APPLICATIONS TRAINING

Overview: Our training in Microsoft Word is in modular form, so that you can select specific modules for groups of users who do not require full course.

The approximate time to teach each module is included with details of the content. Accordingly you will be able to gauge fairly accurately the training time required for your specific needs.

The full course comprises approximately three training days:

• The first day is an introductory course aimed at first-time users
• The second and third days are intended for experienced users wishing to attain intermediate or advanced proficiency levels.

Overview: Our training in Microsoft Excel is in modular form, so that you are able to select specific modules for groups of users who do not require full course.

The approximate time to teach each module is included with details of the content. Accordingly you will be able to gauge fairly accurately the training time required for your specific needs.

The full course comprises approximately three training days:

• The first day is an introductory course aimed at first-time users
• The second and third days are intended for experienced users wishing to attain intermediate or advanced proficiency levels

Overview: This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) training course is designed to give a good working knowledge of using Visual Basic with Microsoft Excel.

The VBA content of the training course can be applied to other Microsoft Applications.

Delegates should have attended the Advanced Excel Course and have a good understanding of Excel functions and templates.

Overview: Our Microsoft Access training comprises three courses lasting approximately four days in all:

• The one-day introductory course for first-time users of Access, covers database concepts, forms, queries and reports
• The one-day intermediate course considers database maintenance & security and higher level forms, queries & reporting functions
• The two-day advanced course cover functions, relationship, graphs, macros, and command bars.

All delegates must be confident computer users with Word and Excel experience.

Overview: This two-day course is intended for Microsoft Access users who wish to develop personal applications with the help of Visual Basic.

Delegates must be proficient in the use of Access. Previous programming experience is not necessary although some experience of the use of macros and events within Access will be an advantage.

Overview: Our Microsoft PowerPoint training comprises two courses lasting approximately one day each:

• The introductory course, for first-time users of PowerPoint, covers all the skills required to create presentations using existing templates and including imported images and spreadsheets
• The advanced course covers issues such as customisation, graphs & charts and using PowerPoint on the internet.

All delegates must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse.

Overview: Our Microsoft Outlook training comprises two courses lasting approximately half a day each:

• The introductory course, for first-time users of Outlook, covers E-mail, the Contact list and Appointments
• The advanced course covers E-mail management, contact list management and sharing Outlook folders

All delegates must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse. First time users may attend both courses on the same day if appropriate.

Overview: Learn how to build FrontPage Web Sites from the ground up. This course will teach you everything from the basics of Web page creation all the way up to the more advanced features.

Overview: Our one-day introduction to Adobe Dreamweaver is for new or prospective web designers wishing to create websites with the help of this leading professional software. After completing this course, students will be able to create websites that include frame-based pages, tables, graphics, and links.

Participants should have a basic understanding of an operating system: for example, how to launch an application, create and save files and copy files from CDs and other media.

This course does not include the design of images for the internet. Delegates wishing to design such images may be interested in our Photoshop course below.

Overview: Adobe Acrobat is a unique suite of applications (Acrobat 6 Professional, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Distiller, Acrobat Catalog) which enables the creation of portable document format (PDF) files.

Once converted to PDF, documents can be viewed by anyone who downloads the freely available Acrobat Reader with all their original layout, pagination and graphic content intact. Because of their extremely compact file size, PDF documents constitute an ideal way of distributing documents over the web, via email or on CD-ROM.

Adobe Acrobat PDFs are also increasingly being used as a highly efficient method of delivering publications to prepress agencies.

Suitable for users completely new to Adobe products.

Overview: Adobe Illustrator has become an industry-standard and is used for producing print, multimedia and on-line graphics. It can be used to create such elements as illustrations, drawings, maps, logos, advertisements, multimedia and web navigation graphics.

Drawings created in illustrator are commonly exported to desktop publishing programs such as QuarkXPress or PageMaker to form part of a larger publication. - Users with experience of using software like CorelDraw or Macromedia Freehand will find many familiar tools and techniques.

Overview: Quark XPress is used by just about every graphic designer on the planet. It is a precision tool used for the page layout aspect of electronic publishing.

Powerful yet user-friendly, Quark can be used for putting together anything from a promotional flier to a film poster or magazine. Quark XPress Passport is a special edition of the software which includes features for multi-language publishing.

Our Introduction to QuarkXPress covers essential Quark XPress concepts, tools and techniques.

Suitable for users completely new to Quark Xpress.