MAY 2008 TRAINING INFORMATION

The May training topics are listed below. Click the name of the session for a description, dates of training and registration information.


Intro to Word 2003
  Excel 2003 Functions
Word 2003 Mail Merge
  Exercises in Excel - Intermediate
GroupWise Calendars
  PC Housekeeping
Intro to Excel 2003
  PowerPoint 2003


Introduction to Word 2003

Kevin Ledbetter, Instructor
Location: CCLIR 261B

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 – 1:30 PM
Friday, May 9, 2008 – 9:00 AM
Friday, May 30, 2008 – 3:00 PM

In this one-hour workshop designed for those new to word processing, you will learn to create, modify, and save documents. Understand how to use Word’s menus, submenus, and toolbars to select font type and size, set page margins and line spacing, set tabs, and utilize Auto Spell Check and AutoCorrect features.

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Word 2003: Mail Merge

Kevin Ledbetter, Instructor
Location: CCLIR 261B

Thursday, May 1, 2008 – 1:30 PM
Thursday, May 8, 2008 – 9:00 AM
Thursday, May 29, 2008 – 9:00 AM

In this one-hour workshop designed for those with basic Word skills learn to use the Mail Merge Wizard to create a mass-mailing document. Understand efficient data file creation and the Mail Merge toolbar.  Learn to use conditional formatting to customize your work.  Discover how easy it is to create labels and envelopes for mass mailings.

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GroupWise: Calendars

Kevin Ledbetter, Instructor
Location: CCLIR 261B

Friday, May 30, 2008 – 9:30 AM

The GroupWise Collaboration Suite has an integrated calendar that is a powerful tool designed to help organize your department. Calendaring topics covered during this 90-minute session will include detailed information on posted and group appointments, recurring appointments, busy searches, granting proxy access and rights to your calendar, and managing multiple calendar views.

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Introduction to Excel 2003

Kevin Ledbetter, Instructor
Location: CCLIR 261B

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 – 9:30 AM

This one-hour workshop is designed for those who are new to Excel. Learn to create, modify, and save workbooks. Work with formulas, cell references, number formatting, sorting, and basic functions. Insert, resize, and delete columns and rows. Learn to manage multiple worksheets.

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Excel 2003: Functions, Functions, Functions

Kevin Ledbetter, Instructor
Location: CCLIR 261B

Thursday, May 8, 2008 – 10:30 AM
Thursday, May 8, 2008 – 1:30 PM

This new 60-minute intermediate skill workshop will expose you the many of the Excel 2003 functions.  TRIM, PROPER, LEN, FIND, and CONCATENATE are just a few of the tools you will use to manipulate text in Excel. Learn how to create IF statements and use VLOOKUP to populate fields.  Use COUNTIF to create tallies, CONVERT to change Fahrenheit to Celsius, and PMT to calculate payments.

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Exercises in Excel - Intermediate Level

Kevin Ledbetter, Instructor
Location: CCLIR 261B

Thursday, May 29, 2008 – 1:30 PM

In this very popular 90-minute intermediate skill workshop you will get hands-on experience creating a functioning workbook utilizing many of Excels features, such as custom formatting, fill handles, freezing panes, absolute references, and conditional formatting. Discover working with Excel is easy, once you learn its powerful features.

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PC Housekeeping

Kevin Ledbetter, Instructor
Location: CCLIR 261B

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 – 9:00 AM
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 – 3:00 PM

Just like your automobile, your PC can use a tune-up every now and then.  This workshop will cover some of the things you can do to keep it performing up to its maximum potential.  Topics will include using Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, and Disk Defragmenter.  Learn how to clean up and configure your Start Menu and Task bar.

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PowerPoint 2003

Kevin Ledbetter, Instructor
Location: CCLIR 261B

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 – 2:30 PM

Learn how to create impressive presentations in this 90-minute workshop. Get an overview of the PowerPoint interface, learn how to format your entire presentation and create custom backgrounds using Master Slides. Insert text, pictures, video, audio and even You-Tube Flash Objects into your presentations. Learn the basics of animations and slide transitions; as well as packaging your presentation to a CD.

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