Microsoft Excel – Beginners
An introduction to this popular programme will lead you through how to create spreadsheets, charts, perform calculations with formulae, and analyse numerical information. A course fee subsidy applies for permanent residents of NZ (conditions apply).
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Mon 12 Feb
- TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying students: $30.00 incl. GST
- $120.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Session 1
Mon 12 Feb 19:00 - Mon 12 Feb 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 2
Mon 19 Feb 19:00 - Mon 19 Feb 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 3
Mon 26 Feb 19:00 - Mon 26 Feb 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 4
Mon 04 Mar 19:00 - Mon 04 Mar 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 5
Mon 11 Mar 19:00 - Mon 11 Mar 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.
Description
Course fee subsidy
This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, their partners on work visas or visitor visas, and refugees. To qualify, registrants should be over the age of 16 years and not currently enrolled in a secondary school. We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship, residency or refugee status if requested. A condition of accepting a course fee subsidy is that you commit to at least 80% attendance of your course. The subsidised course fee is $30.
About the course
An introduction to this popular programme will lead you through how to create spreadsheets, charts, perform calculations with formulae, and analyse numerical information.
Course outline
- What is Excel?
- What are spreadsheets and charts/graphs?
- What can we use Excel for - for personal use and in the workplace?
- The advantages of using Excel
- The Excel screen
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- Cell contents - labels, values, formulae
- Moving around a spreadsheet
- Selecting cells
- The AutoSum button
- The Fill handle - AutoFill
- Merging and Centre main and sub-headings
- Widening columns
- Formatting numbers and text
- Formatting and naming your Worksheet
- Saving, printing and closing
- Using Arithmetic Operators
- Borders
- Viewing your spreadsheet in Print Preview - adding Gridlines and Headers/Footers, centring horizontally and vertically
- Inserting/deleting Rows and Columns
- The Format Painter
- Select data in your spreadsheet and create a Chart/Graph
- Design your own spreadsheet from a brief
Who should attend?
Those wanting to learn the basic of Excel spreadsheeting. You should have basic computer skills and familiarity with Windows to attend this course. This course guides you through step-by-step projects designed to build your skill and confidence when using this software. If you are lacking confidence with computers, please enquire at the office about suitable courses.
Courses held on the school personal computers. Maximum class size 12 students.
Testimonials
Dear Kathy Ma'am, you've been such an amazing teacher and friend who makes the whole session so lively and positive with your smile .I will always be thankful to have been taught by you. You have worked so hard. You are the spark, the inspiration. Wish you all the best. Love you, Niharika, 2020
The excel course with Kathy was fantastic. Really worth attending, fully recommend!RF November 2022
