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This 1-day course gives a foundational understanding of Microsoft Excel. Students with novice computer skills will learn how to manipulate and organize data using Excel spreadsheets. They will also learn how to navigate the Excel interface, create, manage and save workbooks, and perform calculations. This program is available both face-to-face and with live online instruction.

In this 1-day course, students will learn how to use some of the more advanced features of Microsoft Excel. With online and in-person options, students will learn how to work with functions, lists, tables, conditional formatting, charts, and PivotTables. After completing this course, students will be able to leverage Excel’s capabilities to analyze and present data.

In this 1-day course, experienced users of Microsoft Excel can gain advanced skills. Students will learn how to work with multiple worksheets, use lookup functions, create and deploy macros, and use the goal seek feature. Completion of the program ensures that students can use Excel to forecast data and create sparklines.

This course in Microsoft Excel for Office 365 is designed to teach foundational skills in the use of this software. Students will learn the basic functions of Excel, as well as how to create workbooks, insert formulas, format text and numbers, and print workbooks. Graduates of this program will be prepared to sit for the Excel Associate certification exam.

This 2-day course teaches the basic features and functions of Adobe Photoshop CC. Students will learn how to create, modify and edit basic images. More advanced topic include using camera raw, adjusting layers, and using image refinement techniques. Finally, students will learn how to organize their assets using Adobe Bridge.

This 2-day course on Adobe Photoshop CC builds on the first course and introduces students to more advanced capabilities. Students will learn how to create raster images, apply vector image tools and advanced layer techniques, and edit videos. Because project management is also important, this course will also teach students how to define the audience and purpose of a project, avoid problems with copyright infringement, and manage tasks and responsibilities.

In this 2-day course, students will get a comprehensive introduction to Adobe InDesign CC. Beginning with the user interface and navigation controls, students will then learn how to design their first document. Students will also practice adding text and graphics, formatting characters, paragraphs, and colors, and work with page elements such as layers and objects. The final lesson involves the export of InDesign files for delivery.

This 2-day course expands on the foundations of Adobe InDesign, teaching students more advanced skills. Students will learn how to prepare documents for different layout versions, manage libraries, anchor objects, and create dynamic documents. They will be able to manage long documents such as books, including building a table of contents, an index and system of footnotes.

This 2-day course provides a comprehensive introduction to Adobe Illustrator CC. In this course, students will learn how to customize objects and shapes, create paths and graphics, and prepare documents for deployment. Students will also learn about graphics scalability and the principles of graphics composition.

Novice users of Adobe Illustrator can build on their skills with this 2-day course. This course teaches students how to draw more complex illustrations, use painting tools to enhance artwork, customize colors and swatches, and use advanced formatting techniques. Students will also learn how to create slices and image maps and to prepare their artwork for printing.