Taming the Beast: An Introduction to Outlook and Unlocking the Power of Organizing and Managing Your Inbox (Outlook 2007)

Product(s): Microsoft Outlook 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Wednesday, June 23 2010, 1:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
Microsoft Outlook is a messaging and personal information manager. Sending and receiving e-mail messages is the biggest reason people use Outlook. This short course explains everything you need to know about e-mail: how to compose, send, and receive e-mail messages, how to reply to and forward e-mails, how to spell-check an e-mail before sending it, sorting and filtering emails, and how to attach one or more files to an e-mail message. Learn to create and manage your emails using folders. You will even learn how Outlook can help you find a misplaced e-mail message.

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Extra! Extra! A Guide to Creating Dynamic Newsletters in Microsoft Publisher

Product(s): Microsoft Publisher
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Tuesday, June 22 2010, 2:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
Whether you are using newsletters to share information with family and friends or to attract new business and customers, Microsoft Publisher’s newsletter function provides total layout and design flexibility. Publisher provides an easy-to-use interface that allows you to select the design layout and color scheme, format text and insert images quickly and easily to create a custom newsletter.

This 60 minute Webinar covers the following topics:

* Exploring the Newsletter Templates
* Modifying a Template
* Creating Pages from Scratch
* Inserting Text and Frames
* Inserting Pictures and Clip Art
* Moving and Nudging Objects
* Using Text Overflow
* Formatting Text and Headings
* Working with Bullets and Numbering
* Paragraph and Line Spacing
* Spell Checking and Autocorrect
* Using the Design Checker
* Printing your Newsletter

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Making Headlines with PowerPoint: A Beginners Guide to Learning the Power of Visual Presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Wednesday May 26, 2010, 3:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
You’ve been asked to put together a presentation using PowerPoint, and you have no idea how to begin. Get equipped with the skills to do the job. We’re not talking fancy; the goal is to prepare you with the basics, how to put content on slides and get ready to present a show. The bells and whistles can come later.

* Interface Tour
* Create & Edit Slides
* Add Pictures from Computer
* Add ClipArt
* Animations & Transitions
* Run a SlideShow

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Tell Your Story Visually with Eye Catching Charts in Microsoft Excel 2007

Product(s): Microsoft Excel 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Wednesday May 26, 2010, 1:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes 

Event Overview:
Almost everyone has seen or worked with a chart at one time or another–charts illustrate data, relationships, or trends, graphically. Like the saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” charts are often a better tool for presenting information than hard-to-read numbers. This Webinar covers just about everything there is to know about charts. The dazzling charts you will be able to create after you finish this course will impress both you and your colleagues.

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Save Time, Work Less: The Power of Using Macros to Complete Repetitive Tasks in Microsoft Excel 2007

Product(s): Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 3:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
Do you wish you could find a way to increase your accuracy in data manipulation and get it all done faster? These days, it seems there’s more to do and less time in which to do it, so it’s crucial to find ways to automate your every day tasks. Efficiency will help eliminate your daily grind. With so much information on your hands, it can be painstaking and time-consuming to sift through data and manipulate it to present exactly what you’re looking for.

Macros are one of Microsoft Excel’s most powerful, yet most underused, tools. Many users are familiar with the term but have never learned how to take advantage of all macros have to offer. They might sound complicated; within this one hour Webinar we will show you how to become a more proficient user with automating your tasks. You will be working smarter and faster than ever before!

About the Presenter: With 8+ years of experience teaching the Microsoft Office Suite, David Thibault, Director of Education for KnowledgeWave Training in South Burlington, VT uses his upbeat, high energy teaching style in the classroom and online.  David has led corporate implementations of new software and written courseware for all applications in the Office Suite and 3rd party software.  He continues to specialize in classroom instruction as well as delivering corporate and open enrollment webinars.  His years in the field managing consulting projects have ranged from rollouts to upgrades and mentoring services, giving him the “real-world” knowledge that brings so much value to his classroom and online lessons.

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Look at Your Data in a Whole New Way with PivotTables in Microsoft Excel 2007

Product(s): Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 1:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
Grab a comfortable seat and we’ll walk you through a one-hour Webinar on the basics of creating PivotTables. Find out what PivotTables are, how they work and how to create your own. Wondering how to change your PivotTable field settings? How to understand the lingo used in PivotTable reports? We’ll cover all that, too, in one mind-expanding hour. The next time you need to see comparisons, reveal patterns or analyze trends, you’ll know exactly what to do.

About the Presenter: With 8+ years of experience teaching the Microsoft Office Suite, David Thibault, Director of Education for KnowledgeWave Training in South Burlington, VT uses his upbeat, high energy teaching style in the classroom and online.  David has led corporate implementations of new software and written courseware for all applications in the Office Suite and 3rd party software.  He continues to specialize in classroom instruction as well as delivering corporate and open enrollment webinars.  His years in the field managing consulting projects have ranged from rollouts to upgrades and mentoring services, giving him the “real-world” knowledge that brings so much value to his classroom and online lessons.

To Register: Click Here.  Fee: $99.00

Ask Questions, Get Answers: An Introduction to Microsoft Access Querying (2007)

Product(s): Microsoft Office Access 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Thursday, February 11 2010, 3:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes 

Event Overview:
With an application as powerful as Microsoft Access, you can easily store and manage a vast amount of data is one location. However, with so much data in one place, how can you find the answers you need and make your data more useful? Queries allow you to search, filter, add, modify, and calculate data across multiple tables in your database. From simple, built-in queries to more complex queries created from scratch, Access features an expansive array of query capabilities to help you locate the exact information you need in a snap.

About the Presenter: With 8+ years of experience teaching the Microsoft Office Suite, David Thibault, Director of Education for KnowledgeWave Training in South Burlington, VT uses his upbeat, high energy teaching style in the classroom and online.  David has led corporate implementations of new software and written courseware for all applications in the Office Suite and 3rd party software.  He continues to specialize in classroom instruction as well as delivering corporate and open enrollment webinars.  His years in the field managing consulting projects have ranged from rollouts to upgrades and mentoring services, giving him the “real-world” knowledge that brings so much value to his classroom and online lessons.

To Register: Click Here.  Fee: $99.00

Learn the Basics in Microsoft Access 2007

Product(s): Microsoft Access 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 1:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:

Learn the basics of Microsoft Access in this workshop. You will learn what all the objects are within Access. You will learn the basics of how to create a table, you will learn how to work with Forms, create simple queries and simple reports. This is an excellent way to begin to learn Microsoft Access.

About the Presenter: With 8+ years of experience teaching the Microsoft Office Suite, David Thibault, Director of Education for KnowledgeWave Training in South Burlington, VT uses his upbeat, high energy teaching style in the classroom and online.  David has led corporate implementations of new software and written courseware for all applications in the Office Suite and 3rd party software.  He continues to specialize in classroom instruction as well as delivers corporate and open enrollment webinars.  His years in the field managing consulting projects have ranged from rollouts to upgrades and mentoring services, giving him the “real-world” knowledge that brings so much value to his classroom and online lessons.

To Register: Click Here.  Fee: $99.00

Covering the Basics: An Introduction to Microsoft Office Visio

Product(s): Microsoft Visio
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Thursday, January 14, 2010, 11:00AM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:

Visio is entrenched firmly between two worlds. On one hand, it’s a Microsoft Office application and looks similar to Word. On the other hand, it is a design program and works more like other design software. Regardless of your need for Visio, this webinar will uncover just how Visio operates. From the interface to templates and from Drawing types to page layout, this session is designed to give you the tools you need to get started.

* Overview of the Interface
* Creating Documents from Templates
* Using the Visio Tools
* Introduction to Organization Charts
* Introduction to Flow Charts

About the Presenter: Matt Wohl is a Senior Applications Instructor with a background in Microsoft Office and Adobe’s design software. Matt has been an Instructor for 8 years. He has created and delivered multiple “Train the Trainer” programs. As a designer, Matt first began using Adobe software in 1996, has worked for several advertising agencies and also as a freelance designer. He’s led corporate implementations of new software and written courseware for all applications in the Office Suite. He currently specializes in classroom instruction as well as designs and delivers corporate and open enrollment webinars.

To Register: Click Here.  Fee: $99.00

Excel Database Tools

Product(s): Microsoft Excel 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Friday, January 15, 2010, 1:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:

Although Excel is not typically described as database software, many Excel users maintain large lists of data and they need the tools to manage that data efficiently. This session focuses Excel’s many powerful and easy-to-use database commands and methods critical to anyone who main-tains an Excel database. This session explores many of Excel’s techniques needed to modify, build, and manage an Excel database, including: validating data, using Excel’s Form feature, sorting, adding subtotals, filtering, and advanced filter.

Note: This session will use Excel 2007 as the primary platform for demonstrating these features, but will note the differences from Excel 2003 and will show some features in that version as well.

Topics include:

Data Validation – prevent bad data entry – keep out bad data before it ever gets into a data-base
* Restrict cell content by forcing users to pick entries from a pick list
* Restrict cell content by value, text, or data/time
* Restrict cell content by formula
* Use auditing tools to check the validity of existing data
Sorting
* Use multiple-key sorts from the menu or from button commands
* Sort based on re-arranging rows or re-arranging columns
* Sort based on cell colors or in random order
* Sort data based on customized lists
Creating automatic subtotals with the Subtotals command
* Set up single and multiple-level subtotals
* Expand and collapse displays quickly with grouping and outlining symbols
Data Form – Build and maintain a database with the Form feature
Using the powerful Filter command to view just the data you want to see
* Set up filtering to see and print a subset of data
* Create compound selection criteria for filtering data
* Use Excel 2007 greatly expanded special filtering tools for Text, Number, and Date fields
* Use the Advanced filter for extended filtering needs

About the Presenter: Dennis Taylor is the author of “Teach Yourself Microsoft Excel 2000” and co-author of four other books on spreadsheet software. Dennis has developed and presented specialized Excel courses (Tips and Tricks, Database Features, Advanced Formulas and Functions) to numerous clients over the past 12 years. Dennis has over 20 years of training and consulting experience. As a former employee of Amoco Oil, IBM, Lexmark, Texaco, Levi Strauss, StorageTek, the Federal Government, and the University of Colorado, he has taught over 3,000 seminars and classes attended by over 15,000 students.

To Register: Click Here.  Fee: $99.00