Employer News

12/20/2009

WCF Offers No-Cost Microsoft Office Training

The WCF Mobile Unit is a transportable classroom on wheels that is equipped with 10 Internet-accessible computers.  Employers may reserve it, at no cost, to visit their worksite for training in Microsoft Office products or Personal Computers 101.  Each Mobile Unit visit also includes a WCF instructor who teaches a customized 2 ½-hour workshop, at no cost.

Although trainings will be customized for company needs, Mobile Unit courses include:

Microsoft Excel I – This entry-level course provides Excel basics such as moving around a worksheet and building a sales report with simple formulas. (Excel 03 or 07)

Microsoft Excel II – This intermediate course builds on the Excel basics such as increasing and decreasing values with formulas, determining percentages using formulas, creating interactive charts, sorting data, freezing panes and utilizing keyboard shortcuts. (Excel 03 or 07)

Microsoft Excel III – This advanced Excel course covers topics such operands, operators, worksheet functions, 3-D references, absolute versus relative cell references, logical functions, security and PivotTables. (Excel 03 or 07)

Microsoft Outlook I – This entry-level workshop provides Outlook basics such as viewing and customizing toolbars, formatting text, adding attachments, setting up e-mail folders, viewing and creating contacts, setting calendar appointments, using the navigation pane and creating signatures.  (Outlook 03 or 07)

Microsoft PowerPoint I – This entry-level workshop covers PowerPoint basics such as navigating within presentations, the Auto Content Wizard, identifying placeholders, creating presentations manually, formatting and editing text, demoting and promoting text, adding and laying-out slides, using clip art, and adding shapes and colors. (PowerPoint 03 or 07)

Microsoft PowerPoint II – This intermediate course includes topics such as learning about title and slide masters, changing placeholders, using component and slide transitions, creating speaker notes, importing outlines from other documents, making changes to all slides, modifying color schemes, using WordArt and adding video or audio clips. (PowerPoint 03 or 07)

Microsoft Word I - This entry-level workshop covers Word basics such as the title bar, views, page layout, creating documents, navigating, basic keys, replacing text, formatting text, cutting/copying/pasting, drag and drop and spell check. (Word 03 and 07)

Microsoft Word II – This intermediate session builds on the basic skills with topics including printing envelopes, finding and replacing text, setting-up pages, changing margins, indenting paragraphs, creating headers and footers, building tables, using Word Art, and applying columns and borders. (Word 03 and 07)

Personal Computers 101 – This beginner workshop is an introduction to computers that covers the basics such as hardware, software, keyboard, mouse, modem, printer, storage devices, Windows, viruses, computer safety, etc.

The WCF Mobile Unit is also available at no cost for pre-employment screening and testing.  The Mobile Unit includes an on-site interview room and is fully handicap-accessible unit with a wheelchair lift and ADA software.

For more information or to reserve the Mobile Unit, visit www.WorkforceCentralFlorida.com/Employers/other-mobile.asp.