Microsoft Office (Document Prep - MOS Certification)

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Microsoft Office(Document Prep - MOS
Certification)

• Computer Course
• Steel Valley
• Mr. Specter

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Microsoft Office

• What is it?
• Microsoft Office is a suite of programs used by
  business, universities, organizations and
  individuals to prepare and share several types of
  documents.
• Office has over 94 of the market.
• Other suites are offered by Corel, Open Office,
  Apple and others.

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Microsoft Office

• Why learn how to use Office?
• Instruction can lead to MOS Certification offered
  by Microsoft.
• That can lead to an advantage in seeking
  employment and admission to institutions of
  higher education.
• The skills can also save you large amounts of
  time when writing reports for school.
• Most skills are transferable to other programs.

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Microsoft Office

• Whats included?
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Outlook

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Microsoft Office

• What else is included?
• In Windows
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Access
• Photo Editor
• FrontPage (In some older versions)

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Microsoft Word

• Does more than you think!
• Mac version includes some Publisher functions.
• Advanced formatting.
• Math Functions.
• Sorting.
• Web pages.
• Converting Outlines into PowerPoints.
• And much, much more!

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Microsoft Excel

• A spreadsheet program that does
• Advanced math functions
• Database functions
• Charts and graphs
• A very useful program that is essential for
  business and anyone who deals with lists and
  numbers.

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Microsoft PowerPoint

• Useful for almost any type of presentation.
• Does more than you think!

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Microsoft Outlook

• Handles
• Email
• Address books and Mailing lists
• Calendars
• Tasks (To do list)
• Syncs with many portable devices including Palm,
  Windows Mobile and many cell phones.

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Microsoft Publisher

• Handles
• Brochures
• Greeting Cards
• Business Cards
• Flyers
• Newsletters
• Much more!
• On the Mac many of these are handled by Word.

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Microsoft Access

• Database program
• Most computer programs are actually databases.
• We will use Filemaker Pro to learn database
  functions in our course.

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Microsoft FrontPage

• It is used to develop web pages.
• Was originally part of Office.
• It is now offered as a separate program.
• We will use Dreamweaver.

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Microsoft Photo Editor

• Edits Photos
• Limited effects
• Allows you to change photo formats
• We will use Photoshop Elements, a much more
  useful program.

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Tomorrow

• We will start by learning some advanced functions
  on Microsoft Word.
• Thanks!