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Microsoft Office Essentials

Write professional documents in Word, organise data in Excel and build clear presentations in PowerPoint.

Duration
6 weeks
Schedule
2 classes a week, 2 hours each
Format
In class or live online

Taught by Amira Haddad

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Overview

About this course

Most office jobs expect you to know Word, Excel and PowerPoint. In this course you learn all three the practical way, by producing the documents people actually create at work: a CV, a business letter, a monthly budget and a short presentation. By the end you will work faster, format with confidence and know where to find any feature you need.

Outcomes

What you'll learn

  • Format professional letters, reports and a modern CV in Word
  • Use tables, styles, headers and page layout
  • Build a budget in Excel with formulas and simple charts
  • Sort, filter and print spreadsheets cleanly
  • Design clear PowerPoint slides and present them
  • Save, share and convert files to PDF

Curriculum

Course curriculum

6 modules

  1. Word: documents that look professional

    Typing efficiently, formatting text, paragraphs, lists and page layout.

  2. Word: CVs, letters and reports

    Tables, styles, headers and footers, and a polished CV you can use right away.

  3. Excel: your first spreadsheets

    Cells, rows and columns, entering data and your first formulas such as SUM and AVERAGE.

  4. Excel: budgets and charts

    Percentages, sorting and filtering, and turning numbers into simple charts.

  5. PowerPoint: slides people remember

    Layouts, images, simple animations and tips for presenting with confidence.

  6. Working smarter

    Keyboard shortcuts, saving to the cloud, sharing files and exporting to PDF.

Is it for you?

Who this course is for

Job seekers, students and office staff who already use a computer but want to work properly with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Instructor

Your instructor

Portrait of Amira Haddad, Office and Excel trainer

Amira Haddad

Office & Excel trainer

Amira spent eight years running a busy office before she started teaching. She knows which shortcuts save real time at work, and she has a gift for explaining computers to people who feel nervous about them.

Ready when you are

Your next skill starts with one class.

Tell us which course interests you and when you can study. An advisor will reply within one working day to help you choose the right batch.