Introduction to Word and Excel Distance Learning Course
This course is taken remotely in the comfort of your own home or in the workplace. Candidates will be able to download study materials, access an online study portal where they can share files including accessing screen-share facilities with a dedicated tutor.
This will teach you the basics of Word and Excel including: opening, editing and saving a document, using formatting tools, inserting and basic formatting of images, basic formula etc.
You will receive an Academy certificate on completion of this course.
Pre-Requisites: This is a follow on course to our Introduction to Internet and Email course. Delegates should have a good level keyboard and mouse skills, but do not need prior experience with Word and Excel.
Date: This is a roll-on, roll-off course and learners can enrol at any time.
Tuition Time: Up to 2 hours of online tutor support.
Full Course Fee £50
Location: Distance Learning
COURSE CONTENT
Getting started with Word
• Working safely at your computer
• Opening Word
• Overview of Word
• Overview of the Word Ribbon and Views
File Management
• Creating New Documents
• Saving Documents
• Opening Documents
• Searching for files
Using formatting tools
• Using the Undo/Redo Command
• Font Styles
• Using fonts e.g. bold, font size, underline, justify
etc.
• Page Layout
• Page Borders
Spelling & Grammar
• Using the Review tab tools and right click
commands
• Using the Word Dictionary
• Using the Word Thesaurus
• Using Synonyms
Images
• Copying and paste an image
• Resizing an image
• Wrap text around an image
• Delete an image
Guide to writing formal & Informal Email
• Opening
• Closing
• Using attachments
Getting started with Excel
• Open Excel
• Overview of Excel
• Overview of the Excel Ribbon and views
Formatting a Spreadsheet
• Selecting Cells
• Using Currency formatting
• Fonts Styles
• Using fonts e.g. bold, font size, underline, justify etc.
Basic Formula
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Autosum
• Average
Safety and Security
• Staying safe
