MS OFFICE COURSE OUTLINE

Session 1 Introduction to Personal Computing

• Windows Operating System
• Hardware/Software
• Turning on your PC/ Logging on
• The Desktop: Document/Original/Application/Folder icons
• Taskbar
• Start Button/Menu
• Mouse Clicks
• Moving/Copying files and folders
• Creating/Renaming/Deleting a file or folder
• Parts of a Window: Bars/Buttons/Scroll Bars
• Resizing/Moving a window
• Opening/Saving a document
• Editing text
• Drag and Drop
• How to type in Arabic
• Getting Help
• Shutting Down

Session 2 MS Word Tutorial 1

• Getting Started
o What is Microsoft Word?
o Menu Bar
o Viewing or Hiding Toolbars
o Shortcut Menus
o Task Pane
• Views
o Normal View
o Web Layout View
o Print Layout View
o Outline View
o Reading Layout View
• Working with Files
o Create New Documents
o Open Existing Documents
o Save Documents
o Rename Documents
o Close Documents
• Working with Text
o Type and Insert Text
o Highlight Text
o Delete Text

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 o Spelling and Grammar
• Formatting Text
o Formatting Toolbar
o Move / Cut Text
o Copy Text
o Paste Text
o Undo and Redo Options
• Lists
o Bulleted and Numbered Lists
• Columns
• Graphics
• Print Documents

Session 3 MS Word Tutorial 2

• Paragraph Formatting
o Paragraph Attributes
o Non-printing characters
o Drop Caps
• Text Formatting
o Styles and Formatting
o Reveal Formatting
• Tables
o Insert Tables
o Draw Tables
o Nested Tables
o Insert Rows and Columns
o Move and Resize Tables
o Moving the order of the column and/or rows inside a
table
o Table Properties
• Drawing Canvas
• Spelling and Grammar
• Page Formatting
• Symbols and Special Characters
• Smart Tags and Other Markers
• Keyboard Shortcuts

Session 4 MS Word Tutorial 3

• Track Changes
o Track Changes in Print Layout View
o User Information
o Viewing the changes
o Accepting / Rejecting Changes
• Inserting Comments
• Window Splitter
• Compiling a Table of Contents

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 • Creating an Index
• Saving a Word Document as a Web Page
• Page Margins and Gutter Margins
o Page Margins
o Gutter Margins
• Indentations
• Setting Tabs
o Changing the default tab stops
o Removing Tabs

Session 5 Basic Internet Tutorial 1

• Introduction
o How Does the Internet Work?
o What Kinds of Information are Available?
o How Do People Use the Internet?
o The Sum of Many Parts
o A Quick Tour of a Typical Website
o Definitions
• Internet Explorer 7
• Getting Started
o To launch Internet Explorer
o To turn on the Menu Bar
o Using Internet Explorer 7 Overview
o Tabbed browsing overview
o To change your home page
o To add a new search provider (search engine)
o To remove a search provider (search engine)
o To restore default settings in order to prevent IE7
crashes
• Loading and Saving Web pages
o To empty the Temporary Internet Files folder (cache)
o To clear the browsing history
o To save a picture from a webpage
o To save a webpage onto your computer
o To open the webpage that you have saved
o To make webpage load without images or sounds
• Bookmarks
o To create bookmarks (favorites)
o To view and use bookmarks (favorites)
o To organize your bookmarks (favorites)
o To import bookmarks (favorites) into Internet Explorer
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o To export bookmarks (favorites) out of Internet
Explorer 7
• List of shortcut keys

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Session 6 Basic Internet Tutorial 2
• Email
o How to Address Other Internet Users
o E-Mail Etiquette
• What is Yahoo! Mail?
o Create A Free Email Account Using Yahoo!
o Using your New Email Account
o How to sign in
o Reading messages
o Replying to a Message
o Sending a Message
• Making the Most of Your Yahoo! Mail Home Tab
o To view your favorite top news stories
o To use the Calendar Bar
o To set the page you see when you launch Yahoo! Mail
• Introducing Yahoo! Messenger
o Installing Yahoo! Messenger
o Launching Yahoo! Messenger and Signing In
o Connecting With Your Friends
• What Is the Messenger List?
• Using Instant Messaging
o Messaging a Contact
o Messaging a Contact Who Is Not on Your Messenger
List
o Messaging Multiple Contacts
• Managing PC to PC Calls
o Setting Up Your Computer
o Initiating a Call
o Receiving a Call

Session 7 MS Excel Tutorial 1

• Spreadsheet Basics
o Screen Layout
o Title bar
o Menu bar
o Standard Toolbar
o Other Tools
o Task Pane
o Adding and Renaming Worksheets
• Modifying Worksheets
o Moving Through Cells
o Adding Worksheets, Rows, Columns, and Cells
o Resizing Rows and Columns
o Selecting Cells
o Moving and Copying Cells
o Deleting Rows, Columns, and Cells

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 o Freeze Panes
• Formatting Cells
o Formatting Toolbar
o Format Cells Dialog Box
o Formatting Worksheet
o Dates and Times
o Format Painter
o AutoFormat
• Formulas and Functions
o Formulas
o Linking Worksheets
o Relative, Absolute, and Mixed
• Referencing
o Basic Functions
o AutoSum
• Sorting and Filling
o Basic Sorts
o Complex Sorts
o Auto-fill
• Comparing Workbooks
o Compare Side by Side
• Page Properties and Printing
o Page Breaks
o Page Setup
o Margins
o Header/Footer
o Sheet
o Print Preview
o Print

Session 8 MS Excel Tutorial 2

• Charts
o Chart Wizard
o Chart toolbar
o Resizing a chart
o Moving a chart
o Deleting a chart
o Copying a chart to Microsoft Office file
o Chart Types
o An Overview on Formatting Charts and Cells
• Commonly Used Features
o Comments
o Use Go To
o Use Find and Replace
o Increase / Decrease Decimals

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 o Protecting your files (password to open)
• Saving Excel files as Web pages
• E-mail an Excel File
o To send by e-mail a single Excel worksheet as a
message body
o To send by e-mail a single Excel worksheet as an
attachment
o To send by e-mail an Excel workbook as an attachment
o To send by e-mail an Excel workbook for review
• Additional Readings
o Tab Color
o Hide / Unhide
• Appendix 1: Shortcut Keys

Session 9 MS Excel Tutorial 3

• Functions & Formulas Fundamentals
o Formula Definition
o Formula Syntax
o Formula Bar
o Function Definition
o Function Syntax
o Arguments
o Operators
o Operator Order
o Function Wizards
o Entering Multiple Formulas All At Once
o Editing & Deleting Formulas
• Errors in Formulas
• Excel Functions Overview
o Statistical Functions Overview
o Math Functions Overview
o Information Functions Overview
o Overview of Logical Functions
• Additional Readings
• Text to Speech

Session 10 MS PowerPoint Tutorial 1

• Introduction
o Task Pane
• Create a new presentation
o AutoContent Wizard
o Design Template
o Blank Presentation
o Open an Existing Presentation
• PowerPoint screen
o Screen Layout

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 o Views
o Normal View
o Slide View
o Outline View
o Slide Sorter View
o Notes View
• Working with slides
o Insert a new slide
o Notes
o Slide layout
o Apply a design template
o Reorder Slides
o Hide Slides
o Hide Slide text
• Add content
o Resize a placeholder or text box
o Move a placeholder or text box
o Delete a placeholder or text box
o Placeholder or Text box properties
o Bulleted and numbered lists
o Adding notes
• Work with text
o Add text and edit options
o Format text
o Copy text formatting
o Replace fonts
o Line spacing
o Change case
o Spelling check
o Spelling options
• Working with tables
o Adding a table
o Entering text
o Deleting a table
o Changing row width
o Adding a row/column
o Deleting a row/column
o Combining cells
o Splitting a cell
o Adding color to cells
o To align text vertically in cells
o To change table borders
• Graphics
o Add clip art
o Add an image from a file
• Save & Print

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 o Saving your work
o Page setup
o Print
• Tips on Creating Better Presentations
o Presentation basics and shortcuts

Session 11 MS PowerPoint Tutorial 2

• Graphics
• Editing a graphic
o Adding a shadow to an object
o Auto Shapes
o Making an object 3-dimensional:
o Inserting symbols
o WordArt
• Graphs and charts
o Adding a chart
• Changing the type of chart
• Master slides
o Slide Master
o Headers and Footers
o Slide Numbers
o Date and Time
• Protecting a presentation
• Slide animation
• Animating Slides
o Animation Preview
o Slide Transitions
• Creating a Photo Album
• Reordering Slides
• Creating Presenter’s Notes
o Normal view
o Notes pages
• Adding Action Buttons
• Using the Pen Tool in a Slide Show
• Adding Sound to a Presentation
o Adding a Recorded Sound
o Adding a sound file from a CD
o Adding a sound file from File
• Adding Narration
• Creating a Summary Slide
• Rehearsing a Slide Show
• Saving a Presentation as a Web page

Session 12 MS PowerPoint Tutorial 3

• Displaying the grid
• Working with a presentation in MS Word

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 • Adding a comment
• E-mail a presentation
• More into other Masters
• Cropping pictures
• Editing images
• Image control
• Creating a hyperlink
• Creating a custom slide show
• Set up a slide show
• PowerPoint shortcuts

Note : Two hours per session

One session per week
Course will run for three consecutive months

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