Project 2010 Essentials

Workshop Objectives

Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. 
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
  • Open and close Project
  • Understand the Interface
  • Create a blank project
  • Create a project from a template
  • Open and close project files
  • Add tasks to a project
  • Set constraints on tasks
  • Understand key terms
  • View task information
  • Sort and filter tasks
  • Understand Task Indicators
  • Split tasks
  • Link and unlink tasks
  • Create summary and sub tasks
  • Create recurring tasks
  • Understand resources
  • Add and view resource information
  • Assign resources to tasks
  • Level resources
  • Understand different task and resource views, including the Team Planner
  • Use the Tools tabs and format the Timescale
  • Create a baseline
  • Update tasks and update the project
  • Understand the Project Status date
  • View the critical path
  • Use change highlighting
  • Create basic and visual reports
  • Compare projects

Publisher 2010 Essentials

Workshop Objectives

Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. 
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
  • Open and close Publisher
  • Understand the Publisher 2010 interface 
  • Use the backstage view to create a new blank publication or a publication from a template
  • Use the backstage view to open files and use the recent list
  • Save publications
  • Setup business information to use in publications
  • Add text and other building blocks
  • Work with pages and the Pages pane
  • Use cut, copy, and paste, as well as the Office Clipboard 
  • Undo and redo tasks
  • Find and replace text
  • Use color schemes and font schemes
  • Choose or change the background
  • Use the Template group
  • Format fonts and paragraphs with a variety of features, including styles
  • Use bullets and numbering
  • Insert and work with pictures, shapes, and other objects
  • Link text boxes to create stories that continue on different areas of the page or different pages
  • Create columns
  • Add Page Numbers
  • Understand Master pages
  • Add headers and footers
  • Check spelling
  • Preview, print, or email a publication

Sharepoint Designer 2010

Workshop Objectives

Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. 
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
  • Open and close SharePoint Designer 
  • Understand the SharePoint Designer interface
  • Create a new web page from scratch or from a template
  • Create a new web site
  • Save, open, and close web pages
  • Understand design view and code view
  • Set page properties
  • Create and format tables
  • Use images
  • Use basic formatting tools, including styles, borders, and shading
  • Use hyperlinks, bookmark links, hotspots and interactive buttons
  • Understand navigation view
  • Create and edit a link bar
  • Remove an element
  • Understand the toolbox
  • Preview the page or the site
  • Publish the site
  • Backup the site

Visio 2010 Essentials

Workshop Objectives

Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. 
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
  • Open and close Visio
  • Understand the Visio 2010 interface 
  • Use the backstage view to create a new blank drawing or a drawing from a template
  • Use the backstage view to open files and use the recent list
  • Save files
  • Switch between files
  • Setup screen elements, guides, and ruler and grid settings
  • Find and place shapes on a drawing
  • Add text to a shape
  • Resize, move, delete, and duplicate shapes
  • Use the Tools group
  • Use cut, copy, and paste
  • Undo and redo tasks
  • Find and replace text and check spelling
  • Format shapes with different outlines, fills, shadows, line types, and corners
  • Format fonts and paragraphs with a variety of features, including using preset styles
  • Use bullets 
  • Rotate text blocks
  • Use themes
  • Select multiple objects
  • Center the drawing
  • Change the layout
  • Validate the drawing
  • Add a legend
  • Share the drawing by printing, e-mailing, or saving it as a picture

PowerPoint 2010 Essentials

Workshop Objectives

Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. 
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
  • Open and close PowerPoint
  • Understand the PowerPoint 2010 interface 
  • Use the backstage view to create a new blank presentation or a presentation from a template
  • Use the backstage view to open files and use the recent list
  • Save presentations
  • Add text to a slide and use content placeholders
  • Add slides
  • Use cut, copy, and paste, as well as the Office Clipboard Task pane
  • Undo and redo tasks
  • Find and replace text
  • Format fonts and paragraphs with a variety of features
  • Use bullets and numbering
  • Use themes
  • Change the slide design, layout, or background design
  • Add headers and footers
  • Create standard or custom animations
  • Use slide transitions and other advance options
  • Prepare a slide show, including narration and timing
  • Start a presentation
  • Navigate through a presentation
  • Change a presentation pointer
  • Switch to a blank screen in a presentation