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Microsoft Word 2003 Course List

Microsoft 2003 Word Level 1

Learn to use the most important word processing program in use today: MS Word. This fundamental workshop is designed for the busy adult. Focus will be on the Word menu system and toolbar as well as creating and editing of a document.Prerequisite:  Intro to Computers Series or equivalent.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Burnsville Community Education Monday
2/8
1-5 PM B'ville Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (952) 707.4110

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Microsoft 2003 Word Level 2

Create professional looking documents by learning how to format your Word documents. You will learn add and use tables in a variety of ways. This course covers additional features and functions of MS Word, such as formatting a document; creating a numbered and bulleted list; setting margins, tab stops, and page breaks. This course also incorporates the use of tables to set up a multiple-column document for a clean and professional look. Prerequisite:  Microsoft Word Level 1 or Equivalent.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Burnsville Community Education Monday
2/22
1-5 PM B'ville Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (952) 707.4110

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Microsoft 2003 Word Level 3

Add more professionalism to your documents and incorporate Excel databases to create customized letters and labels. This high-level session will show you advanced features to help you create customized reports, perform basic mail merge techniques, incorporate graphics into your document, work with AutoText, and work with multiple sections.  Prerequisite:  Microsoft Word Level 2 or Equivalent.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Burnsville Community Education Monday
3/1
1-5 PM B'ville Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (952) 707.4110

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Microsoft Word 2007 Course List

MS Word 2007 Document Formatting Level 1 (TASK SPECIFIC)

Make your documents visually attractive and more professional. Learn how to apply different fonts, sizes and other text styles. Align your text, indent paragraphs and use tabs. Explore how to adjust the spacing of words, paragraphs, pages and create lists. You'll be pleased with how crisp your documents look using your new formatting skills.  Prerequisite:  Basic Computer Skills and comfort with MS Word 2007.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
2/2
10:00 AM-
12:00 PM
Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (651) 423.7920 

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MS Word 2007 Document Formatting Level 2 (TASK SPECIFIC)

Learn formatting skills the pros use. Set up columns, add page numbers, create headers and footers. Practice inserting clip art and other graphics. Create a watermark behind your text. Work with section breaks to format one portion of your document differently from other portions.   Prerequisite:  MS Word 2001 Document Formatting Level 1 or Equivalent.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
2/9
10:00 AM-
12:00 PM
Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (651) 423.7920 

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MS Word 2007 Mail Merge (TASK SPECIFIC)

Develop skills using Word to manage mailing tasks including form letters, envelopes and labels. Discover the built-in database function in Word and apply to an outside source such as Excel to organize your names and addresses for these mailing tasks  Prerequisite:  Basic Computer Skills and comfort with MS Word 2007.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
2/16
10:00 AM-
12:00 PM
Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (651) 423.7920 

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MS Word 2007 Drawing Clip Art and WordArt (TASK SPECIFIC)

Enhance Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint slide presentations with graphic shapes and clip art. Transform your documents with WordArt and draw lines, arrows and various shapes. Resize, reshape, rotate, move, copy and align your objects. Change the color and/or style of a drawing object. Create shadow and 3-D effects. Add text to your drawing objects.  Prerequisite:  Basic Computer Skills and comfort with MS Word 2007. One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
2/23
10:00 AM-
112:00 PM
Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call/span> (651) 423.7920

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MS Word 2007: Tables (TASK SPECIFIC)

Learn table design techniques, procedures to sort, filter and validate data. Understand how to use formulas in tables and remove duplicated records.  Prerequisite:  Basic Computer Skills and comfort with MS Word 2007.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
3/1
10:00 AM-
12:00 PM
Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (651) 423.7920 

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Microsoft Excel 2003 Course List

Microsoft 2003 Excel Level 1

Discover the basic functions and features of this powerful spreadsheet program. Focus will be on the Excel menu system and toolbar to create powerful and professional Excel spreadsheets to simplify your life.  This class will cover creating an Excel spreadsheet, entering data, spreadsheet navigation, using formulas within that spreadsheet and printing the spreadsheet.   Prerequisite:  Intro to Computers Series or equivalent.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Burnsville Community Education Monday
3/8
1-5 PM B'ville Cmnty Ed Web Site
oor call (952) 707.4110

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Microsoft 2003 Excel Level 2

Gain stronger proficiency with additional features and functions of MS Excel. The focus of this class is to add additional functions to your workbook, creating a professional look with the use of formatting and adding charts to your workbook. Learn Excel shortcuts such as AutoFill and AutoSum, learn how to adjust row heights and add borders and shading to a worksheet. Learn how to improve your printed output. Prerequisite:  Microsoft Excel XP 1 or Equivalent.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Burnsville Community Education Monday
3/15
1-5 PM B'ville Cmnty Ed Web Site
oor call (952) 707.4110

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Microsoft 2003 Excel Level 3

This intensive session will show you how to: work with absolute cell references, control your worksheet display, link worksheets within a workbook and link multiple workbooks, define a custom AutoFill series, create and modify templates, and outline a worksheet. In addition you will learn how to analyze your data by sorting and filtering, working with pivot tables and using Subtotals, DSUM and VLOOKUP functions.  Prerequisite: /strong> Microsoft Excel XP 2 or Equivalent.   One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Burnsville Community Education Monday
3/22
11-5 PM B'ville Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (952) 707.4110

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Microsoft Excel 2007 Course List

Microsoft 2007 Excel: Functions & Formulas (TASK SPECIFIC)

Start by building a simple formula and move to more advanced functions such as "if statements" and 3-D references. Learn to use numerous Excel functions to process worksheet data more efficiently.  Prerequisite:  Basic Computer Skills and comfort with MS Excel 2007.  One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
2/2
1-3 PM Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (651) 423.7920 

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Microsoft 2007 Excel Formatting Spreadsheets (TASK SPECIFIC)

Transform your spreadsheets to look more professional. Learn to apply the following formatting techniques to enhance data presentation: cell height and width, alignment, text direction, borders and shading, type size and color, date and numeric formats, page orientation, print preferences and additional techniques. Grasp ready-made formats, conditional formatting, automatic spell check and other built-in tools for making a stronger impression with your information. Prerequisite:  Basic Computer Skills and comfort with MS Excel 2007.  One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
2/9
1-3 PM Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (651) 423.7920

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Microsoft 2007 Excel Working on Workbooks

Are you currently saving individual spreadsheets in separate files? Microsoft Excel allows storage of numerous worksheets in one file, called a "workbook." In workbooks, you can apply consistent formatting within many documents and reference data on multiple sheets to build formulas. Learn to organize your worksheets effectively to share data within a workbook, from workbook to workbook and with other users. Prerequisite:  Basic Computer Skills and comfort with MS Excel 2007.  One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
2/16
1-3 PM Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (651) 423.7920 

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Microsoft 2007 Excel Analyzing & Summarizing Data with Pivot Tables

Need to analyze data? Learn why and when to use a pivot table or a pivot chart to analyze and summarize data. Course covers creating and modifying pivot tables, filtering and formatting data, customizing pivot table options and creating pivot charts. Basic Excel knowledge is a must! Prerequisite:  Basic Computer Skills and comfort with MS Excel 2007.  One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
3/3
1-3 PM Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (651) 423.7920 

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Microsoft 2007 Excel: More Functions and Formulas

Transform your spreadsheets to look more professional. Learn to apply the following formatting techniques to enhance data presentation: cell height and width, alignment, text direction, borders and shading, type size and color, date and numeric formats, page orientation, print preferences and additional techniques. Grasp ready-made formats, conditional formatting, automatic spell check and other built-in tools for making a stronger impression with your information. Prerequisite:  Microsoft 2007 Excel: Functions & Formulas or equivalent  One Session.

Location Date Time For more information:
Rosemount Community Education Tuesday
3/3
1-3 PM Rsmnt Cmnty Ed Web Site
or call (651) 423.7920 

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