Computer Training

Hands-on Training

If e-learning isn’t for you, we continue to offer our most popular courses with a full-day, hands-on approach. You’ll love the convenience and comfort of our Conference Center’s Computer Lab. Small class sizes, individual new laptop computers and expert instructors make learning a breeze!

EXCEL

Learning this fundamental spreadsheet and analysis program has never been easier! In our one-day Excel courses, we’ll show you the nuts and bolts of using spreadsheets, as well as the advanced formatting functions and tips and tricks only seasoned users know. Levels Offered: I, II, and III

ACCESS

Whether you’re an Access novice or a bit familiar with this powerful database tool, our courses are for you. We’ll not only scratch the surface of its powerful features, but reveal the real magic of Access that you thought was reserved for the experts – providing you with dozens of techniques and shortcuts you can apply the next day! Levels Offered: I, II (two-day course), and III

QUICKBOOKS 2010 Level I

Learn to create, use and maintain your books with ease. Keep track of your payables and receivables. Plan your businesses budget, and improve your small office accounting today. This one-day course provides the basic tools needed to set up and maintain accounts and business transactions using a widely recognized accounting system.

Social Success: Six Steps to Conquering Social Media

Do you still feel like you haven’t got a grip on how to make social media work for your business? Join us as we show you the steps to social media success! We’ll define social media, show you how it interacts with other forms of communications and marketing, and explore how to make money using it. And that’s not all. Class participants will explore the development of a social media plan for both B2B and B2C businesses and leave with a sample plan in hand.

Word 2007/2010

Create professional looking documents and increase your productivity and efficiency in Level I or take it to the next level with merges and forms in the advanced classes. Levels Offered: I, II, and III

For a complete listing of Computer Training Classes, visit our Course Catalog or Calendar below.

e-LEARNING COURSES

Are you on a need-to-know basis? As in, you only have time to learn the things you absolutely need to know? You’re not alone. Our increasingly busy work days don’t leave much time for learning new programs or keeping up with changing technology – until now.

Excel Basics

Our new one-hour Microsoft Excel E-Learning Course covers all the essentials, and all from the comfort of your own office. Master the seven basic steps to formulas, the AutoSum and AutoCalculate functions, and sorting and filtering features in less than 60 minutes.

Excel Intermediate

If you already know the basics of Excel, this course is perfect for you. Learn to use some of Excel’s more advanced features, such as advanced filtering and the IF and PMT (payment) functions – which will not only save you time, but also give you the ability to extract and organize your data using any criteria.

Excel Advanced

In 60 minutes, learn to use one of the most useful built-in functions Excel has to offer –the VLOOKUP – and how to make it work for you. From translating a product number to a product name, this time-saving function can locate the information on one spreadsheet and return the result on another, allowing you to focus on the task at hand. This webinar also will cover the automatic SUBTOTAL feature, which will give you the ability to calculate without entering a single formula yourself.

Excel PivotTables

Not only are PivotTables one of Excel’s most powerful data analysis tools, they’re also one its greatest time-savers. Instead of analyzing countless spreadsheet records to figure out which products sell best and which need retooling, a PivotTable allows you to organize, summarize and extract meaningful data in a few clicks. Our one-hour PivotTables webinar will show you how to create, modify, filter and format, transforming the way you look at your data.

Excel Charts

Creating charts in Excel just got easier. Our new webinar covers the essentials of column and bar charts – getting you on your way to creating and formatting attractive and meaningful charts in just 60 minutes.

PowerPoint Basics

Learning to create well-organized and original presentations just became easier. Our new one-hour E-learning course offers you the ability to learn just what you need without leaving your own desk. You’ll learn to add text and graphics to your presentations using several time-saving techniques, as well as how to use the built-in Slide Master, which will simplify each presentation you create.

PowerPoint Intermediate

Adding that extra spark to your PowerPoint presentations just got easier. This one-hour webinar will provide the necessary tools to create visually attractive presentations. We’ll show you how to combine animations and slide transitions to add a unique component to your presentations.

PowerPoint Advanced

Knowing how to create your presentation is important, but finalizing it is just as critical. Our 60-minute webinar gives you the tools you need to feel confident and ready to go on presentation day. We’ll prep you for PowerPoint success – showing you how to set up and customize your slideshow, implement the Pen and Annotation features, and utilize the all-new Presenter View.

Publisher

In one hour, learn to create well-organized and attractive newsletters and tri-fold brochures that will grab your audience’s attention. We’ll show you how to set up, design and print your publications with built-in, easy to use tools.

Word Basics

If you’re a Word novice, this course is for you! We will discuss how to layout your document to suit your needs, using margin and page settings by working with tab stops, paragraph spacing and the various alignment options available. You also will learn to insert and adjust graphics such as company logos and photos.

Word Intermediate

This one-hour webinar will cover creating and using tables for both organizational and calculating purposes. Yes, you can calculate in Word (and it’s easier than you think)! We’ll discuss using the styles feature to automatically create both a table of contents and index for your document, or to give your document a consistent formatting look throughout.

Word Advanced

Harness the power of Microsoft Word’s built-in tools. Our one-hour webinar will show you how to create secure electronic forms that not only look great, but work every time.

Word Mail Merge

Master bulk mailings by using Word’s Mail Merge feature. This one-hour webinar will teach you the tricks to creating letters, envelopes and labels – addressed individually or to an entire list of people. With its ease of use, Mail Merge will shed hours of work off your to-do list.

Windows 7 Basics

In 60 minutes, discover just how easy working with a computer can be. Our one-hour E-Learning course will help you master the tips and tricks to navigating the new Windows 7 operating system. We’ll show you how to create shortcuts, make folders and save files, as well as a few “special” tricks that will help save you time and reduce your frustration level.

Office 2010 New Features

New software, new features, new headaches? If you’ve upgraded to Office 2010 but haven’t yet explored or mastered its new features, you may be working harder, not smarter. Our one-hour Office 2010 New Features webinar covers the more recent features in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, giving you with the skills you need for Office success.

Computers for Executives

Many of us simply don’t have the time to dedicate a full day to learning a computer program – especially those of us with a company to run. With that in mind, our new 60-minute Computers for Executives webinar provides you with the tools you need to feel more comfortable using the most popular Microsoft programs. Our basic overview will point out the most useful features of Word, Excel and Outlook so you can get back to the business at hand.

Social Media

Social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are the business after-hour cocktail parties of the past – only there’s no need for the party to end. This two-hour webinar will teach you how to harness the power of online networking through today’s most popular social media venues.

For a complete listing of Computer Training Classes, visit our Course Catalog or Calendar below.

Onsite Training

Anywhere. Anytime. Let us bring computer training to you. Full or half-day programs can be customized to your company’s exact needs. Plus, your employees get the full attention of our expert instructors! For more information contact Amy Pontillo at 814/833-3200.