Basic Computing Skills

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Introduction

This course teaches the essentials of Excel, Word, and Outlook.

It provides the basic skills required for day-to-day work in a typical office administration role.

No prior knowledge or previous experience of Microsoft Office is required to attend this course.

Course code

SBCM

Location

Varies

Duration

1 day delivered on MS Teams

Price

£75.00

Entry Requirements

No formal entry requirements

Course Content

MS Word includes:

Creating documents, saving and opening documents Working with text and paragraphs Formatting text Format Painter: learn how to copy the formats Undo and Redo Page breaks Headers and footers Cut, copy and paste (within documents and to external packages)
MS Outlook includes:

  • Sending, replying to and forwarding e-mails
  • Flagging e-mails Working with attachments
  • E-mail management
  • Searching e-mails
  • Creating contacts
  • Working with the Calendar

MS Excel includes:
Overview of the Excel screen Entering text, numbers, and dates Working with the Home Ribbon to format Creating Formulas: Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide AutoSum AutoFill Editing spreadsheets (sizing, inserting and deleting rows, columns, and cells) Working with worksheet tabs Printing

Course Contact Details

If you would like more information or to reserve a place on a course, please get in touch.

Telephone: 01387 734199
E-mail:shortcourses@dumgal.ac.uk

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