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The Microsoft Office Diploma

This comprehensive and all-encompassing course on the most popular and widely used Microsoft Office programs aims to provide you with a thorough and detailed knowledge in all areas of Microsoft Office. In fact, this bumper course combines the content of six individual courses, making it the ideal package for those of you who want to solidify your learning on Microsoft Office, for either professional or personal reasons.Those who work in an office environment or who are re-entering the workplace after a break will really benefit from the structured learning that this course offers, allowing you to hit the ground running at work. However, the course is equally useful for those using Microsoft Office in a personal capacity, as many tasks that you need to do on your home PC will likely involve working on these programs.Each of the courses which make up this bumper course have been tailor-made to incorporate the key information and skills that you need in order to improve your proficiency in each area of Microsoft. The courses are run with training videos, allowing you to work in an interactive way, and at your own pace.Let’s take a more detailed look at what each course offers you:

What You Will Learn

The combined course covers the following courses in full:
  • Microsoft Excel for Beginners Certificate
  • Microsoft Excel Intermediate Certificate
  • Microsoft Excel Advanced Certificate
  • Microsoft Word Certificate
  • Microsoft PowerPoint Diploma
  • Microsoft Outlook Diploma.

Microsoft Excel for Beginners Certificate

The first of our Microsoft Excel courses is perfect for those individuals who are new to this program or who need to brush up their basic skills with more practice. Completion of this course also offers the ideal foundation before moving on to the more advanced units. It offers simple and clear definitions of some of the key terminology within Excel, such as cells, rows and columns and how to input, edit and delete data. There is also an introductory section on how to create and work with basic formulas and pivot tables, which will be covered in more detail in the Intermediate and Advanced units.The course also covers how to work with worksheets and tabs in Excel, such as renaming, deleting, hiding, moving and copying.

Microsoft Excel Intermediate Certificate

This unit builds upon the progress that you have made in the Beginners unit to look at more complex functions within Excel such as averages, medians, modes and roundings and the best methods to manipulate such functions to help you to get the information that you want out of the program.In addition, formatting methods within Excel are covered, including changing texts and backgrounds, adding special characters and using AutoFill options.

Microsoft Excel Advanced Certificate

This unit is the most comprehensive and detailed of the three and aims to prepare you for jobs or situations where you require a thorough and proficient level of Excel. This unit really gets into the detail of the analytical functions of Excel, including more complex formulas such as MATCH, INDEX and VLOOKUP and, crucially, how to decide upon the most appropriate formula for a particular calculation. After completing this unit, you should feel confident to use and manipulate the largest range of Excel formulas and be able to use Excel to its full functionality.

Microsoft Word Certificate

The ability to use Microsoft Word effectively is a crucial requirement of many office based roles. This course on Microsoft Word is an all-encompassing source of information which offers you the opportunity to enhance your skills in this widely-used program. You will learn a wide range of skills here, from the basics of entering text into a Word document, to how to use some of the editing and formatting tools available, including using the toolbars and various design features such as headers and hyperlinks, and many other aspects.

Microsoft PowerPoint Diploma

PowerPoint is a very useful program for those who are responsible for creating and delivering presentations in the workplace. By completing this course, you are taking a big step towards ensuring that your slideshows are professional and polished. The course starts from the beginning, assuming no prior knowledge of the area, and covers the creation of a PowerPoint presentation and the addition and editing of slides within it. You will also learn how to insert and format text, tables, images and graphics into your slides and how to effectively use SmartArt to give your presentations an extra special edge. You will learn effective methods to use linking and annotation features, as well as how to insert notes, comments and handout tools for your presentation.

Microsoft Outlook Diploma

Microsoft Outlook is very widely used as an email and organisation program in both professional and personal contexts and a solid familiarisation with its functionality will help you to really get the best out of using it. Our course will help you to get to grips with composing and responding to emails, including adding attachments and automatic signatures and creating out of office messages. It will help you to set up lists of contacts and create advanced rules to help Outlook work seamlessly for you. You will also learn all about the calendar functionalities, including how to set up meetings, navigating calendars and assigning tasks to others.

The Benefits of our Microsoft Office Course

Studying with us to achieve success in our Microsoft Office combined course can offer you many benefits; not least the confidence and ability to professionally and effectively work with some of the most frequently used administration and workplace systems in the world. Here are some of the other benefits that you can enjoy by undertaking this course:
  • The course is intuitive and easy to follow, allowing you to work at your own pace and revisit key concepts or areas of difficulty as you need
  • You can study at home, in your free time and on any compatible electronic device, making access simpler than ever
  • The courses come complete with video training, helping you to solidify your learning
  • We offer full online support from our specialists as you progress through the course
  • There are no entry requirements – simply a willingness to learn
  • You will receive an industry recognised certification upon successful completion of the course.
Updated on 08 July, 2018

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The Microsoft Office Diploma

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