Microsoft Office Essentials Training Course - On-site and Online

Microsoft Office Essentials Training Course

This Microsoft Office 365 Essentials Course is intended for anyone who has an administration, digital communication or office role and needs to get started with the basics of using modern MS Office products.

The Essentials course focusses upon traditional MS Office applications which are needed in any workplace setting including basic Excel, Word and Outlook training. During the day we also cover newer M365 products to get your team up-to-speed with contemporary working practices with modules covering Microsoft Teams and OneDrive.

If you would like to look at other Microsoft Office products and Apps during the course, don't worry, as these modules are not set in stone and you can mix and match to best fit your needs. For instance, you could swap out the Outlook module and replace it with PowerPoint thereby giving you a taster Word, PPT and Excel course as one example. Just ask us.

This is basic Microsoft Office training which introduces your learners to the fundamentals. Rather than going into any great deal of depth, the intention of the MS Office Essentials course is to give students a taster of each application that is covered whilst giving them the core knowledge needed to use the software at a basic level.

Email us or call 0844 493 3699 to find out more.

This Essentials Course is aimed at users of Microsoft Office 365 and Office 2021 but it can be adapted for older versions of MS Office such as 2019, 2016 and 2013.

Office Essentials Training Course Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for attending this course so long as your learners can use a keyboard and a mouse.

Live Virtual Classroom Microsoft Office Essentials Courses

If you have a group of staff that you would prefer to be tutored remotely rather than having a trainer come out to you these small-group Microsoft Office courses are also available Online as live virtual, interactive training sessions from the comfort of your own office or workplace. These Online instructor-led courses are taught via MS Teams video conferencing.

Why choose virtual learning? As we are all becoming more used to Online learning and live virtual meetings it has become apparent that the virtual classroom method of delivery has many advantages over traditional face-to-face learning venues.

If you are looking for local training near you, then you can't get any closer to your doorstep than you can with virtual learning.

Our virtual learning Microsoft Office courses cater for groups of up to ten people and your learners benefit from full and immersive interaction with your trainer just as if they were in the classroom with you, with engaging hands-on training via advanced live video conferencing that is further enhanced by features such as live chat, private chat, and sharing screens and documents.

Our realtime virtual classroom Microsoft Office courses are charged out at £550.00 plus VAT per day inclusive up to 5 delegates. Further learners can be added up to a maximum of 10 charged out at £50.00 plus VAT per person per day. Courseware will be provided electronically.

You can find out how to set up Microsoft Teams for a live Online virtual course here (Virtual Learning with MS Teams).

On-site Microsoft Office Essentials Courses

Our closed courses for Microsoft Office are delivered as private courses for your learners offering more flexibility than off-the-shelf public courses and topics taught can often be tailored to match your particular learning needs.

Our mobile trainers understand that helping their students to work more effectively is not just a business-oriented goal, it is also empowering for the individual students themselves. As such, our trainers are not just educators, they also champions of the software who endeavour to promote enthusiastic adoption of Microsoft Office among those they teach. Before the start date they will discuss with you the goals and objectives of the training and those skill-sets that your team need the most whether they are starting as novice, intermediate or advanced users.

With our on-site courses our regional Microsoft Office trainers come to your workplace throughout England, bringing the training to you regardless of whether you are in a major city such as London, Manchester, Birmingham or Leeds, or anywhere else. This offers a really cost-effective way to train small groups and entire departments in the comfort of familiar surroundings from the Capital City of London to The Cotswolds, from Hampshire to Northamptonshire, West Midlands to West Yorkshire, Sussex to South Yorkshire, Norfolk to Northumberland, Lancashire to Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire to Gloucestershire, Bristol to Berkshire, Essex to the East Riding and everywhere inbetween.

Microsoft Office Essentials Training Delivery Method for Closed Courses

• Instructor-led Microsoft Office training provided in-person with step-by-step demonstrations, lessons and hands-on exercises.
  
  
• Dynamic and interactive Microsoft Office courses with plenty of time for questions and answers.
  
  
• The personal touch: Professional tuition that's tailored to match your team's present knowledge level and learning needs, and covering the Microsoft Office functions, features and techniques that your trainee staff, co-workers or employees need the most.
  
  
• Private, corporate Microsoft Office training for small group sizes with a maximum of 10 learners on any course.
  
  
• Can be run as a single course, tutorial or workshop; Or as a training rollout bringing whole teams, departments and organisations up to the benchmark level of Microsoft Office knowledge that you require.

Microsoft Office Essentials Training Course Topics

We specialise in delivering flexible training programmes and the actual course content, topics and syllabus taught will often vary depending upon your learning requirements and upon the version of the software taught.

• Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Excel
  1. What are Worksheets?
  2. What are Workbooks?
  3. Navigating the Excel Screen
  4. Entering and Editing Excel Data
  5. Copying and Pasting Excel Data
  6. Save, Close and Open Excel Files
  7. Create a New Excel Workbook
  8. Printing Excel Worksheets
  
  
  

• Module 2: Introduction to Microsoft Word
  1. What is Microsoft Word?
  2. Working with Menus, Sub Menus and Tabs
  3. Create, Save, Open and Print a Word Document
  4. Editing Word Documents
  5. Formatting Word Documents
  6. Using Microsoft Word Editing Features
  
  
  

• Module 3: Introduction to Outlook Email
  1. Sending and Receiving Email Messages
  2. Replying and Forwarding Email Messages
  3. Saving Emails as Drafts
  4. Email Attachments
  5. Outlook Contacts and the Address Book
  6. Deleting and Organising Emails.
  7. The Outlook Calendar
  8. Tasks and ToDo
  9. Integration with MS Teams
  
  
  

• Module 4: Introduction to Microsoft Teams
  1. The Microsoft Teams Environment
  2. Setting up your MS Teams Profile
  3. What are Teams Chats, Meetings, Calls and Presentations?
  4. How to join a Teams Meeting, accept invitations and answer calls
  5. MS Teams Shortcuts
  6. Managing your MS Teams Status
  7. Sharing files and sharing screens
  
  
  

• Module 5: Introduction to OneDrive
  1. Creating Documents and Folders
  2. Uploading Documents and Folders
  3. Editing Documents
  4. Move and Copy Documents
  5. Sharing and Unsharing
  6. Finding Shared Content
  7. Co-Authoring
  8. Syncing
  
  
  

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