QuickStart Classes

Prerequisites: Completion of the Introduction to Windows class, or a good understanding of the Windows operating environment.

Class length: 1/2 day.

Targeted Skills:

• Create and save a document in Word.
• Open an existing document and use simple editing techniques to make changes.
• Navigate in a large document by using the mouse and the keyboard.
• Apply and remove character formatting.
• Apply and remove paragraph formatting, such as alignments, borders, indents, and numbered lists.
• Add and modify tabs.
• Adjust margins and page layout.

Prerequisites: Completion of the Introduction to Windows class, or a good understanding of the Windows operating environment as well as a basic understanding of Microsoft Word.

Class length: 1/2 day.

Targeted Skills:

• Create, modify, and format tables.
• Convert tabbed text to a table.
• Perform calculations in tables and create graphs from tables.
• Use a table as a simple database.
• Merge a document with data to create multiple variations of the document.

Prerequisites: Completion of the Introduction to Windows class, or a good understanding of the Windows operating environment.

Class length: 1/2 day.

Targeted Skills:

• Identify the features of an Excel workbook.
• Create a basic worksheet by entering text, values, and formulas.
• Create basic formulas by using Excels built-in functions.
• Move and copy data by using shortcut menus, drag and drop editing, and toolbar buttons.
• Prepare a document for printing.

Prerequisites: Completion of the Introduction to Windows class, or a good understanding of the Windows operating environment. In addition, students should have a basic understanding of Excel.

Class Length: 1/2 day.

Targeted Skills:

• Create charts that graphically represent worksheet data.
• Modify existing charts.
• Modify existing embedded charts.
• Customize charts by applying formatting.
• Use the AutoFormat feature to enhance charts.

Prerequisites: Completion of the Introduction to Windows class, or a good understanding of the Windows operating environment.

Class length: 1/2 day.

Targeted Skills:

• Start the PowerPoint program, identify on-screen features, and navigate through a presentation.
• Create and edit a title slide and bullet slides.
• Use PowerPoint’s drawing tools to create a slide.
• Incorporate clip art objects in a slide.
• Change the overall appearance of your presentation by using design templates, and identify printing and presentation options.