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Course Descriptions
QuickBooks (up to 15 Hours) After completing the QuickBooks course you should be able to create a new QuickBooks file from scratch or work with a preexisting file. Learn how to modify the chart of accounts to suit a company’s needs and manage company lists such as vendors, customers and items. In this class you will work with registers and transaction windows and see how to balance a checking account and track credit card transactions. You will create invoices and sales receipts as well as receive payments and prepare bank deposits. Become familiar with how to assign income and expenses to the correct accounts and explore how to retrieve that information from customizable QuickBooks reports. See how to enter bills and create reminders within QuickBooks to pay bills on time. Learn how to set up and manage inventory, create estimates for your customers and do progressive invoicing. You can also track mileage and costs associated with specific jobs. QuickBooks will show you where your money is coming from and where it’s going; let us help you get the most out of it!
Computer Basics (up to 6 Hours) Students will learn the fundamentals of using the mouse and keyboard, logging on to a computer, and working with windows: closing minimizing, maximizing, sizing, and moving. They will also practice: working with programs (using toolbars and menus, filling out dialog boxes, editing text, saving and opening files, using undo, printing and using help); working with files and folders (understanding files and folders, creating and renaming folders, opening, renaming, and deleting files, finding a file using search); customizing a window, the taskbar and the desktop; learning what programs come free with Windows, and browsing the internet, using tabs, what is a pop-up blocker, and using favorites and the history. Sending, receiving, replying and forwarding email and more.
Access Complete (up to 15 Hours) This course introduces Access and discusses structure for good database design. Learn how to create databases, construct tables and enter data, import, sort, and delete records, establish relationships, enforce referential integrity, and print relationships. Understand data types, primary keys, and table design. Create a form, enter data in a form, work with form controls and filter and sort data. Generate single and multi-table queries and use the query wizard. Learn how to modify tables in design view, add captions, adjust data types, use default values, and change field properties in tables. Learn to import and export data, use the lookup wizard, input mask wizard, and office clipboard. Generate queries using criteria, multi-table queries, calculated fields, and action queries. Work with forms, explore form sections, bind controls and data, and work with calculated and other types of controls. Work with headers and footers, bound controls, unbound controls, and calculated controls on reports. Learn to conditional formatting, input masks, and lookup fields. Building forms, form properties, control properties, and create subform controls. Learn report properties, and how to group and sort report data. Set database passwords and compact and repair. We will work with forms, explore form sections, bind controls and data, and work with calculated and other types of controls. Work with headers and footers, bound controls, unbound controls, and calculated controls on reports. Discussion of HTML, data access pages, and hyperlinks. Learn fundamentals of proper database maintenance; compacting and repairing a database, printing database objects, and backing up. Our professional staff will show you how to validate data, optimize data type usage, input masks, and lookup fields. We will create multiple-field primary keys, and discuss join properties and cascading updates and deletions. Building forms, we will learn to change form properties, control properties, and create subform controls. We will produce a switchboard for our database and set startup options. Totals, parameter, and action queries will be created. Learn to work with report properties, group and sort report data, and subreports. Discussion of data access pages and grouping and sorting for the web. Examine security issues, set database passwords, and encrypt and decrypt databases. Learn to replicate databases, link tables, and convert databases.
Adobe Illustrator (up to 15 Hours) In this course, explore the Illustrator environment, navigate an Illustrator document, and use the Adobe Help Center. Create and save a new document, draw basic shapes, manipulate basic shapes to make complex shapes, and export an illustration. Adjust fill and stroke colors for shapes, adjust basic stroke options, and use the Eyedropper tool to sample colors. Embed raster images in an Illustrator document for the purpose of tracing them, draw shapes and paths by using the Pencil tool and the Pen tool, and select and edit paths. Use text tools to insert text into illustrations, manipulate text, and convert type to outlined shapes. Create new layers and organize them in the Layers palette, and manipulate layers by renaming layers, duplicating layers, and deleting layers. Import swatch libraries, open preset swatch libraries, export a swatch library, create and adjust gradients, and adjust transparency for items. Set up multiple-page spreads; create tint and gradient swatches; use object libraries; and evenly space and align items. Create and edit vector paths; create and edit clipping paths; and wrap type on a path. Manually resize type; use Quick Apply; create path-based text wraps and convert type to outlines; precisely control leading, hyphenation, justification, and horizontal spacing in text; and use shortcuts with fonts. Create lighting effects; adjust transparency; and define and use object styles. Create, modify, and format tables; add headers and footers to tables; and merge table cells. Edit text with the Story Editor; insert special characters; create column, frame, and page breaks; and use anchored objects. Create sections, tables of contents, and indexes for a document; and combine several documents into a book file for printing. Adobe InDesign (up to 15 Hours) Create a document, add basic, and position elements by using guides and the Control panel. Create a facing-pages document; create master pages; and apply master pages to a document. Thread text between text frames, add jump lines, and adjust columns in a text frame; use the Paragraph Formatting Controls to apply paragraph formatting; use Find/Change to replace formatting; and create and edit paragraph and character styles. Format frame borders; add images to documents, adjust text wraps, modify graphics and group items; and create layers and assign items to them. Print documents, create print styles, and export documents to PDF; prepare documents for commercial printing; convert document files from other applications; and use Adobe Bridge. Set up multiple-page spreads, create tint and gradient swatches, use object libraries and snippets, and evenly space and align items. Create and edit vector paths, create and edit clipping paths, and wrap type on a path. Manually resize type; use Quick Apply, create nested styles, create path-based text wraps, and convert type to outlines; precisely control leading, hyphenation, justification, and horizontal spacing in text; and use shortcuts with fonts. Use layer comps in a placed PSD file; create lighting effects; adjust transparency; define and use object styles; and transform objects by using the Pathfinder panel and Transform Again commands. Create, modify, and format tables; add headers and footers to tables; and merge table cells. Edit text with the Story Editor; insert special characters; create column, frame, and page breaks, and use anchored objects. Create sections, tables of contents, and indexes for a document; combine several documents into a book file for printing; and insert footnotes. Adobe Photoshop (up to 15 Hours) Identify raster and vector graphics. Use selection tools to select image areas, and modify selections. Create layers; arrange and transform layers; create Type layers; and use opacity, layer blending modes, and layer styles to apply effects to layer contents. Switch among Photoshop’s image modes and adjust image contrast. Repair image defects, paint in an image, erase complex background areas, and apply filters. Determine an image’s resolution and dimensions, resize images, use the Crop tool, and change an image’s canvas size. Use the Save for Web & Devices command to save a copy for Web use; use the Save As command to save a copy of an image in a format for print use; and print single and multiple images on a page or export them to a PDF file intended for printing. Use the Swatches palette; use the Preset Manager to save presets; and apply colors and gradients by using overlay layer styles. Paint in Quick Mask mode and alpha channel to specify a selection; create layer masks to hide layer content; create grayscale masks to partially mask part of an image; and use a clipping mask. Use the path tools; convert type to paths and wrap type along a path. Use painting tools, filters, and blending modes to simulate different media; warp text layers; group layers and create Smart Objects; apply Smart Filters; create layer comps; and import, transform, and edit textures on 3D layers. Prepare images for use in video productions; open QuickTime video content; and edit video-frame content. Use the Actions palette to record, play, and edit actions; use actions to batch-process images; and customize keyboard shortcuts and menus. Publisher (up to 6 Hours) In this course, we will examine Publisher’s working screen, move around and change views, save and close publications, and start a new publication. Learn to work with layout guides, text frames, cut and paste, and enhancing text and resizing text frames. Using the drawing toolbar, we will draw and fill shapes. Change borders, rotate and move objects, work with pictures, and layering and grouping of objects. We will design a flier from scratch by changing page layout, creating vertical headlines, adding filled text frames, and copying and modifying text. Importing text files, changing frame margins, copying formatting, working with tab stops and graphics will be covered. Enhance your work by using tables. Edit text in tables, use rows and columns, merge cells, and adjust gridlines. Some shortcuts and tools we will work with include: WordArt, BorderArt, spell checking, adding pages, design gallery, copying from another publication, and using help. We will preview our finished publication, explore print setup, and print our publication.
Job Skills (up to 15 Hours) This course helps students prepare for interviews and create a resume. Learn how to prepare for an interview by dressing appropriately, knowing when to arrive, knowing what employers look for, and learn common mistakes job seekers make in an interview. Sample interview questions and exercises will be given. Learn how to decipher classified advertisements, structure responses, negotiate salary and compensation, and follow up after the interview is over. Customer service, telephone skills, and staying organized are critical components of a successful business. Learn to interact with the public in person and over the telephone. Discover skills for dealing with angry customers and tactics for keeping your composure in stressful situations. We’ll show you how to improve your telephone etiquette; placing customers on hold, transferring callers, voice mail, and working with challenging callers. Maintain and organize files and records properly, and make your filing system work for you. Typing (up to 6 Hours) This course is an instructor-led interactive course. A pretest is given to evaluate skills; there are progress tests at the end of each exercise, and a final typing test to measure overall improvement. Typing instruction is on a computer keyboard. We will show you proper finger placement, body posture, how to navigate the keyboard, and finger key assignments. Learn tips for increasing your accuracy and speed.
Medical Office Practice (up to 30 Hours) This beginning level course introduces the student to the medical office. Students will have hands-on experience with actual correspondence, forms, and medical reports selected from the files of practicing physicians. Experience a realistic medical office through daily jobs that include various dictation styles and opportunities for decision-making and troubleshooting. A simulated phone situation has been added whereby students can role-play, taking on the responsibility of the medical office assistant. Learn to utilize the Internet to research electronic medical records, prescription drug information, and medical supply information. Learn to also use the Internet to make travel arrangements and create a physician travel itinerary. Computerized billing software has been created, creating a simulated procedure entry activity. Learn to work with managed care referrals. You will experience realistic medical dictation and introduced to physicians with foreign and regional accents. Learn the importance of proper documentation in the medical record. After completing this course, a student will be able to perform clerical and administrative duties that are performed by a practicing medical office assistant. Step-by-Step Medical Coding (up to 36 Hours) Introduction to medical coding. Students will be introduced to CPT and ICD-9-CM coding. Learn to identify and explain the three factors of Evaluation and Management E/M code assignment. Recognize and explain the Anesthesia section and subsection format, the modifiers, accurately report unlisted anesthesia procedures, and calculate payment. Understand the Surgery section and subsection formats, and analyze its unique characteristics. Examine the Integumentary System subsection, its unique terminology and apply coding. Understand and apply rules of coding fractures, differentiate treatment types, and analyze cast application and strapping procedures. Identify critical elements in coding incisions, wound exploration, excision, introduction and grafts. Utilize endoscopy codes. Coding of respiratory services, identify endoscopic procedures, and knowledge of respiratory terminology. Use Surgery, Medicine, and Radiology to code cardiovascular services. Code female reproductive services and understand component coding. Code male genital, urinary, digestive, and mediastinum/diaphragm services. Code hemic/lymphatic system, endocrine system, nervous system, eye/ocular adnexa, and auditory system services. Understand Radiology terminology and codes. Interpret the Pathology and Laboratory terminology and codes. Understand purpose of ICD-9-CM. Understand official coding principles. Assign ICD-9-CM codes to the highest level of specificity and for outpatient services. Distinguish between Medicare Part A and Part B. Locate information in the Federal Register. Use the DRG system, PROs, RBRVS system, and the APC system.
Effective Business Writing (up to 9 Hours) Though businesses increasingly rely on technology, technological skills alone do not guarantee success in the workplace. You must still develop your ideas, express them clearly, and persuade others of their viability. This course offers effective strategies to sharpen your writing skills by structuring your ideas logically, exercising diplomacy in letters and reports, and shaping your arguments. Advanced Business Writing (up to 15 Hours) This course includes all the material covered in our Effective Business Writing class, and takes it a step further. It is geared toward people who have the responsibility to write business documents that help support the goals of their company. In order to successfully create a variety of business documents, you need to thoroughly understand which documents work best for specific situations and how to produce them. In this course, you will learn how to choose the best document to use and prepare to write the document to help you achieve your business goals. Conducting Interviews (up to 6 Hours) Identify the benefits of interviewing skills and the various types of interviews; define success factors; and identify the steps involved in writing and finalizing the success factors for a position. Establish a plan for an interview and prepare an office for an interview. Handle an interview by developing an understanding of the various types of candidates, conduct an interview by following a specific structure, and use effective communication techniques when interviewing. Identify the types of bias, the steps involved in evaluating a candidate, and several criteria for ranking candidates. Identify the follow-up tasks that should be performed after an interview. List the provisions outlined by EEO and identify appropriate and inappropriate questions, including those that are not permissible according to the law. Define disability; identify the questions that are prohibited by the ADA, hire prospective employees legally under the Immigration Reform and Control Act, and use Form I-9. Conducting Meetings (up to 3 Hours) Identify the benefits, types and misconceptions about meetings, plan a meeting, participate in a meeting, and close a meeting. Identify the types of meeting leaders and the characteristics of an effective meeting leader, the process to follow when making decisions in a meeting, and explain how to identify and minimize groupthink in meetings. Identify the main causes of conflict and the ways to resolve conflict in meetings, and the common difficult personality types in meetings, and identify the characteristics of a positive and negative climate and the steps to build a positive climate when communicating. Identify the ways to communicate clearly in a meeting, communication styles to avoid, and the ways to enhance relationships with participants. Identify the common barriers to listening effectively and the steps to become an active listener, and how to ask effective questions and the four types of questions that are helpful during a meeting. Identify the different ways nonverbal messages can be sent, and interpret nonverbal communication and identify the steps to improve nonverbal communication. Dealing with Difficult Employees (up to 6 Hours) This course will teach supervisors and managers to face the task of dealing with difficult employees; those who often come in late, don't work hard, procrastinate, or keep morale low. You will learn how to determine the causes of employee performance problems and learn what interventions steps to take. Rather than dictate performance changes, managers are encouraged to give constructive feedback to help employees improve work ethic and morale. A six-step Intervention Model will offer good suggestions about communication, a plan of improvement, and problem resolution. The Intervention Model also shows how to deal effectively with discipline and termination situations. All employee performance issues, including management responsibility, are discussed in detailed case studies. Sexual Harassment (up to 6 Hours) Avoid sexually harassing behavior, realize the cost of sexual harassment to an organization, and identify the psychological, health-related, and career-related effects of sexual harassment. Describe the law against sexual harassment and the types of sexual harassment, and understand an organization's liability if a non-employee harasses an employee. Identify behaviors constituting verbal, nonverbal, and quid pro quo types of sexual harassment, types of sexual harassment behaviors, and recognize the impact of sexual harassment in the workplace. Prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, respond appropriately if you or your co-workers are being harassed, and handle personal conversations in the workplace. Identify the need for a sexual harassment policy in an organization, respond appropriately to the employee being harassed and to the accused, and identify the repercussions of sexual harassment on the organization. Time Management (up to 6 Hours) Identify the benefits of time management, evaluate productivity, and identify goals and set priorities. Develop time management plans by identifying goals, creating daily plans, and recognizing obstacles. Use technology to save time instead of wasting time; and maintain a reasonable workload by saying "no." Increase productivity by controlling interruptions and meetings, and recognizing factors that adversely affect productivity. Avoid information overload by identifying causes, screening information, controlling paperwork, and using a filing system to organize your office; and communicate effectively.
PowerPoint Complete (up to 12 Hours) Our staff will show you how to create a professional presentation from start to finish in this course. We will use different views to generate our presentation. Open slide masters, create headers and footers, and use font formatting. We will add clip art, smartart and draw shapes in our presentation, and discuss how to change colors of shapes and assemble your shapes. Build a table in a slide, and learn to add information and format the text. We will view our slide show, check and replace text, preview transitions, print handouts for our audience, and apply options during the slide show. We will work with adjusting the background, work with title masters, and collaborating with Excel and Word. We will arrange clip art on our slides, modify graphics, insert slides, and utilize drawing tools. We will apply transition and animation effects. Prepare your presentation for the web and add hyperlinks. We will show you how to create charts. We will also export outlines to Word and create handouts in Word. We will discuss different ways to deliver your presentation and mark a presentation as final.
Crystal Reports Complete (up to 18 Hours) This course covers both Basic and Advanced Crystal Reports concepts. It is designed to first introduce you to the power of Crystal Reports, and give you a solid grounding in the basics of report creation. Then we build upon that foundation and expand your understanding of Crystal Reports to include its more powerful features. This class will help both students that are new to Crystal Reports and those that have report writing experience. The lessons are illustrated by exercises that use Xtreme.MDB, the sample database that comes with Crystal Reports. The material covered in this class is good for versions 3 through 12 (CR 2008). Students who attend this class will learn how to: use the Standard Report Expert; work in Preview mode; understand the 7 sections; use guidelines and snap to grid; manage objects and sections; sort; group; create a TopN report; create a basic Group Chart; add a grand total, subtotal and summary; create a cross-tab object; use the Select Expert, the Group Select Expert, and recognize some of the problems with Group Selection; create links and learn about the different types of joins; add, edit and delete a formula; use a function in a formula including math, string and date functions; use operators in function as well as other areas of the report including if-then-else logic, concatenation and more; format the report for printing; manage large text objects and fields inside text objects; use parameter fields to affect record selection, sorting, formatting, and detail level of a report; add, view and modify an alert; know when to use a subreport, and how to create one; create a running total; use variables; perform conditional formatting; group by specific order; perform advanced Boolean operations and advanced formula functions; manage Null values; split sections into subsections and make sections conditional; underlay a section; create advanced cross-tabs, charts and maps; export to Excel, Lotus 123, Word, csv file, or HTML; and use SQL within Crystal reports. On Site Crystal Reports Training We can also travel to your location to provide Crystal Reports training. This option is more cost effective if you have four or more people you want to enroll in the class and have your own training room. With on-site training, students will have the chance to perform exercises in their own data, allowing them to immediately apply the skills they learn in the class.
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Outlook Complete (up to 9 Hours) This course will show you how to effectively utilize Outlook in your workplace. We will show you how to use Help and work with the ribbon. Learn to use e-mail by sending, receiving, replying, recalling and forwarding messages. Work with attachments and print e-mail messages. Using mail management tools, we will sort mail and discover methods of sorting or deleting junk mail. Utilize the contacts list to keep track of your clients or customers. We’ll show you how to create, view, and edit contacts; and how to make the most of contacts with e-mail. Manage your time by working with the calendar in Outlook; schedule and change appointments, and print out your weekly, monthly, or daily schedule. Learn to use reminders, recurring appointments and calendar options. We’ll show you how to enter, update, view, and organize tasks. We’ll learn to use the journal and enter, update, view, and organize electronic sticky notes. Project (up to 15 Hours): Learn to apply project management concepts, open an existing file, create and save a new project file. Create a task list, modify the task list, create the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and view, define and apply WBS codes. Create task links, and add lead time, explore Network Diagram view, modify task links, add advanced task information. Use the Change Working Time dialog box to create a new base calendar, task calendar and resource calendar, use Resource Sheet view to enter resource information, assign resources to tasks, and work with resource costs. Examine and customize Calendar view, and customize Gantt Chart and Network Diagram view. Edit task constraints, edit an effort-driven schedule, and identify and resolve resource over-allocation. Use standard filters and AutoFilters to view data, create a custom filter. Save a baseline plan, update the progress of a task, display the Earned Value table, and use Network Diagram View. Perform PERT analysis, split tasks, delay resource work, and assign overtime. Format a project file, use the drawing tools, print views and reports, and create Custom and Crosstab reports. Set up E-mail or Web as the workgroup messaging system, save a file as a Web page, and add hyperlinks to the project file. Share, copy, and consolidate project elements and manage tasks and resource pools. Import data from Excel and Access, export data to Excel and Access, and copy data to Word and Excel.
Excel Unit 1 (up to 9 Hours) This beginning level course is designed to teach you the fundamentals of Excel. We will learn the different parts of the Excel window, how to open a workbook and enter and edit data in columns and rows. Insert and delete cells and modify column width and row height. We will work with the Office Clipboard to cut, copy, and paste text. Move cells and learn to use fills instead of typing in data. Discover how formulas work. Use functions and different methods of entering functions, including paste function. Create cell references, including absolute, mixed, and relative references. We’ll walk you through the steps to format numbers, align text, and enhance your spreadsheet with borders and shading. We will build and modify a chart for a visual effect. Learn to adjust page setup, headers and footers, print titles and options, and set print areas. Learn to rename and move worksheets, and create named ranges. We will work with database lists and sort information. In this course, you will work with logical, financial, and date functions. To format our worksheet, we will use the Auto Formatting feature, and insert page breaks. Excel Unit 2 (up to 9 Hours) This advanced course will work with comments, objects and graphics. Link worksheets; show formulas and references, and discussion of 3-D workbooks. We will save Excel as different file types, and prepare a worksheet for the Web. Learn how to use and customize a template to suit your needs. Use templates, work with named ranges in formulas, and format numbers using custom and conditional formatting. Learn to use lookup functions and data validation. Import from text files and web pages, create web queries, and export to other applications. Create web pages. Work with PivotTables, show and hide data, create Pivot Charts, and save your PivotTables and Pivot Charts as web pages. Discover how to use scenarios and subtotals to analyze your data. We will show you how to share workbooks, applying protection, and set file passwords and properties. Comments, tracking changes, merging and linking workbooks, printing worksheets and reports, and auditing a worksheet are tools we will teach you to help you become more efficient with Excel. Create and run macros, and add buttons to toolbars or items to menu. Excel Complete (up to 15 Hours) Save time and money by taking Excel Unit 1 and 2 together. The material for these two classes is combined into one class for both beginners and those with Excel experience.
Adobe Dreamweaver (up to 15 Hours) Discuss HTML concepts, identify the workspace, format text, insert images, identify HTML tags, and perform tasks in Code view. Plan a Web site, work with panels, create a Web page, import text from external files, and set page properties. Convert line breaks to paragraph breaks, insert special characters, create lists, create CSS style sheets, and apply styles. Create tables and nested tables, format rows and cells, merge cells, add rows and columns to tables, set widths for tables and columns, change cell borders and padding, and create a layout table to arrange page content. Choose appropriate image formats, insert images, modify image properties, insert and modify background images, and add alternate text. Create links, create named anchors, create email links, create an image map, and apply CSS styles to link states. Check file sizes, download times, broken links and orphaned files, cloak files, and validate code. Work with internal and external style sheets; link to an external style sheet; and edit CSS rules. Create library items and snippets; create server-side includes; create and apply templates, and add keyword and description tags. Create a navigation bar and use behaviors. Insert Flash items, add media files, and create animation using Timelines. Use Check In/Check Out, use Design Notes to manage files in a group work setting, check for browser-specific errors, and check for and fix accessibility problems. Expression Web (up to 15 Hours) Discuss basic Internet and Web concepts, plan the design and structure of a site, create a new one-page site and add folders and pages, create templates, and apply a template to pages. Import content into a page, convert line breaks to paragraph breaks, insert non-breaking spaces and symbols, apply structural tags, create lists, create an external style sheet, and establish element and class styles. Define content sections; create and apply ID styles; apply margins, padding, and borders to an element; create a two-column layout; and control wrapping. Discuss image file formats, adjust image properties, apply alternate text, and arrange images. Create links, navigation bars, e-mail links, and bookmarks, customize link styles, create image maps, and link hotspots. Insert and format tables, insert and format rows and columns, create table captions, and work with nested tables in a table. Check for spelling errors and broken hyperlinks throughout a site, identify publishing options, and publish a Web site. Students will learn to author compliant Web pages and choose the right XHTML doctype for your Web sites; use code snippets; correct code and errors; and use IntelliSense to prevent code errors. Create rollovers, and apply behaviors. Work with layers and create dynamic layers. Create layout tables and layout cells to build a page layout, and apply basic formatting options to layout tables and cells. Create forms and insert and modify a variety of input fields, create a basic ASP.NET form, and apply ASP.NET input validation controls. Discuss the basics of dynamic Web sites and database connectivity, create master pages and attach content pages to a master, and insert an XML Data View in a Web page. Apply basic search engine optimization; check for browser compatibility problems and unused and undefined CSS styles; redirect a browser to an alternate version of a page; optimize a site using Reports; and locate, understand, and fix accessibility problems. Flash (up to 12 Hours) Students will learn how to use Flash and its many drawing and animation tools to create dynamic interactive movies for multimedia and Internet productions. This course is designed for people who will be designing and developing multimedia content for CD-ROM and Web. Learn the basic elements of Flash and how to effectively use streaming, interactivity, and multimedia. Work with Plug-ins, flash file formats, and enhanced color controls. We will discuss vector vs. bitmap images, web vs. desktop delivery, and shared libraries. Use the pen tool, bezier handles, drag guides, and panels. Our staff will show you how to use shortcut keys, the macromedia dashboard, and we'll discuss support for importing MP3 files. We will import Freehand and Fireworks PNG files, and work with all the elements of the Flash interface, including: the stage, the modifier tray, layers, the timeline, and more. When we are finished we will view our movie and discuss publishing and exporting options.
Word Unit 1 (up to 9 Hours) In this course, you will learn how to navigate documents, enter text, and save files. We will show you shortcuts to select text, work with toolbars and menus, use the Office Clipboard, and learn features such as drag-and-drop, find and replace, spell and grammar check. Learn to change fonts, font attributes, align text, and apply character effects. Add pizzazz to your document by using borders and shading, bullets and numbering, and by adding graphics to your page. Learn to use headers and footers and date and time placeholders. Learn about format painter, a quick technique for copying formatting. See how to work with multiple views of your document. To make sure everything is aligned properly, learn how to set margins, indents, print settings, and view non-printing characters. We will work with page setup, borders and shading, and symbols. Save time by using AutoText and AutoCorrect. We’ll setup tabs, automatic page numbering, and styles. Learn how to insert text from another file, work with breaks and spacing, indents, columns, sections, and outline numbered lists. Use and modify graphics, set graphics options, and work with the drawing toolbar and text boxes. Word Unit 2 (up to 9 Hours) In this advanced course, we will insert tables into our document, work with the cells, and change formatting. Prepare and print letters, envelopes, and labels individually or from lists using mail merge. Prepare documents for the Web and create hyperlinks. We will work with different footer sections and explore styles. We will utilize footnotes and endnotes, fields and cross-references, and build an index and table of contents. Discover how to modify paragraphs, change headers and footers, work with text and columns, and use graphics. Learn to use master documents, work with expanded and locked documents, rearrange subdocuments, and split and merge subdocuments. Insert page breaks and set paragraph formatting. Use revision tools, collaborating with work groups, and using the track changes feature. Work with forms and set form options. We’ll show you how to create and run macros. Word Complete (up to 15 Hours) This course will teach you everything you need to know about using Microsoft Word. All the techniques, tips and tricks from Unit 1 and Unit 2 will be covered in this two day class.
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