Topics currently available for home tuition

from absolute beginner to the more practised user looking to improve existing skills

Topics currently available:

Start Surfing – suitable for those with little or no computer experience. These sessions will give you the basic computer skills you need to begin exploring the internet safely and with confidence. For Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

More Internet – shopping on line, using Facebook and Twitter, Internet banking, setting up and using email, buying and selling on eBay, watching TV online, and much more.

Microsoft Office

Word - from simple letter writing to creating professional looking documents. Word lets you combine text, graphics, and spreadsheets into a single document. So you can produce that novel, newsletter or business report in style.

  • Introduction - creating documents and letters, formatting text and using spell check, basic document layout and printing.

  • Intermediate – working with tables, inserting graphics and adding drawings. Creating professional document layouts with headers, footers, and indexes.

  • Advanced – linking and embedding documents and files, mail merge and macros.

Excel - a powerful program which lets you store and organise text and numerical data. Ideal for keeping track of home finances, creating inventories, or business analysis.

  • Introduction - create and format a spreadsheet, input data and perform simple calculations. Learn how to move, copy, delete and manipulate data. Create charts using the wizard and set print options.

  • Intermediate – work with multiple worksheets and workbooks. Sort and filter data, apply conditional formatting, add comments and protect the worksheet.

  • Advanced – using functions, validating data, creating pivot tables and working with lookups. Recording macros.

Outlook - organise and manage your emails and calendar. It's your telephone list, address book, birthday reminders, and to do list all rolled into one.

  • Introduction - set up an email account and learn how to send and receive email messages. Create and organise a list of contacts. Learn how to use categories, tasks and appointments. Create a signature for your emails.

  • Intermediate – customise view settings, organising your inbox and creating email rules. Organise folders and searching for information. Create mailing labels using your contact list.

Publisher - create greeting cards, brochures, newsletters and more.

  • Introduction - getting started with your first publication, adding and formatting text, drawing shapes, using word art, inserting and formatting pictures. Using templates. Print set up and printing.

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