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Crash course in Microsoft Office (Excel + Word)

Details

One day course

Group training for up to 6 people, at your workplace: £450

This course is usually held in Oxford House in Bethnal Green, East London.

Learning Microsoft Office has been an essential vocational and organisational skill for decades, but that doesn’t mean it gets any easier to learn the core applications within that package – Word and Excel.

It’s one thing to be able to create a basic document, or use existing templates, but what about when you need something custom or are being asked to create documents as part of your job role?

This is where our basic Office training will come in handy. We cover all of the essential tasks that these two programs perform and discuss some best practices to get the most out of them, whilst being aware of their weaknesses.

Overview

  • Become a confident user of these classic tools that are essential for any office – big or small
  • Use Word for drafting letters, producing mailshots, formatting reports and general word processing
  • Use Excel to create balance sheets, do calculations, keep records and general admin tasks
  • This simple and concise course focuses on the essential basics whilst discussing the pitfalls of the software

Who it's for

This course can be beneficial to a wide range of people, from people just looking to improve their basic IT literacy and vocational skills through to those who run their own business. You don't need to have used these applications before as we will start at the very beginning.

Tutor information to follow.

What is covered

  • Understanding Word – who uses it, what can it do?
  • Working with an existing Word document template
  • Basic formatting of documents and adding images
  • Header and footer customisation
  • Paragraph formatting and page breaks
  • Creating formatting styles
  • Creating your own document template
  • An overview of some more advanced features of Word
  • Understanding Excel – what is it used for?
  • Working with an existing Excel document template
  • Doing basic calculations
  • Working with multiple Worksheets
  • Formatting of documents for legibility
  • An overview of some of the more advanced features of Excel

Requirements

  • Some basic IT literacy and knowledge of a PC or Mac operating system is advantageous.