Please find below a list of many of the trainings that the Progressive Technology Project has conducted over the years. Each training contains links to materials used in the trainings.
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This session on Basic Excel will cover the following:
• Create a basic spreadsheet
• Utilize a few formulas
• Link spreadsheets
• Formatting for on and off screen
This session on Basic Paint.NET will cover the following:
• saving a file from the web for editing
• opening file in Paint.net
• change background color
• add text
• crop and resize
• saving for the web/print – formats and resolution considerations
• where to get more help with Paint.NET
This session on Intermediate Excel will cover the following:
• Filtering and sorting
• Address parsing
• Creating charts and graphs
• Understanding and using pivot tables
This session on Intermediate PowerPoint will cover the following:
• Changing a Presentation Look (working with Master Slides)
• Slide Animation
• Rearranging Slides in a Presentation
• Adding Sounds and Movies to a Slide
• Custom Shows
• Printing Presentations, Notes, and Handouts
• Presenting a PowerPoint slideshow
• PowerPoint Best Practices
This session on Basic PowerPoint will cover the following:
• Working in PowerPoint – what is it for, how is it useful
• Creating a New Presentation
• Adding and Modifying Slide Text
• Adding Graphics to a Slide
• Adding a Slide Number
• Adding Notes
• Inserting, Deleting and Copying Slides
• Printing slides and notes
• Running a slideshow
The session on Intermediate Publisher will cover the following:
• Using Publisher’s personalization features
• Printing Considerations
• Create Master Pages
• Working with Guides
• Using and changing templates
• Working with text, text overflows, objects
• Making the text flow around an image
This session on Basic Publisher will cover the following:
• Publisher vocabulary and concepts
• How to Add Text
• Inserting a picture into the text
• Resizing an image
• Using Word Art
• Working with Autoshapes
The TechCamp Online session on Intermediate Word will cover the following:
• Templates (custom and built-in)
• Customizing menus and toolbars in MS Word
• Using keyboard shortcuts
• Creating, saving and reusing styles
• Collaborating and tracking changes
• Other / Misc
• Exporting a PDF
• Exporting HTML
