Discovery of MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint et Outlook)

Goals

The course provides beginner concepts required to use the main products of the MS Office suite.

Prerequisite

Basic computer concepts, skills and knowledge of Windows.

Contents

Word (1/2 day)

• Introduction to Word, the environment: Quick Access toolbar, Ribbon and tabs

• Input and edit data

  • Enter and edit text

  • Move and select

  • Copy and move text

• Formatting

  • Characters (Font, size, effects, …)

  • Paragraphs (alignments, indents, …)

• Managing documents

  • Open, New, Close

  • Save

• Page Layout

  • Margins

  • Orientation

  • Page numbering

• Printing documents

Excel (1/2 day)

• Introduction to Excel: workbooks, worksheets and cells

• Create a table

  • Enter and edit data in cells

• Formatting data

  • Font, size, borders, alignments

  • Number formatting

• Managing columns and rows

  • Insert and delete

  • Width and Height

• Calculation

  • Basic formulas

    • Basic operations ( + - * / )

    • Relative and absolute references

  • Autosum

• Copy and move cells

• Manage worksheets: add, rename, move, copy and delete

• Save a document

• Page layout and print a table

PowerPoint (1/2 day)

• Create a presentation

  • Add a new slide

  • Slide layouts

• Edit slides

  • Text Boxes (formatting, levels, bullets, layout)

  • Add shapes and pictures

• Different views in PowerPoint

• Slide show

  • Manual presentation

  • Automatic presentation with timing

  • Transition effects

Outlook (1/2 day)

• All functionalities of Outlook

• Electronic mail

  • Interface: MailBox, folders

  • Create and send an e-mail

  • Reply and Forward an e-mail

  • The Reading pane

  • Options (Delivery and Read receipts)

• Folders

  • Create a folder

  • Move and copy mails

  • Delete

• Overview of the Calendar

  • The views

  • Add an event

  • Add an appointment