Upcoming Desktop Classes

Students will learn how to create templates, sort and filter data, import and export data, and analyze data. Students will also learn how to calculate with advanced formulas, organize worksheet and table data using various techniques, create and modify charts, analyze data using PivotTables and PivotCharts, insert graphic objects, and customize and enhance workbooks and the Microsoft® Office Excel® environment.

Students will explore the user interface and learn how to open and view a document, customize the word environment, obtain help, enter and format text, save a document, use tables, insert graphics, control page layout and use the spell check and thesaurus.

This half day class can be customised to suit your needs.

Students will learn how to manage lists, customize tables and charts, modify pictures, create customized graphic elements, use quick parts to insert content, control text flow, use templates to automatic document creation, automate mail merges and use macros.

Students will learn how to create templates, sort and filter data, import and export data, and analyze data. Students will also learn how to calculate with advanced formulas, organize worksheet and table data using various techniques, create and modify charts, analyze data using PivotTables and PivotCharts, insert graphic objects, and customize and enhance workbooks and the Microsoft® Office Excel® environment.

Students will learn how to manage lists, customize tables and charts, modify pictures, create customized graphic elements, use quick parts to insert content, control text flow, use templates to automatic document creation, automate mail merges and use macros.

Students will gain the skills necessary to create macros, collaborate with others, audit and analyze worksheet data, work with multiple workbooks, import and export data, and use Excel with the web.

As a Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 user, you are familiar with the basics of creating a presentation and you are able to convey information effectively in a simple way. Static content in presentation, however, will not keep your audience interested. In this course, you will enhance presentations with feature that will transform basic presentations into a powerful means of communication.

Course Objective: In this course, students will use Adobe® X Pro to create, navigate and work with multiple PDF files.

Students will gain the skills necessary to create, edit, format, and print basic Microsoft Office Excel 2007 worksheets. They will also learn how to perform calculations and manage large workbooks.

Students will learn how to create templates, sort and filter data, import and export data, and analyze data. Students will also learn how to calculate with advanced formulas, organize worksheet and table data using various techniques, create and modify charts, analyze data using PivotTables and PivotCharts, insert graphic objects, and customize and enhance workbooks and the Microsoft® Office Excel® environment.

Students will use the features available to create, modify and customize presentations. They will learn to add text and visual elements, import data from other sources, and create outputs. Slide show features such as timings, transitions and animation will also be covered. Students will learn to prepare and deliver a professional and effective presentation.

Students will learn how to manage lists, customize tables and charts, modify pictures, create customized graphic elements, use quick parts to insert content, control text flow, use templates to automatic document creation, automate mail merges and use macros.

As a Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 user, you are familiar with the basics of creating a presentation and you are able to convey information effectively in a simple way. Static content in presentation, however, will not keep your audience interested. In this course, you will enhance presentations with feature that will transform basic presentations into a powerful means of communication.

Students will get an overview of creating and managing projects. They will discuss resources, linking tasks, observe the critical path, and working with constraints. Students will get a general overview of outlining, generating project reports, resolving time restrictions and resource conflicts, as well as sorting and filtering data. Students will discuss tracking project progress, as well as adjusting schedules and costs.

Students will learn how to create flyers, brochures, business cards as well as multi-page documents using text, graphics, various formats and styles.

Students will explore the user interface and learn how to open and view a document, customize the word environment, obtain help, enter and format text, save a document, use tables, insert graphics, control page layout and use the spell check and thesaurus.

This course focuses upon using Outlook for communications purposes. Students will create, format, and manage e-mail messages, store client information, schedule meetings and appointments, and organize tasks.

Students will learn to how to define the appropriate tables, fields, and data types for a database. They will create and modify fields, understand normalization, define the (3) types of relationships, determine Primary and Foreign keys, and create relationships between tables. Students will participate in hands on labs, create notes from the instructor’s guidelines, and begin building an individual database.

Students will learn how to manage lists, customize tables and charts, modify pictures, create customized graphic elements, use quick parts to insert content, control text flow, use templates to automatic document creation, automate mail merges and use macros.

Students will gain the skills necessary to create, edit, format, and print basic Microsoft Office Excel 2007 worksheets. They will also learn how to perform calculations and manage large workbooks.

You will understand and use the various elements in the Photoshop CS5 interface so as to efficiently work with the software. You will use the different tools in Photoshop for selecting parts of images and identify the need for having layers in a Photoshop document. You will also organize the different components of the design as layers. With the layered Photoshop document thus created, you will apply layer effects and other special effects in order to enhance the appearance of the design. Once the design is finalized, you will save images in both print and web formats.

Students will learn how to manage the accounts of a small business. This will include creating invoices, writing cheques, paying bills, creating purchase orders, tracking inventory, creating various reports, and transferring information to Excel and Word.

Course Objective: In this course, students will use Adobe® X Pro to create, navigate and work with multiple PDF files.

Students will gain the skills necessary to create, edit, format, and print basic Microsoft Office Excel 2007 worksheets. They will also learn how to perform calculations and manage large workbooks.

You will enhance your ability to create accurate masks and image effects, retouch images, work with video files, automate repetitive tasks, and integrate with other Adobe applications.