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Sinnott School |
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Training For Confidence and Success Since 1985 |
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Pre-College Computer Training Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint This class is appropriate for self-taught computer users or for beginners who need to refine their skills for the academic environment. Prerequisites: Students should have a basic familiarity with computers, including how to use a mouse, create, open and save documents, and how to print a simple document. Topics Include: Microsoft Word: ♦ Formatting text: apply character formats; change the font style, size and color; copy text formatting. ♦ Format paragraphs: changing paragraph alignment; change line spacing within a paragraph; set a custom tab; add paragraph indents. Create numbered and bulleted lists. ♦ Editing documents by deleting, moving, and copying blocks of text. ♦ Find and replace text. ♦ Check spelling and grammar; replace a word using the thesaurus. ♦ Create headers and footers that include page numbers and custom text. ♦ Insert footnotes and endnotes for research references. ♦ Preview and format a document correctly for printing; change margins; insert line or page breaks. Microsoft Excel: ♦ Calculation: Entering numeric and non-numeric data, writing basic formulas and functions. ♦ Format: Change font size and type; add color and borders to cells; insert columns and rows, change column width and row height; align cell contents; merge and split cells. ♦ Arrange and sort data; filter data. Create and format a chart. ♦ Create custom headers and footers; include page numbers. ♦ Set page margins; change page orientation; insert and remove a page break; print a range. Microsoft PowerPoint: ♦ Creating, editing and changing slide formats, creating an outline. ♦ Drawing and working with charts, tables, clip art, and WordArt. ♦ Working with templates and the slide master: selecting a design, adding, changing and removing elements that appear on slides. ♦ Slide shows: Adding transitions and animation to a presentation, how to run a slide show, working with notes, printing a slide show. ♦ Basic design principles: The use of color. What to consider when selecting fonts and font styles. The text: what to include, what not to include. How to use graphs to add impact. |
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Recent Student Comments: “The pace was perfect for my needs. Plenty of time for questions” “Very clear presentation and easy to follow.” “Instructor was professional, nice, and knowledgeable.” “Thorough explanation. Very good instructions.” “Great instructor, very informative, easy going, good sense of humor.” “I was allowed to ask questions about difficult problems as we went along.” “Instructor very approachable and knowledgeable; not intimidating.” “I thought the seminar was very effective. Thank you.”
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