Microsoft Training Courses
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About Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is a relational database management system for storing information such as contact details, product lists or inventory details, and providing a convenient way to enter, navigate and report on that data. The major benefit to using a database is that fewer errors and inconsistencies occur. Access minimizes the potential for duplication, error, misspelling and typing errors, and reduces the amount of information to be entered.
Examples of how a database might be used are:
- To provide an easy-to-use system for staff to accurately record contact information.
- To provide a straightforward method to view and extract information.
- To quickly and easily provide consistent reporting.
Our Microsoft Access Courses
We offer a range of courses for users of Microsoft Access, from first-time users who need simply to extract data from existing databases, or those who need to build a relational database and extract and report on data, right through to experienced users who would like to use VBA to automate their databases.
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About Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program typically used to store, organise and manipulate data. It provides data organisation and analysis tools that enable users to, for example, sort and calculate data, generate charts and Pivot Tables from spreadsheet data, and create and run macros using Visual Basic for Applications.
Some typical examples of how Excel might be used are:
- To store data records, e.g. a contact list.
- To sort, filter, search and subtotal a list of data.
- As an analytical tool using charts, Pivot Tables, Goal Seek, Scenario Manager, etc.
- To perform basic mathematical operations, such as adding up or averaging columns and rows of figures, as well as more advanced calculations using built-in Functions.
- To create macros to automate frequent tasks.
Our Microsoft Excel Courses
Whether you are just starting to use Excel or are an advanced user, we have a course for you- a choice of 11 courses ranging from the basic features of Excel and focusing on creating spreadsheets and simple formulas, to a number of courses on more advanced formulas and features, right through to courses on using Visual Basic programming in Excel to automate spreadsheets.
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About Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is the most commonly-used word processing software package. It is used to create, view, edit, save and print documents such as letters, reports and minutes.
Among its many features, some typical examples of how Microsoft Word might be used are:
- To create visually interesting documents using the built-in formatting features.
- To create common types of documents such as header sheets, memos and minutes using templates.
- To create mail merge documents to send to a number of contacts.
- To create cross-references and tables of contents by applying Heading styles.
- To add visual impact to documents using bulleted lists, photographs and graphics.
- To review documents using document tracking, the spell checker, thesaurus and automatic grammar checking.
Our Microsoft Word Courses
We offer three courses, enabling users to progress from the basics of Microsoft Word through to creating professional-looking and more complex documents.
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About Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager. Although often used mainly as an e-mail application, Microsoft Outlook also manages calendars, contacts, tasks and to-do lists. It can be used as a stand-alone personal information manager, as an Internet mail client, or in conjunction with the Microsoft Exchange Server for group scheduling, email and task management.
Some of the tasks commonly carried out using Microsoft Outlook are:
- Creating, sending, forwarding and replying to e-mail messages.
- Managing email messages using folders.
- Creating and maintaining contact lists.
- Scheduling appointments and meetings and sending meeting invitations.
- Creating and managing “to-do” lists.
- Delegating tasks to colleagues and monitoring the status of these tasks.
Our Microsoft Outlook Courses
Our Microsoft Outlook course is designed for existing users of Outlook who would like to learn more in order to optimise their time and become more organised and efficient. We also offer a unique course on Optimising Organisation – Tools and Techniques, which combines management theory and Microsoft IT applications to offer delegates an all-round package to improve organisational skills.
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About Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation software program that enables users to create stunning, professional-looking presentations using text, graphics and animation. Slide shows are usually displayed on projection screens for business, training or educational presentations, but can also be distributed as stand-alone files or be printed as handouts for reference. The software incorporates images, sounds, video, text and charts to create interactive presentations.
With Microsoft PowerPoint, users are able to:
- Create clear, precise bulleted slides.
- Create multimedia presentations using photos, videos, drawing tools, etc.
- Add an illustrative graph or an organisational chart of the company structure.
- Create flow charts and other diagrams to illustrate a point.
- Print notes pages for the speaker, and handouts and outlines for the audience.
Our Microsoft PowerPoint Courses
We offer two courses, one aimed at inexperienced users of the software, and a second that covers more advanced techniques to enable users to further develop their skills. In addition, we offer a course entitled Powerful Presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint, designed for inexperienced or novice presenters who wish to build confidence in delivering presentations and focussing on improving presentation style as well as creating PowerPoint slides that deliver more impact.
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About Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project is a project management software program, designed to assist project managers in developing plans by entering the tasks of a project, assigning people (resources) to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets and analysing workloads. The application creates a critical path schedule that is viewed in a Gantt chart. Microsoft Project also allows the user to create reports that communicate the status and progress of a project.
Microsoft Project allows users to:
- Manage budgets.
- Understand and control project schedules and finances.
- Organise work and people to ensure projects are completed on schedule.
- Specify milestones and tasks, and track task progress.
- Share resources between projects.
- Communicate and present project information.
Our Microsoft Project Courses
We offer three courses, a comprehensive introduction to using Microsoft Project to build, resource and extract information from project schedules, and two further courses that build on and develop these skills.
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About Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application that helps users create, edit, customise and share a wide range of publications and marketing materials such as leaflets, postcards, brochures, newsletters, etc. The text and image tools and built-in templates make document layout easy, enabling professional-looking publications to be designed and created in minutes.
With Microsoft Publisher, users can:
- Create brochures, business cards, calendars, labels, flyers, newsletters, letterheads, etc., from built-in templates and wizards.
- Work with photographs, images, clipart and predefined shapes.
- Check the design for many common errors using the built-in Design Checker.
- Save or export a publication to a range of formats, e.g. PDF, XPS, JPEG or PNG.
Our Microsoft Publisher Courses
This course covers the basic features of Microsoft Publisher and is designed for new users who need to produce professional looking publications.
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About Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Visio is a drawing and diagramming software application and is the standard tool used by many companies for their diagram solutions. Microsoft Visio can be used for planning, organising and documenting. In Microsoft Visio, shapes are used to draw diagrams from office layouts, basic flowcharts or organisational structures to charts, processes, concepts, structures, layouts and even maps.
Microsoft Visio enables users to:
- Create professional-looking diagrams in seconds using built-in templates.
- Add and align shapes easily and accurately.
- Download shapes from the Internet and import these directly into Visio.
- Create custom Visio stencils to store frequently-used shapes.
- Check for common errors and ensure consistency and accuracy using diagram validation.
Our Microsoft Visio Courses
We have two courses available, the first is a comprehensive introduction to Visio, enabling users to create and modify flowcharts and other business diagrams, while the second builds on these skills, showing more advanced drawing skills and improved efficiency using layers, templates, shapes and stencils.
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