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Computer Training Offered to County Employees

Name of Training	Description of Training
Microsoft Word Intermediate	Provides the following advanced document processing techniques: Formatting sections; Defining, applying, and modifying styles; Inserting graphics, adding borders and formatting text around graphics; Printing labels and envelopes, Inserting files and symbols.
Microsoft Excel Introduction	Teach the skills necessary to put together a spreadsheet using some basic calculations and functions. This class is a great place to begin learning the capabilities of spreadsheet applications.
Microsoft Excel Intermediate	Teach filtering, creating a chart, advanced formatting, hiding and displaying data. Also covers working with multiple worksheets, various functions, and large worksheets.
Beginners Access	Covers the basics of how a Database works, and its structure. Use Access by using basic sample Database setups, how to add records, create Tables and Reports. Learn the difference between a Non-relational Database and a Relational Database, make custom Data Entry Screens.
PowerPoint Introduction	Course focuses on applying text and pictures on slides; navigating in the PowerPoint window; applying a design template; arranging slide content by using layouts; printing handouts and notes; and preparing to present the finished product.
PowerPoint Animations	The PowerPoint Animations class delves into using pre-made animations and setting up your own animations with sounds and music to enhance your presentations. As this is very technical, it is required that you take PowerPoint Introduction and have a solid understanding of the materials presented in that training.
Lotus Notes Introduction	Lotus Notes Introduction will give you the basics of E-mail, Calendars and To Do Lists, with the main focus being E-mail functions. Included will be creating mail messages, formatting, spell checking, delivery options, replying, forwarding, attachments, and managing your e-mail account using folders. You will set up archiving and learn about the "Out of Office" feature. Also included will be setting up your local address book, using Calendars and scheduling meetings and using the "To Do" function for organizing your work activities.
Lotus Notes Calendars	Setting calendar preferences; creating and maintaining calendar entries; “how to’s” of calendar functions; using group calendars
Basic Computer Skills	Basic “how-to” instructions for employees who could use beginning skill level tools. Included is simple navigation of the Windows environment: opening, saving, hands-on lessons for managing files and documents, as well as choosing the correct application for the work to be accomplished.
ArcView	Basic functions of ArcView software. Components of Geographic data, capturing, storing, querying and analyzing data. The directory tree structure, data location and basic projection, scale and tool-bar functions.

Name of Training

Description of Training

Microsoft Word Intermediate

Provides the following advanced document processing techniques: Formatting sections; Defining, applying, and modifying styles; Inserting graphics, adding borders and formatting text around graphics; Printing labels and envelopes, Inserting files and symbols.

Microsoft Excel Introduction

Teach the skills necessary to put together a spreadsheet using some basic calculations and functions. This class is a great place to begin learning the capabilities of spreadsheet applications.

Microsoft Excel Intermediate

Teach filtering, creating a chart, advanced formatting, hiding and displaying data. Also covers working with multiple worksheets, various functions, and large worksheets.

Beginners Access

Covers the basics of how a Database works, and its structure. Use Access by using basic sample Database setups, how to add records, create Tables and Reports. Learn the difference between a Non-relational Database and a Relational Database, make custom Data Entry Screens.

PowerPoint Introduction

Course focuses on applying text and pictures on slides; navigating in the PowerPoint window; applying a design template; arranging slide content by using layouts; printing handouts and notes; and preparing to present the finished product.

PowerPoint Animations

The PowerPoint Animations class delves into using pre-made animations and setting up your own animations with sounds and music to enhance your presentations. As this is very technical, it is required that you take PowerPoint Introduction and have a solid understanding of the materials presented in that training.

Lotus Notes Introduction

Lotus Notes Introduction will give you the basics of E-mail, Calendars and To Do Lists, with the main focus being E-mail functions. Included will be creating mail messages, formatting, spell checking, delivery options, replying, forwarding, attachments, and managing your e-mail account using folders. You will set up archiving and learn about the "Out of Office" feature. Also included will be setting up your local address book, using Calendars and scheduling meetings and using the "To Do" function for organizing your work activities.

Lotus Notes Calendars

Setting calendar preferences; creating and maintaining calendar entries; “how to’s” of calendar functions; using group calendars

Basic Computer Skills

Basic “how-to” instructions for employees who could use beginning skill level tools. Included is simple navigation of the Windows environment: opening, saving, hands-on lessons for managing files and documents, as well as choosing the correct application for the work to be accomplished.

ArcView

Basic functions of ArcView software. Components of Geographic data, capturing, storing, querying and analyzing data. The directory tree structure, data location and basic projection, scale and tool-bar functions.