Microsoft Office (Document Prep - MOS Certification) Computer Course Steel Valley Mr. Specter

Microsoft Office What is it? Microsoft Office is a suite of programs used by business, universities, organizations and individuals to prepare and share several types of documents. Office has over 94% of the market. Other suites are offered by Corel, Open Office, Apple and others.

Microsoft Office Why learn how to use Office? Instruction can lead to MOS Certification offered by Microsoft. That can lead to an advantage in seeking employment and admission to institutions of higher education. The skills can also save you large amounts of time when writing reports for school. Most skills are transferable to other programs.

Microsoft Office What’s included? Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook

Microsoft Office What else is included? In Windows: Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Access Photo Editor FrontPage (In some older versions)

Microsoft Word Does more than you think! Mac version includes some Publisher functions. Advanced formatting. Math Functions. Sorting. Web pages. Converting Outlines into PowerPoints. And much, much more!

Microsoft Excel A spreadsheet program that does Advanced math functions Database functions Charts and graphs A very useful program that is essential for business and anyone who deals with lists and numbers.

Microsoft PowerPoint Useful for almost any type of presentation. Does more than you think!

Microsoft Outlook Handles: Email Address books and Mailing lists Calendars Tasks (To do list) Syncs with many portable devices including Palm, Windows Mobile and many cell phones.

Microsoft Publisher Handles Brochures Greeting Cards Business Cards Flyers Newsletters Much more! On the Mac many of these are handled by Word.

Microsoft Access Database program Most computer programs are actually databases. We will use Filemaker Pro to learn database functions in our course.

Microsoft FrontPage It is used to develop web pages. Was originally part of Office. It is now offered as a separate program. We will use Dreamweaver.

Microsoft Photo Editor Edits Photos Limited effects Allows you to change photo formats We will use Photoshop Elements, a much more useful program.

Tomorrow We will start by learning some advanced functions on Microsoft Word. Thanks!