IT courses take place in the IT Training Room at Thames Valley Housing which is fully equipped with individual, state of the art PCs and an interactive whiteboard and projector. All the IT courses are delivered by Paul Brown of Notable, in partnership with Thames Valley Housing.
Go to Related Pages for information on courses in PowerPoint, Access, Publisher and one to one IT courses.
Courses in Microsoft Word
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Level
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Prior Knowledge
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Contents
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Basic
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Little or no knowledge
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Key strokes and the mouse; editing skills; file storage and retrieval; word commands; page layout skills and paragraph formatting skills.
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Intermediate
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Good basic knowledge |
Using graphic effects; working with clip art; tables; charts and worksheets; introduction to styles; data merge. |
| Basic/Intermediate Combined |
Some basic knowledge |
A basic assessment and refresher; graphics; tables; charts and worksheets. |
| Advanced |
Good knowledge of intermediate level |
Advanced styles; autoformat; templates and forms; graphics; working with large documents; publising on the web. |
Courses in Microsoft Excel
| Level |
Prior |
Contents |
| Basic |
Little or no knowledge
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Basics and terms; saving and naming; moving and copying; find and replace; basic functions and formula; calculations. |
| Intermediate |
Good basic knowledge |
Functions and formulae; charting; outlining and grouping; freezing panes; linking multiple worksheets; filtering and sorting; nested tables and lookup tables. |
| Intermediate/Advanced combined |
Some knowledge of intermediate |
Intermediate assessment and refresher; advanced functions and formulas; F statements; macros; goal seek and solver; visual basic; advanced charts. |
| Advanced |
Good knowledge of intermediate level |
Macros and pivot tables; goal seek and solver; scenarios; visual basic; editing; advanced charts and tables.
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For full details of the course you can read and download a copy of the Training Prospectus at the foot of the page. All Portable Document Format files require Adobe Acrobat software which can be obtained - free - from the Adobe website.
