Essential Office Skills Track - Online Learning with Certificate

Essential Office Skills

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The Office Package track provides a comprehensive introduction to digital office tools, focusing on both data management and document creation. You'll…

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What you will learn

Creating and editing documents in Google Docs

Managing files with Google Drive

Visualizing data with charts and graphs

Designing presentations with Google Slides

Creating and formatting spreadsheets in Sheets

Collaborating in real-time with Google Workspace

Building surveys and forms in Google Forms

Using formulas and functions in Google Sheets

Securing and sharing files effectively

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Google Docs is a free online word processor from Google that allows users to create, edit, and store documents in the cloud. It supports real-time collaboration, enabling multiple users to work on the same document simultaneously. Integration with Google Drive ensures automatic saving and easy access to files from any device with internet connectivity.

Google Workspace

Capabilities of Google Docs

Creating a New Document

Essential Text Editing Tools

Keyboard Shortcuts

How to Share Files?

Downloading and Сonverting Files

Google Slides is a free, cloud-based presentation tool that allows real-time collaboration, automatic saving, and seamless integration with other Google services like Drive, Sheets, and Docs. It offers customizable templates, easy import/export options for PowerPoint and PDF, and supports embedding multimedia like images and YouTube videos, making it ideal for both individual projects and team collaboration.

Advantages of Google Slides

Themes and Custom Design

Basic Animation Skills

Animated Slides, Working with GIFs

Working with Images

Learn how to use Google Forms to create surveys, questionnaires, and gather data, alongside mastering Google Drive for secure file storage, organization, and team collaboration. This section covers useful features like access settings and shared editing, helping you work efficiently and exchange information with ease.

Capabilities of Google Forms

Forms Settings

Survey Results

Google Drive

Learn how to create, rename, copy, delete, move, and download spreadsheets in Google Sheets. Acquire basic skills for organizing and managing data in a cloud-based environment.

Why do you need Google Sheets?

Creating Google Sheets

Opening Google Sheets

Renaming Google Sheets

Copying Google Sheets

Deleting Google Sheets

Moving Google Sheets

Downloading Google Sheets

Master the basics of editing and formatting data in Google Sheets. Learn how to adjust fonts, borders, colors, merge cells, and resize rows and columns to create clean and professional-looking tables.

Basic Editing Operations

Formatting Data

Formatting Text

Formatting Borders

Merging Cells and Text Alignment

Clear Formatting and Paint Format Tools

Selecting Cells and Ranges

Adjusting Column and Row Size and Position

Copying and Deleting Columns and Rows

Freezing and Grouping Rows and Columns

Enhance your cell formatting skills: learn how to split text into columns, add hyperlinks, images, notes, and forms. Explore creating interactive and dynamic spreadsheets.

Splitting Text to Columns

Trimming Whitespaces

Inserting Internal and External Hyperlinks

Challenge: Mastering Event Planning Challenge

Challenge: Your Event, Your Plan

Develop skills to sort, filter, and clean data efficiently. Learn to use search and replace, conditional formatting, remove duplicates, and create named ranges to analyze large datasets.

Find and Replace

Sorting Range

Searching Filter and Filter by Condition

Custom Filter Views

Conditional Formatting and Color Scale

Using Slicers

Named Range

Removing Duplicates

Challenge: Library Book List Management

Discover how to build charts and graphs to visualize data. Learn to customize line, column, pie, and area charts for clear and insightful reporting.

Line Chart

Basic Chart Settings

Chart Style and Chart and Axis Titles

Legend, Gridlines and Ticks

Horizontal and Vertical Axis Customization

Area Chart

Columns and Stacked Columns

Pie Chart

Challenge: Data Visualization Sprint Sales Insights

Understand the core functions in Google Sheets for working with numbers, text, and dates. Learn to apply arithmetic, statistical, text functions, and date-time functions for automated calculations and data analysis.

Basic Calculations

Arithmetic Functions

Statistical Functions

Rounding Functions

Working with Numbers and Integers

Working with Roots and Powers

Random Number Generation

Text Functions

Working with Dates and Time

Sort Function

Challenge: Sales Visualization Trends and Analytics

Explore logical functions for conditional data analysis. Learn how to use AND, OR, IF, and conditional formulas like SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, and AVERAGEIFS to create flexible calculations.

AND and OR Functions

IF and Nested IF Functions

IFS Function

SUMIFS, COUNTIFS and AVERAGEIFS

Challenge: Employee Performance and Payroll Analysis with Excel Functions

Discover how to manage collaboration and secure data. Learn to set access permissions, create notification rules, protect sheets and ranges, track version history, and recover data.

Access Control and Real-Time Document Collaboration

Notification Rules

Chatting with Other Users

Protecting Sheets and Ranges

Comments and Google Meet Integration

Version History and Data Recovery

Kickstart your journey with Excel by understanding its interface, basic functions, and essential data entry techniques. Learn how to navigate toolbars, worksheets, and master the fundamental elements to set a solid foundation.

Course Overview

Getting Acquainted with Excel

Excel Interface

Excel Data Entry

Dive deeper into Excel by exploring advanced data entry and formatting options. Sharpen your skills in text and number formatting, discover how to effectively use styles, and enhance spreadsheet readability and functionality.

Excel Cell Formatting

Text Formatting in Excel

Number Formatting in Excel

Unleash the power of Excel with an introduction to basic formulas and functions. Gain confidence in creating calculations, using cell references, and employing key functions like SUM, AVERAGE, MIN and MAX to automate and simplify your data analysis tasks.

Introduction to Formulas and Functions in Excel

Working with Excel Cell References

Essential Excel Functions

Using the Insert Function Tool in Excel

In this section, you will master advanced Excel formulas and functions, enhancing your ability to manage complex calculations. Learn to display and audit formulas, utilize nested and logical statements, and apply conditions effectively to streamline your data analysis tasks.

Displaying and Highlighting Excel Formulas

Mastering IF Logical Tests and Relational Operators in Excel

Using Nested IF Statements

Combining AND & OR in Excel

Auditing Excel Tools

Excel Conditional Formatting

Explore comprehensive techniques for sorting, filtering, and managing data efficiently. This section covers everything from basic data organization to advanced filtering and table management, ensuring you can handle and analyze data effectively.

Sorting Data in Excel

Filtering Data Using AutoFilter

Clearing and Reapplying Filters in Excel

Excel Rules and Advanced Search Techniques

Creating and Managing Tables in Excel

Excel Table Styles and Quick Formatting

Using Excel Table Tools

Dive into the art of data visualization using Excel's powerful charting tools. You'll learn to create various types of charts, customize them to enhance visual appeal, and manipulate data within charts to present clear and compelling visual stories.

Excel Chart Types

Creating a Basic Chart in Excel

Customizing Excel Chart Elements

Changing Chart Styles and Colors in Excel

Adding and Removing Chart Elements

Editing Chart Data in Excel

Adding Trendlines to Excel Charts

Gain proficiency in managing worksheets and workbooks within Excel. This section teaches you how to effectively organize and manipulate workbook elements, utilize formatting tools, and secure your work with passwords, providing a thorough grounding in workbook operations.

Managing Excel Worksheets: Add, Delete, Rename, and Rearrange

Grouping and Ungrouping Worksheets in Excel

Using the Format Painter in Excel

Inserting and Deleting Columns, Rows, and Cells in Excel

Hiding and Unhiding Columns and Rows in Excel

Saving Workbooks in Excel

Opening and Closing Workbooks

Protecting Excel Workbooks with Passwords

Using Excel Templates

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