ECDL Advanced Course-MS Office 2013

This advanced course is aimed at ECDL certificate holders who wish to progress to the next level.  It is a course for people who want to develop skills in specific computer applications, at an advanced level.

It is based on the ECDL task-based model, and tests an individual’s competence at a much higher level with particular applications. It is modular and a certificate is awarded for successfully passing the test for each module.

Advanced Spreadsheets

• Apply advanced formatting options such as conditional formatting and customised number formatting and handle worksheets.
• Use functions such as those associated with logical, statistical, financial and mathematical operations.
• Create charts and apply advanced chart formatting features.
• Work with tables and lists to analyse, filter and sort data.
• Create and use scenarios.
• Validate and audit spreadsheet data.
• Enhance productivity by working with named cell ranges, macros and templates.
• Use linking, embedding and importing features to integrate data.
• Collaborate on and review spreadsheets. Apply spreadsheet security features.

 

Advanced Word Processing  

• Apply advanced text, paragraph, column and table formatting.
• Convert text to a table and vice versa.
• Work with referencing features like footnotes, endnotes and captions.
• Create tables of contents, indexes and cross-references.
• Enhance productivity by using fields, forms and templates.
• Apply advanced mail merge techniques and work with automation features like macros.
• Use linking and embedding features to integrate data.
• Collaborate on and review documents.
• Work with master documents and subdocuments. Apply document security features.
• Work with watermarks, sections, and headers and footers in a document.

Advanced Presentations

• Merge slides and complete presentations, and merge a word-processed outline into a presentation.
• Create, import, position, stack, group and ungroup images and other slide objects.
• Apply semi-transparent, shadow, fill and 3D effects to images and other slide objects.
• Resize, crop, rescale, rotate and convert images and other slide objects.
• Work with and manipulate a variety of chart types including flowcharts.
• Insert and manipulate animations and videos.
• Link data from documents and spreadsheets, and modify linked data.
• Loop presentations, and work with presentation macros.

ECDL Expert certification is awarded to those who successfully complete three ECDL Advanced modules – and so demonstrate their expert-level proficiency.

Requirements: To be considered participants must have the ECDL Certificate, or a good working knowledge of each module.

 

Course Dates: 13th September 2016 to 9th January 2017.

Days: Monday and Tuesday (First three weeks Tuesdays only)

Time: 6:30pm – 9:30 pm

Price: €175 for each module or €505 for all three modules.

 

To apply online:

https://www.cognitoforms.com/ACCESS2000Wexford/ACCESS2000ECDLAdvancedCourseApplicationForm