Designed for the PC novice

We look at how to start and shut down your PC and everything in between including:

• The difference between hardware and software
• The layout of the desktop
• Mouse and keyboard basic
• Opening and closing programs
• Saving documents
• Working with your files

Lesson 1: Foundations

Designed for the novice user this course will have you surfing the Web in no time at all!. By the end of the program participants will be able to:

• Assess the equipment they will need to connect to the internet
• Be able to navigate around the Internet Explorer screen effectively
• Surf the net' by typing in web addresses and using links
• Perform searches using several popular search engines
• Set a home page
• Bookmark and organise their favourite web pages
• Print web pages

Pre-Requisites:

Getting to Know Your PC or a good working knowledge of the Windows.
For more advanced courses in using the Internet, please contact us for further information.

Learn Outlook Basics

This course introduces MS Outlook and assumes no prior knowledge of email clients. By the end of the program participants will be able to: 

• Find their way around the interface of Outlook effectively
• Use the Navigation buttons to browse their mailbox
• Send and receive emails
• Reply to and forward emails
• Attach files to an email
• View and save attachments received in an email
• Search emails
• Understand and use the Outlook Address Book effectively
• Understand and use the Outlook calendar effectively

Pre-Requisites:

Getting to Know Your PC or a good working knowledge of the Windows.

Lesson 1: Foundations

This course covers the basics of PowerPoint and assumes no prior knowledge. By the end of the program participants will be able to create a simple but professional presentation.

Pre-Requisites:

Getting to Know Your PC or a good working knowledge of the Windows.

Lesson 2: Beyond the Basics

Having mastered the basics, we focus on gaining more control over your presentations, creating a more professional look and techniques to capture an audience's interest.

Pre-Requisites:

Lesson 1 or a good working knowledge of the basics of PowerPoint.

Lesson 3: Focused Presentations

This course requires a good working knowledge of PowerPoint and is aimed at users who present frequently and want to produce a high-end seamless presentation.

Participants will learn advanced PowerPoint skills such as how to work with different types of multimedia content and package their presentation to CD etc. The course also incorporates a session on best practice presentation skills.

Pre-Requisites:

Lesson 2 or an intermediate level of knowledge of PowerPoint

Lesson 1: Foundations

This course covers the basics of Word and assumes no prior knowledge of word processing. By the completion of the program participants will be able to:

• Find their way around the interface of Word effectively
• Create, edit, close save and print documents
• Format, move, copy and delete text
• Use styles and change the presentation of a document
• Work with pictures within documents

Pre-Requisites:

Getting to Know Your PC or a good working knowledge of Windows.

Lesson 2: Beyond the Basics

Having mastered the basics, we focus on gaining more control over your word processing and formatting. We give you the skills to create more professional looking documents.

Pre-Requisites:

Lesson 1 or a good working knowledge of the basics of PowerPoint.

Lesson 3: Developing Expertise

This course requires a good working knowledge of Word and is aimed at users who need to create complex documents or special types of documents.

Participants will learn advanced Word skills such as customised styles and references, document security, mail merging etc. Users will also learn to collaborate on documents through features such as tracking changes etc.

Pre-Requisites:

Lesson 2 or an intermediate level of knowledge of Word.

Lesson 1: Foundations

This course covers the basics of Excel and assumes no prior knowledge of spreadsheets. By the end of the program participants will be able to:

• Find their way around the interface of Excel effectively
• Create, edit, close save and print basic spreadsheets
• Understand the principals of spreadsheets and their uses
• Create basic formulas, worksheets and workbooks
• Format, move, copy and delete text and formulas

Pre-Requisites:

Getting to Know Your PC or a good working knowledge of Windows.

Lesson 2: Beyond the Basics

Having mastered the basics, we focus on gaining more control over your spreadsheets. We give you the skills to work with more complicated formulas and graphs.

Pre-Requisites:

Lesson 1 or a good working knowledge of the basics of PowerPoint.

Lesson 3: Excel Excellence

The content of this course is yet to be published. Please contact us if you are interested in this course.

Pre-Requisites:

Lesson 2 or an intermediate level of knowledge of Word.

Unable to find a course to suit your needs

Our trainers can design a customised individually tailored program to suite your needs in most Microsoft packages and many other software suites.

We are happy to design programs for home users as well as corporate coursed for small to large organisations.

Some examples of customised courses we have been asked to design for clients include:

• Designing and using Pivot Tables in Excel
• Creating workplace manuals in Word
• Creating custom forms in Word
• Creating and using advanced charts in Excel
• Getting to Know and Use FileMaker
• Getting to know MYOB

All custom designed programs cost $160 for every 2 hour module. Discounts for groups of 5 or more are available.

Pre-Requisites:

Vary depending on the customised course. Our course designer will discuss this with you when booking the course.
We would be happy to chat with you about designing a course to fit your specific needs. Please contact us for further information.

Gain control over your website with JOOMLA! CMS

Lesson 1: Foundations

This course covers the basics of editing your own website using the industry leading CMS system, JOOMLA! The foundation course covers:

• Logging in to the Joomla system
• Create new website articles
• Upload images into your articles
• Set publishing options for your article
• Create new menu items
• Change menu ordering
• Edit existing articles
• Change contact form details

Pre-Requisites:

General understanding of internet browsing and website terminology