ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Software Simplified - Customized On-Site Computer Training, Sample Features</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FF9900" text="#000000" link="#FFFFCC" vlink="#FFFF66" alink="#FFCC00" leftmargin="60" rightmargin="60" topmargin="60" marginwidth="60" marginheight="60"><P align=center><IMG height=160 src="images/lorriebanner.jpg" width=750 useMap=#m_Banner border=0></P> <P align=center><IMG height=36 alt="" src="images/menu_r2_c2.gif" width=725 useMap=#m_menu_r2_c2 border=0 name=menu_r2_c2></P> <P align=center><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#ffffff><STRONG>Customized On-Site Computer Training</STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=center><U><FONT size=+0><STRONG>Sample Features</STRONG></FONT></U></P> <P><BR>Topics covered are those used by the <STRONG>average</STRONG> user. Although this includes introductory, intermediate and some advanced features, courses are not separated by level. This allows clients the flexibility to choose whatever features they want to make up a course. See the course Needs Analysis Form for a detailed list of included features (Version 2003). E-mail <A href="mailto:lorrie@softwaresimplified.ca">lorrie@softwaresimplified.ca</A> or call 613-531-5212 to request forms for other versions.</P><BR> <P></P><STRONG>Microsoft® Word</STRONG><a href="Word 2003.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="images/PDF-Icon.jpg" alt="Word 2003 Needs Analysis Form" border="0"></A> <P></P> <P>Improve your written communications and the appearance of your documents. Learn document basics such as how to open and save a file, understand the program screen and work with and edit text. Enhance your document's appearance by formatting characters and paragraphs. Improve its layout with headers and footers, tables and graphics. Use time-saving features such as Mail Merge, templates and learn how to insert content from other programs, such as Excel.</P> <P><STRONG>Microsoft® Excel</STRONG><A href="Excel 2003.pdf" target=_blank><IMG alt="Excel 2003 Needs Analysis Form" src="images/PDF-Icon.jpg" border=0></A></P> <P>Use this spreadsheet program to best record and interpret your data&nbsp;from a simple list to complex data. Learn document basics such as how to open and save a file, understand the program screen, and enter and edit data. Enhance your spreadsheet's appearance and therefore readability by formatting the spreadsheet, managing column width and row height and merging cells. Learn to calculate your data using the AutoSum or other simple formulas and functions. Organize your data by sorting and/or filtering it. Analyze your data using charts and lists and conditional formatting. Manage large workbooks by organizing the data onto multiple sheets, repeating column headings on multiple pages and by controlling what you see on your screen at once, using features such as freezing and splitting panes. Learn how to control what prints where by using print layout and printing features.</P> <P><STRONG>Microsoft® PowerPoint</STRONG><A href="PowerPoint 2003.pdf" target=_blank><IMG alt="PowerPoint 2003 Needs Analysis Form" src="images/PDF-Icon.jpg" border=0></A></P> <P>Impress your audience by learning how to create dynamic, professional presentations. Learn document basics such as how to open and save a file, understand the program screen, create a new presentation in various ways, insert, edit and manipulate slides. Examine different PowerPoint views that allow you to manage your presentation differently, such as outline and slide sorter views. Enhance your presentation's appearance by applying design templates, colour schemes and backgrounds. Apply bullets and/or numbering, and paragraph alignment and spacing to better organize text. Convey your presentation's message more effectively by inserting graphics, tables, graphs and organizational charts. You can insert content from other programs such as Word or Excel, as well as hyperlinks to sources such as another file or a website. Learn the different ways to print a presentation for the speaker and the audience – headers and footers are a must for audience handouts.</P> <P><STRONG>Microsoft® Outlook</STRONG><A href="Outlook 2003.pdf" target=_blank><IMG alt="Outlook 2003 Needs Analysis Form" src="images/PDF-Icon.jpg" border=0></A></P> <P>Boost your communication skills and learn how to manage your e-mail messages, calendar, contacts, and tasks. Learn program basics such as how to compose, send, and receive e-mail, understand the program screen and how to configure it to your liking. Manage your e-mail by changing message options, inserting, opening and saving attachments, adding a signature, finding e-mail, organizing e-mail into folders and creating and managing rules. Organize your contacts by creating and managing contacts and distribution lists, adding an e-mail sender to your contact list, forwarding contacts by e-mail and printing contacts. Take control of your schedule by creating, editing and deleting appointments/meetings, setting and managing reminders, working with recurring appointments, colour-coding your appointments, printing your calendar and viewing the Taskpad (or not). Save paper by using Outlook's Tasks which are like an electronic to-do list. Learn to create, edit and delete tasks as well as set reminders for them. Collaborating with others is an integral part of Outlook. You can plan and respond to meeting requests, share your calendar and other Outlook items (only available if using Microsoft ® Exchange Server), and assign tasks. <BR></P> <CENTER><IMG height=114 src="images/Chamber-logo.gif" width=105></CENTER><BR> <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="33%"> <DIV align=center><A href="qualifications.html"><FONT size=+0><STRONG>Qualifications</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV></TD> <TD width="33%"> <DIV align=center><A href="contact.html"><FONT size=+0><STRONG>Contact Information</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV></TD> <TD width="33%"> <DIV align=center><A href="features.html"><FONT size=+0><STRONG>Sample Features</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> <P align=center><FONT size=+0><A href="index.html">HOME</A></FONT></P> <CENTER></CENTER><MAP name=m_menu_r2_c2><AREA shape=RECT alt="Sample Features" coords=559,0,696,36 href="features.html"><AREA shape=RECT alt="Contact Information" coords=271,0,445,36 href="contact.html"><AREA shape=RECT alt=Qualifications coords=33,0,156,36 href="qualifications.html"></MAP><MAP name=m_Banner><AREA shape=RECT alt="Return to Home" coords=11,38,259,139 href="index.html"></MAP></body> </html>