, managing your appointments and others. On day 3 we'll cover taking minutes and having a great insight into how an organisation runs at a senior level. You'll be able to take your existing personal skills and combine them with great practical business skills - making you an asset to any company. Note: this course uses Microsoft Office 2013. Alternative versions can be requested for tailored events.

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This course is aimed primarily at the role of Executive Assistants, PAs and senior administrators. Your job is likely to involve research, communications, correspondence and overall office management and you may support senior executives, CEOs or general managers.

Before attending this course, delegates should be existing Microsoft Office users who will be required to use Microsoft Office 2013. They should already be using the Office 2013 applications within their roles and have a good basic knowledge of the core applications of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Delegates...

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Ms Word
Outlook
Ms PowerPoint
MS Excel
Powerpoint
Word
Excel

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Word

Document Editing
Inserting Graphics
Watermarks
Controlling Text Flow
Headers and Footers
Spelling and Synonyms
Document Styles and Themes
Document Referencing
Quick Parts and Autocorrect
Templates
Bullets and Numbering
Mail Merge
Reviewing Documents - Tables of Contents

PowerPoint

Building Presentations
Slide Layouts
Master Slides
Formatting Slides
Slide Design
Reuse Slides
Transitions
Animations
Setting Up a Slide Show
Custom Shows - Timing a show

Excel

Managing Worksheets - Inserting, Renaming, Copying
Formatting Cells
Print Options
Absolute Cell Referencing
Flash Fill
Templates
Advanced Functions - IF Statements, vLookups
Drop Down Lists
Tables
Conditional Formatting
Sorting and Filtering
Charts
PivotTables

Outlook

Inbox Views
Auto Signature
Mail Options
Automatic Replies
Quick Steps
Searching and Organising Messages
Calendar Options - Making Appointments, Recurring Appointments
Scheduling Meetings
Sharing Calendars

Practical Soft Skills

List what you need to do to prepare for meetings prior to, during and after the event
Demonstrate setting a well-structured agenda
State common barriers to effective listening and demonstrate your own listening skills
Identify a method of note-taking that suits your preferred style
Select the important and relevant points from a discussion
State agreed accepted conventions for the format of minutes
Produce an accurate set of minutes, clearly and concisely

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