Catalogue Cognity 2014 - OFFICE APPLICATIONS AND GRAPHICS EDITORS

COGNITY Pract i cal , e f fect ive t ra in ings and consul tat ions

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CATALOGUE 2014 OFFICE APPLICATIONS AND GRAPHICS EDITORS

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ABOUT THE FIRM

We are a training and consulting firm predominantly

specialized in trainings of MS Office suite and other

applications supporting work of modern

organisations.

COGNITY is the team of trainers who share their knowledge and skills with passion,

have broad experience in the business and are experts in their fields.

Quality of our trainings and customer satisfaction are our top priorities:

We cooperate only with experienced trainers with real-life experience in their areas

of expertise

We continuously improve training plans, learning materials and our teaching methods

We survey both expectations and the level of satisfaction of our customers, adjust

learning plans to demands and needs of our customers

We offer post-training assistance which is provided free of charge.

Delivery of Cognity trainings - "learning by doing"

SELECTED CLIENTS

Participants actively solve practical problems based on real-life situations.

Training groups no bigger than 10 participants.

90 minutes-long practical and dynamic training sessions

Trainings tailor-made for client's needs and characteristics


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Carrying out a training project

To meet expectations of our clients we developed a unique approach to preparations of

employee training programmes based on our experience which is summarised by the

following graph:

We conduct a free of charge evaluation of training needs, on the basis of which

we estimate the level of participants’ knowledge before the training starts,

so the programme of the training and its content are most adequate to expectations,

and the training itself is most effective.

In the price we include:

lunch

coffee breaks with cakes, hot and cold baverages served

THE COGNITY OFFER INCLUDES:

Open training sessions

Enterprise dedicated trainings

Consultations

Post-training assistance

IT advisory services

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Training needs analysis

Practical training

Measurement and evaluation

of results

Post-training report


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OPEN TRAINING SESSIONS:

Participants may be both employees delegated by the company as well

as other individuals.

Sessions carried out in small groups (4 – 10 people) which provides comfortable

learning environment

A specific date of the training is advertised on the Cognity website

The sessions have a fixed training plan

The sessions are conducted between 9:00 and 16:00 in our training rooms located

in the Krakow’s district of Kazimierz

ENTERPRISE - DEDICATED TRAININGS

The dedicated trainings are the sessions perfectly aligned

to requirements and needs of a company.

Each training session provided by Cognity can be arranged as a closed

company-exclusive event.

We adjust the range of topics, the training plan and the session date to expectations

of our customer

We modify the thematic range and create custom training plans

Each training can also be carried out in English

We prepare an evaluation report

We can flexibly adjust the place and time of the training to fit requirements

of our customer.

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The adventages of purchasing the enterprise-dedicated training session:

A workshop based on real-life examples

Certificate of completition confirming the attendance

Post-training assistance – support within the thematical range of the course

after its completition

The unlimited time access to excersises and training materials published in a digital

version on our website www.cognity.pl via a personal account in the “knowledge zone”

assigned during the training

Printed training materials

A workstation for each course participant

Each project is priced individually – possible negotiation of prices.

CONSULTATIONS

Each training session may be carried out as series of individual consultations.

Advantages of individual consultations:

A form of education closely adjusted to customer’s needs.

Within short time period the customer is provided with exact specific knowledge

from within his area of his or her interest

Consultations are arranged on the most convenient date and time

Each program and scope of the consultations is arranged with the customer


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POST-TRAINING ASSISTANCE

After each of our trainings we provide a cost-free post-training assistance.

A post-training assistance is a possibility of consulting the trainer after the training session

is over.

If our customer encounters future problems related to the thematic scope of our training,

may without hesitation ask the trainer for help.

Possible forms of the post-training consultation:

Personal contact with the trainer who carried out the training session arranged

in the Cognity office ( For 2 hours)

Contacting the trainer who carried out the training session on the phone

or via e mail (For 1 year after the training session)

IT CONSULTANCY SERVICES

In reply to an increasing number of customer inquiries we introduced a new service –

IT consultancy services.

Within the scope of this offer we provide complete tools, solutions and applications

using – MS Excel, Access and the VBA code – which automate, spead up and make

the daily tasks easier.

The IT consultancy services are delivered in accord to the following scheme:

1. The customer informs about the scope of technical issues that should be addressed

2. A cognity expert carries out an initial interview identifying the type of each issue

and its background (issue diagnostics)

3. The Cognity expert collects the data and then prepares the plan and scope

of the consultancy

4. The Cognity expert suggests best solutions which are then implemented upon

a customers approval

5. The customer evaluates the effectiveness of provided solutions


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In accord to customer’s preferences the meeting with the expert may be arranged :

At our premises

At customer’s premises – the Cognity expert will visit on an agreed date

The cooperation can be remote – ready solutions may be delivered by e-mail

We hope that the catalogue presented below will meet your expectations and will

bring your interest to our offer!

In case of any questions – please feel free to contact us anytime!


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Excel (Standard) ...................................................................................................................................... 9

Excel Basics ........................................................................................................................................ 10

Excel Intermediate............................................................................................................................. 11

Excel Advanced .................................................................................................................................. 12

Excel Cross-sectional ............................................................................................................................. 13

Excel Basics (Cross-sectional) ............................................................................................................ 14

Excel Advanced (Cross-sectional) ...................................................................................................... 15

Excel for Financiers and Accountants ................................................................................................ 17

Excel in Sales Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 18

Excel in Logistics ................................................................................................................................ 19

Statistical Analysis in Excel ................................................................................................................ 20

Excel (Thematic) .................................................................................................................................... 21

Excel Pivot Tables .............................................................................................................................. 22

Excel Charts – Presentation i Data Visualisation ............................................................................... 23

VBA in Excel........................................................................................................................................... 25

VBA in Excel Cross-sectional .............................................................................................................. 26

VBA in MS Excel Advanced ................................................................................................................ 28

PowerPoint ........................................................................................................................................... 29

PowerPoint - Practical Tools .............................................................................................................. 30

PowerPoint - The Essence ................................................................................................................. 32

Word ...................................................................................................................................................... 33

Word Intermediate ............................................................................................................................ 34

Word Advanced ................................................................................................................................. 36

Project ................................................................................................................................................... 38

Project Basics ..................................................................................................................................... 39

Project Advanced .............................................................................................................................. 41

Access .................................................................................................................................................... 43

Access Basics ..................................................................................................................................... 44

Access Advanced ............................................................................................................................... 46

Outlook ................................................................................................................................................. 48

Outlook .............................................................................................................................................. 49


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Excel (Standard)


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Excel Basics 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

have no previous experience or only a brief knowledge of Microsoft Excel

want to learn basic actions and formulas

want to create clear and legible reports, charts and summaries

AFTER THE TRAINING YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO:

correctly input and format different kinds of data

enter and edit formulas and use them to create analytical reports

create data comparisons and analyse them with basic tools

TRAINING PROGRAMME:

1. All that is important for the start – an introduction to work with Excel

Get familiar with the terminology and the working environment of MS Excel

Getting about the workbook

Keyboard shortcuts

2. What can you do with data i.e. data operations

Input, modification and deletion of data

Selecting data

Various ways to copy and paste data

Filling cells with data series

3. Data clarity and cell formatting

Alignment, font and its size, borders and fill

Number, currency, percentage, text, date and time formatting

Table formatting

Format painter

4. Automatic value highlights i.e. conditional formatting

Formatting cells containing text

Formatting cells containing values

5. Yellow sticky notes – entering and editing comments

6. A better calculator – or formulas and functions

Calculations done directly in cells

Calculations using cell addresses

Relative and absolute references

Copying formulas

Using sum, average, maximum and minimum functions

Mathematical, logical, date and time functions and their usage in calculations

Text functions

7. Data visualisation or creating and formatting charts

8. Putting data in order i.e. data sorting

9. Displaying desired results – data filtering with the Autofilter tool

10. Counting the data up according to given criteria - data analysis with aid of the Sumifs function.


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Excel Intermediate 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

want to quicken and improve their daily work

want to broaden their knowledge about data input and formatting

want to explore possibilities of advanced analysis and presentation of data


use many various functions to sum up and lookup the data

create functions made of several other nested functions

create a pivot table and use its basic functions

THE TRAINING PROGRAMME:

1. The „Go To” Tool

Copying range with hidden rows

Formatting only the cells with data

Filling empty cells

2. Conditional formatting

Formatting cells containing a certain string or values, formatting cells containing a certain string

or values

Data bars, color scales, icon sets

Setting the conditional formatting

3. Formulas and functions

Average, maximum, minimum, count

Logical functions - if, or, and

Statistical and methematical functions - countif , sumif, round

Combining several functions into one – function nesting

4. Date calculations and functions

A difference between two dates, adding a number of days to a date, calculating end date

Date and time functions – day, month, year, weekday

5. Texts

Correcting the entered text with text functions, Splitting texts according to the number of characters

and the “Text to columns” tool

6. Subtotals

7. Creating and editing charts

Creating advanced charts, changing source data range

Advanced settings – changing chart colours, layout and scale

Detailed settings of the data layout shown on a graph, chart with dual axes

8. Data analysis and lookup

Sorting – changing the order of sorting, advanced options

The autofilter, custom filter, the “Find and replace” method

9. Basics of creation and usage of pivot tables


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Excel Advanced 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

use MS Excel in their daily work as a data analysis tool

work on a large amount of data and want to improve their work with advanced tools like pivot tables

or macros


use advanced date and time, informational and statistical functions

create a pivot table and use its capabilities to process data

record and manage macros



Copying ranges with hidden rows



Highlighting cells containing certain text or values

Data bars, color scales, icon sets

Marking duplicates and unique values


3. Advanced functions

Logical functions - if, or, and

Mathematical and statistical functions - countif, sumif, sumifs, countifs

The lookup and referrence functions - vlookup, hlookup, index, match

The date and time functions – today, day, month, year, weekday, networkdays, workday

Text functions – left, right, mid, len, upper, lower, concatenate, proper


4. Solver and Goal Seek tools

5. MS Excel Data import methods

Usage of proper text string processing tools

6. Pivot tables

Creating a pivot table

Refreshing source data, grouping data, filtering and sorting

in pivot tables

Changing analytical functions, calculated fields and items

7. Advanced charts – data visualisation

Displaying data of different order of magnitude

Creating advanced charts, changing source data range

Advanced settings – changing chart colours, layout and scale

Detailed settings of the data layout shown on a graph

Chart with dual axes, trendlines

8. Macros

Recording, activation, macro security


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Excel Cross-sectional


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Excel Basics (Cross-sectional) 24 lesson units / 3 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

do not know MS Excel at all or who know the program only superficially

want to create clear reports, charts and summaries

want to explore possibilities of advanced data analysis and presentation


use many functions to summarise and lookup data

create multi-function formulas

create pivot tables and make use of its basic capabilities


1. Data processing

Input, modification and deleting data

Data selection, different methods of copying and pasting

Data series, find and replace command

2. Cell formating

Font parameters, alignment and borders

Correct usage of formatting – numbers, currency, percentages, text, dates


Formatting cells containing a certain string or values

Highlighting duplicates or unique values



relative and absolute references

Basic functions – sum, average, maximum, minimum, count, logical functions – if, or, and

Mathematical and statistical functions – countif, sumif, round, Combining several functions into one –

function nesting

5. Date calculations and functions

A difference between two dates, adding a number of days to a date, calculating end date displaying

current date and performing calculations on it

The date and time functions – day, month, year, weekday

6. Texts

Correcting the entered text with text functions,

Splitting texts according to the number of characters





Sorting, Autofilter

9. Creating and editing charts

Different kinds of charts, changing source data ranges

10. Basics of creation and usage of pivot tables


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Excel Advanced (Cross-sectional) 24 lesson units / 3 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

use Excel in their daily work as a tool of a data analysis

process large amounts of data and want to improve their work with advanced tools


use advanced date and time , text, lookup and statistical functions

create a pivot table and use its capabilities to process data

record and manage macros





Filling empty cells


Formating rules, data bars, color scales, icon sets

Formatting cells containing a certain string or value,


3. Advanced functions

logical functions – if, or, and

Mathematical and statistical functions – countif, sumif, sumifs, countifs

The lookup and referrence functions – vlookup, hlookup, index, match


Text functions – left , right, mid, len, upper, lower, concatenate, proper, Combining several functions

into one – function nesting

4. Solver and Goal Seek tools


Importing data from text files, databases and websites

6. Advanced charts – data visualisation

Displaying data of different order of magnitude

Rules of a proper chart selection, chart types

Creating advanced charts, changing source data range,

Detailed settings of the data layout shown on a graph

A chart with dual axes, trendlines

7. Pivot tables

Creating a pivot table refreshing source data, grouping data, changing analytical functions

Filtering and Sorting in pivot tables, calculated fields and items, a pivot table based on external data

8. Macros

Recording, activation, macro security


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EXCEL Business Area

Specific


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Excel for Financiers and Accountants 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

who process financial or accounting data

want to gain knowledge about financial analysis and about the art of building advanced models allowing

decisions based on specific and reliable data

want to optimise time required for preparation of analyses, processes and costs


solve analysis and optimisation problems in finance and accounting

create models calculating costs, prices and profit

create charts and pivot tables and use their capabilities in data analysis


1. Data processing with functions used for financial analysis

Errors in invoicing and methods of avoiding them

Using excel functions to create formulas

Correct cel referrencing methods

Using formula tables refferences

Comparing and seeking differences in data records

Mathematical, logical, lookup and referrence, date, financial, rounding functions as a tool of proper cost

accounting

2. Statistical data analysis

3. Importing data from external sources

Text files, databases, websites, XML files, using the Microsoft Query tool

4. Text data processing

Text functions - left, right, mid, len, upper, lower, concatenate, proper, Text to Columns tool

5. Working with multiple workbooks and worksheets

Linking workbooks, data consolidation

6. Financial forecasting

7. Building multiple-case models with scenarios


Displaying the dynamics of changes in ascending order – sorting, changing the order of sorting,

advanced options

Sales analysis according to various criteria - autofilter and custom filter, the ‘find and replace’ command

9. Optimisation of complex problems with the Solver tool

10. The ‘Find’ tool

11. The pivot table as a tool of analysis of company activities

12. Charts – financial data visualisations


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Excel in Sales Analysis 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

want to speed up and improve their work and enhance their knowledge

manage or work in a sales department

want to optimise time required do prepare analyses of processes and costs


solve analytical and optimisational problems with sales

create models calculating costs, proces and profit and implement useful functions and tools of

MS Excel

create pivot tables and use their capabilities in data analysis



Importing data from text files, databases and websites

Import and analysis of data imported from text files, usage of proper text string processing tools

2. Applications of the MS Query tool

Introduction of selected elements of relational databases

Data filtering and joining content from multiple tables within a query



The ABC classification – usage of mathematical and statistical functions

Logical functions

Lookup and referrence functions

Date and time functions, text functions


4. Working with multiple workbooks and worksheets and linking them together


Displaying the dynamics of changes in ascending order – sorting changing the order of sorting,

advanced options

A sales analysis performed according to different criteria - an autofilter and a custom filter

The find and replace command

Building a multi-variant models with scenarios

6. Goal seek and solver

Seeking the markup on a retail price to reach a planned profit level

Seeking the optimal price growth indicator for the appropriate profit level

Optimisation of product prices

Optimisation of transport costs

Optimisation of marketing expeditures

7. Pivot tables – a tool for enterprose performance analysis

8. Charts – diagrammatic representation of financial data


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Excel in Logistics 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

work in a logistics department or another related branch

want to explore practical tools which are useful in daily work

want to speed up and improve their work and enhance their knowledge


use MS Excel formulas and functions in a practical way

search the data with advanced tools and filters

create charts and pivot tables and use their capabilities for data analysis


1. Economic analysis of logistic processes performed with Excel functions


Logical functions – if, or, and

Mathematical and statistical functions – countif, sumif, sumifs, countifs

The lookup and referrence functions – vlookup, hlookup, index, match


Text functions – left, right, mid, len, upper, lower, concatenate, proper, combining several functions into

one – function nesting

2. Showing indicators and measures

Influence of purchase prices over operational costs

Analysis of stock size and structure, logistic costs

Stock productivity indicators

Influence of logistic processes on profitability

3. Analysing dynamic performance of logistic indicators

4. Building reporting systems for subordinates

Building example logistical reports

Drop-down lists, data validation

Worksheet data protection, external links

5. Logistics department’s data analysis

Building example reports

Conditional formatting and sorting

Report filtering, custom filters

6. Data analysis with a pivot table

Rules of building and usage of pivot tables

Filtering and sorting in pivot tables

Grouping data in pivot tables ( grouping by time, numbers, text )

Examples based on a sales report, an aging of receivables, a logistical report

7. Charts - the graphic representation of report data


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Statistical Analysis in Excel 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

know Excel well

use Excel in their daily work as a tool of statistical data analysis

process large amounts of data and want to effectively manage results and create progress reports

want to assume practical approach to the statistical analysis


carry out an analysis of empirical distributions in quantitative and qualitative data

assess compatibility with normal distribution

calculate and interpret descriptive statistics

create Charts

analyse qualitative data

analyse interdependencies among the variables


1. Review of selected tools of MS Excel

Standard and array functions

Tables, naming variables

2. Analysis Toolpack – installation

3. Introduction to the statistical methodology

Basic concepts: a population, a sample, random variables, hypothesis, statistical significance

Methods of sampling

Collecting data, stages of data analysis, creating questionnaires

and surveys

4. Descriptive statistics

Basic concepts of the descriptive statistics: averages, variance, standard deviation, variance, range,

skewness, kurtosis

Empirical probability, frequency and cumulative; dominant and quartiles

Histograms and stemplots, data variability analysis,

Data visualisation and descriptive statistics: charts, histograms, pivot tables, dynamic charts

5. Mathematical statistics

Basic concepts: probability, distribution, most common distributions (F-test with two variance samples)

T-test: associated pairs with two samples for an average

T-test: with two samples and paralel variance

T-test: with two samples and unequal variance

Z-test: with two samples for averages

Charts: creating a chart of normal distribution, how to compare distribution within a sample with the

distribution on a chart

Generating random numbers within different distributions

Data correlation analysis – correlation and covariance, variance analysis with one and two factors,

regression analysis, prognostics

6. Data continuance analysis and prognostics – moving average, expotrntial smoothing


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Excel (Thematic)


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Excel Pivot Tables 8 lesson units / 1 day

FOR THOSE WHO:

want to learn how to proficiently use pivot tables

want to speed up and improve their work and enhance their knowledge and optimise time required for

report building and performing multidimensional analyses.


properly prepare data to be later used in a pivot table

present values as non-standard numbers and aplying calculation fields


1. Correct preparation of data

Proper form of source data

Importing data from a text or a web page

Correction of an incorrect decimal separator in datasets from databases or accounting applications

2. Creating a pivot table

Building a pivot table – a field list, row and column headers, values the values filter, embedding and

moving a pivot table

Selecting source data to a pivot table

Adding multiple fields to rows, columns, values and the report filter, hiding and displaying data in a pivot

table

Changing pivot table field names, changing pivot table data source, refreshing source data

of a pivot table

Displaying filtered data in separate sheets

3. Pivot table formatting

Layout and style of a pivot table

Formatting the displayed data

4. Various ways to display numeric values in a pivot table

Different ways to summarize pivot table data

Showing values as non standard calculations

Pivot table data formatting

5. Grouping data in a pivot table

6. Calculated fields and items

7. Sorting data in a pivot table

Manual sorting, alphabetical sorting

Sorting by a custom list

8. Data filtering in a pivot table

Custom filters, slicers

9. Drill down i.e. getting down to details

10. Creating advanced pivot tables

Creating a pivot table out of many consolidated source data ranges

A pivot table based on external data

Refreshing source data in pivot tables

11. Pivot charts


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Excel Charts – Presentation i Data

Visualisation 8 lesson units / 1 day

FOR THOSE WHO:

mastered basics of MS Excel

want to learn how to make proficient use of tools creating and editing charts

analyse various datasets during their daily work


properly prepare data to be later used in a chart editor

modify the created chart and to adjust it to user’s needs

copy charts to other MS Office applications


1. Rules of proper data visualisation

Interpretation and drawing conclusions on the basis of the graphic representation of data

Proper type of a chart

Graphic method of highlighting certain data on a graph

2. Creating charts

Matching data with a proper chart type

Standard chart types

Column charts, bar charts, line charts and other

Keyboard shortcuts

3. Chart midifications

Selecting chart elements

Modifying chart area and plot area

Changing chart properties with a Ribbon menu

4. Working with data series

Adding and removing

Proper usage of the axis scale, non-linear scale

Labels

Error bars and tradlines

3D Charts

Advanced charts and displaying the secondary axis

5. Creating custom charts

Introduction to custom charts

Creating an own custom chart


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6. Chart tricks

Drawing charts

Thermometer chart

Guage chart

Creating a comparative histogram

Gannt chart

The self-updating chart

Charts with mathematical functions (one or two variables)

7. Pasting chart sinto other applications (PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

Pasting an Excel object

Pasting as a Picture


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VBA in Excel


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VBA in Excel Cross-sectional 24 lesson units / 3 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

want to improve their skills in VBA to the intermediate level

have no prior experience with programing or have ceased programming a while ago

have an intermediate level of MS Excel user proficiency

want to know the rules of algorithm coding

want to automate repetitive tasks or create applications which may be used by other users as well


record and edit recorded macros

read and understand the code written in Visual Basic for Applications

create loops and procedures and use them in the MS Excel environment

use variables

handle and work with text files in .csv and .txt formats

prepare messages for users and create forms

optimize the code and eliminate errors


1. Macros

Recording and executing

Protecting the code

2. Editing and management of the VBA code

The structure of the VBA editor window toolbars

Archiving and transferring of the code

Important keyboard shortcuts.

3. Introduction to programming

Procedures and functions

Operators

VBA data types - variable and constants

4. Text processing

Functions processing text strings

5. Conditional statements and loops

Executing macros in Break Mode

Conditional statements " If ... Then ... Else If ... Else ... End If “

Multi-scenario conditional statement " Select Case "

Loops: " For ... Next ", " For Each ... In ... Next" , " Do ... Loop "

Early termination of the loop command - “Exit”

6. VBA and Excel Workbook

Objects in spreadsheets

Classes and collections

Referring to cells, ranges of cells , columns , rows, and worksheets


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7. Work with text files in the .csv or .txt format

Saving and opening files

8. Variables:

Defining scope and passing a variable to another macro

Verification of stored values

Array variables

9. Communicating with a user

Message Box – execution of a macro based on user’s decision

Input Box - collecting input from the user

10. Events

Events related to workbooks and worksheets

11. Forms

Creating forms

Using text fields

Using checkboxes

Radio Buttons

12. Code optimization

Variables naming conventions

Disabling screen refresh

Information about the current stage of the macro execution

13. Error handling

Types of errors ways to eliminate them


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VBA in MS Excel Advanced 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

already have intermediate-level knowledge of Excel

already have basic knowledge of programming

wish to gain additional knowledge in this field


work with text files in .csv and .txt format

prepare messages to display to users

use advanced variables

create complex forms

optimize the code and eliminate errors


1. Working with text files in .csv and .txt format

Saving

Opening

2. Variables

Defining the scope of variables

Variables usable by several macros

Checking a stored value

3. Array variables

Creating and assigning values

Usage

4. Communication with the user

Macro execution based on user’s choice (message box)

Collecting input from a user (input box).

5. Events

Workbook events

Worksheet events

6. Forms

Creating forms

Using text fields

Checkbox input

Radio buttons

7. Code optimization

Variable naming conventions

Disabling screen refreshing

Displaying information about the current stage of the procedure execution

8. Error handling

Types of errors

Ways to eliminate errors

Intercepting and handling of "run-time errors"


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PowerPoint


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PowerPoint - Practical Tools

16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

Are not familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint or have only basic-level knowledge of this tool

want to learn how to use MS PowerPoint effectively and learn about its most important tools


insert and format elements into a presentation, such as a table, image, shape, etc.

use animation to make the presentation look more diversified

use themes and create your own template with your company’s logo

print presentations and hand-outs


1. Interface overview

Ribbon edition

Quick access toolbar customization

Presentation views

2. Introduction to the MS PowerPoint

Creating a new blank presentation

Adding slides

Slide layouts

Themes

3. Inserting and editing text

Font and paragraph formatting

Tabs and bullets

4. Inserting and formatting elements

Text boxes

Tables

Images / clips

AutoShapes

SmartArt components

WordArt components

The formatting tab

5. Charts

Entering chart source data

Editing

6. Grouping and aligning items

Ruler, gridlines, guides

Automatic alignment

Selection pane

7. Patterns

Template and slide master

Create your own template of a presentation


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8. Additional elements on the slide

Date and time

Slide number

Footer and header

9. Outlining and inserting outlines from the MS Word

10. Transitions between slides

One transition for all slides

Custom transitions

11. Adding animation to texts, graphics or shapes

Custom animation

Combining animations of a single element

Defining the sequence of object animations

Triggers

Setting intervals between slides

12. Custom Presentation

Hiding slides

Hyperlinks and action buttons

Rehearsing the timing of the presentation

Adding sounds and movies to the presentation

13. Additional Options

Presentation and the PowerPoint Show

Saving a presentation as a web page

Creating a photo album

Comments

Useful keyboard shortcuts

14. Printing setup adjustment


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PowerPoint - The Essence 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

want to know the most important tools of the MS PowerPoint

can only spend a single day on learning

are interested in a condensed form of training


format and insert into a presentation such elements as tables, images, shapes, etc.

use animation to make the style of the presentation more diverse

use themes and create your own templates

print presentations and materials for the participants


1. Interface overview

Adjusting the view to user preferences

2. Adding slides

Layouts - arrangement of space on a slide

Themes - background and appearance

3. Inserting and formatting presentation elements

tables

images / clips

AutoShapes

SmartArts

graphs

text boxes

grouping and aligning elements

4. Transitions between slides

Same transitions for the entire presentation

Custom transitions for different objects

5. Adding animations to text, graphics or shapes

Types of animations

Combining animation into a single element

Setting the order of animation appearances

6. Quick creation of presentations with text in a continuous form - the outline

7. Creating a presentation template

8. Custom slide show

Action buttons – action triggers

Hiding slides

Testing the presentation schedule and setting fixed intervals between slides

Different ways to display a presentation

9. Adjusting printing settings


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Word


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Word Intermediate 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

do not know Microsoft Word at all or have only a brief experience with the program

want to learn how to use the MS Word efficiently

want to create professional letters, business writings and enterprise documents


use basic text editing tools

freely navigate through the document

create an aesthetic and readable document with additional elements, such as tables, images or shapes

add a header and footer, automatically number the pages

generate a table of contents

print documents and set printing parameters


1. Introduction

Ribbon editing

High-speed edition toolbar

Views

Creating, opening and saving documents

2. Basics of proper text editing

Writing texts exercises

Typical error examples - how to avoid them

Finding help to write correctly

Typesetting – what is this?

3. Writing texts in the editor

Inserting symbols

Correcting Text

Navigating through the document

Different ways of displaying a document

Undoing changes

Selecting text

Copying and moving between documents

4. Hierarchy of editor’s components

Characters, words , paragraphs, pages, sections , documents

5. Formatting texts, paragraphs , pages

6. Inserting elements

Images

Cliparts

Shapes

SmartArts

Charts


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7. Editing documents

Headers, footers, page numbers

Simple numbering and bullets

Styles

Using and displaying of non-printable characters

Checking the spelling and grammar

Custom user dictionaries

Keyboard shortcuts

Copying and moving between documents

Inserting hyperlinks.

8. Tables:

Creating of a simple table

Inserting and deleting columns and rows in the table

Resizing columns and rows

Splitting and merging cells

Table formatting

9. Printing

Page settings

Setting margins


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Word Advanced 16 lesson units / 2 days FOR THOSE WHO:

have basic knowledge of MS Word

want to freely move around the program

want to expand their knowledge of the capabilities and use of the option of MS Word

want to make professional letters, lists, create business documents using advanced tools


freely navigate through the document

use the advanced features of the word processor

use the built-in styles and create your own

add a header, footer, and page number and generate the table of contents

use mail merge

create your own document template

set advanced printing parameters


1. Overview of the interface

Ribbon customization

Editing of the Quick Access bar

Views

2. Advanced editing of text

Superscript

Subscript

Advanced bullets and numbering

Small caps and all caps

Format painter

Alignment and adjustment

Paragraphs and line spacing

3. Advanced document editing

Title page

Headers, footers , page numbers

Footnotes

Watermark

Split into sections

Bookmarks

Links

4. Table of Contents

Processing

Update

Modifying

Horizontal list


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5. Styles

Application

Update and modifying

Create your own style

Combined styles

6. Elements

Adding images

Cliparts , shapes, SmartArts

Tables and graphs

Editing

7. Mail merge

Choosing a right document type (letters, envelopes, labels etc.)

Selecting the data source, sorting , filtering

Insert fields

8. Templates

Using built-in templates

Creating custom templates

9. File protection

10. Advanced printing options

Page Orientation

Custom margins

Mirror margins

Simplex / duplex printing


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Project


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Project Basics 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

have none or only general knowledge of Microsoft Project

want to acquire and develop practical skills of planning projects with help of the program

want to gain knowledge to use it to handle daily task and people management

AFTER THE TRAINING YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO

create a project and set up its parameters

add tasks and set their duration

set up a schedule of tasks, add resources along with additional parameters such as types or

interdependences and format them with simple commands

create a report and print it


1. Introduction

Introduction to the MS Project program

Applications

Basic definitions

Customizing the look of the program so it can suit your needs best - toolbars

2. Project

Definition

Creating and project limitations

The project’s timeframe

Methods of time planning

3. Schedules

Types

Principles of project creation

4. Tasks

Defining

Task duration and its time constraints

Relationships

Units of time

Work time vs calendar time

Control tasks and project summary tasks

5. Calendar options

Defining working days/hours and holidays

Weekly and monthly workload

6. Additional task options

Sorting

Filtering

Grouping

The critical path method


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7. Adding resources

Types of resources

Allocation of resources , dependencies

Cost - the fixing of rates and payment options

Sorting resources

Analysing resource overload and resource balancing

8. Views

Formatting the Gantt chart

Calendar view

Cost analysis view

Additional views

9. Standard reports

10. Plans

The base plan

Operational plans

Checkpoints

Progress lines

11. Printing settings


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Project Advanced 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

have a basic knowledge of MS Project

want to easily navigate through the program

want to expand their knowledge of its capabilities and use the program’s advanced features


easily define the project, its purpose, scope, resources and necessary participants

track the progress of the project, correctly understand the information about its status, assess the impact

of changes in its course

prepare final forecasts

coordinate several projects simultaneously and perform calculations using Microsoft Excel


1. Tasks

Defining , setting their duration and estimation

Various types of tasks - simple, recurrent

Tasks composition methods in the project

Task dependencies

Tasks ahead of schedule and those delayed

Complex dependencies

Types of restrictions and their impact on the schedule (flexible , moderate )

External interdependence - connecting tasks from different calendars

Critical path and analysis

2. Resources

Dependencies

Workload and overtime

Costs and workload analysis

Resource overload and balancing analysis

Tasks and over-budget resources

Sharing data between projects

3. Calendars

Basic settings

Transferring calendars between my project and exporting them to other programs

Combining tasks from different calendars

Resource calendars

4. Costs

Analysis of cost types and cash flows

Project budget


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5. Project optimization

Estimate task durations using PERT analysis

Analysis of project performance using the earned value analysis

Analysis of the projects performance and resource utilisation with the Project Server program

Server configuration and connecting

Creating a project on the server

Sharing projects, permissions

Reporting progress

Tracking progress - progress bars, checkpoints, actual costs, delays

Updates

Managing multiple projects

Templates

6. Plans

The base plan

Operational plans

Lines of project’s progress

7. Adding calculated fields

8. Reports

Standard reports

Custom reports – task-based , resource-based , mixed

9. Copying and exporting to other programs

10. Advanced Settings view and print


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Access


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Access Basics 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

are not familiar with MS Access or possess only a basic knowledge about the program

want to gain the knowledge to apply it in daily management of databases


use the basic tools of MS Access

design and create a simple database

properly enter data

set relationships between tables

create and use simple queries

develop reports/forms and print them


1. Introduction

Application and capabilities of the program

Basic concepts of databases

User Interface : Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar

Using databases created in Access

Opening and closing applications and databases

2. Tables

Wizard and templates

Creating tables , records and fields

Attributes of fields and determining the primary key

Indexing

Relationships

Operations on records and fields

Working with data

Filters in the tables and forms

Searching for data

3. Forms

Creating forms using the wizard

Designing simple forms

Basic properties of a form

Dropdown lists, sub forms

Usage the control objects

Form views

Form printing options.

4. Queries

Building queries, query types

Query wizard

Creating and modifying simple queries

Sorting and filtering data


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5. Reports

Reports types and their applications

Creating simple reports

Modifications

Mathematical operations in reports

Reviewing and designing reports

Printing

6. Cooperation with other MS Office programs


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Access Advanced 16 lesson units / 2 days

FOR THOSE WHO:

have a basic knowledge of working in MS Access

want to learn good design the database structure using advanced tools


use advanced MS Access tools,

create advanced queries, also using SQL

prepare database for external users

create complex forms and reports with graphs

protect data and privileges.


1. Tables

Selection of data fields to content

Input mask

Primary keys and foreign keys

Indexes

Validation rule

Enforcing referential integrity

2. Queries - advanced topics

Advanced select queries

Parameterized query

Calculations in a query

Query using the constructor expressions

3. Using queries with SQL

Query connecting

Pass-through queries data

4. Preparing database for external users

Creation of the welcome board

Creation of a switching form

Setting the startup options

Create and use macros

Maintenance of the database

5. Forms - advanced topics

Types of forms

Create a form using Design view

Sections

Data validation

Broadcast your forms look professional

Work with subforms

Charts and pivot tables, forms


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6. Reports - advanced topics

Create and edit reports

Subreports

Formatting reports

Charts on reports

7. Safety and streamline

Securing the database password

Encryption and decryption of data

Sharing database

Database replication

Distributor database

Working groups and permissions

Protection of database design

Distribution base


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Outlook


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Outlook 8 lesson units / 1 day

FOR THOSE WHO:

have no or only basic knowledge about of the program

want to learn how to write e-mails and create tasks in the calendar

want to learn practical skills to use them later in contact and task management


create an account and set the mail client parameters

add contacts and manage your address book and massage flow

set up the calendar and add meetings, appointments and events

improve the use of the journal options

create tasks and notes


1. Email management

Sending , receiving, replying, forwarding messages

Manage folders and messages

Grouping, filtering , sorting messages

Rules and alerts

Searching for messages

Options for messages

Views

Archiving of messages

2. Contacts

Creating contacts

Instant messaging

Distribution lists

3. Calendar

Configuring the calendar

Managing meetings , appointments , recurring events

Managing leisure time

Managing meeting locations

Group schedules

Archiving

4. Outlook Journal

Creating journal entries

Journal views

Recording activities

Recording of operations on documents Access, Excel , Word

Automatic recording of journal entries

Controlling time of different activities


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5. Tasks

Assigning and executing tasks

Recurring tasks

Grouping tasks

Cooperation with the journal

Reports

6. Notes

Creating notes

Available note views

Note options


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