Office Training Courses: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

for beginners and seniors

With our office training courses, Microsoft Office software will soon hold no secrets for you. Whether it’s Excel spreadsheets, Word document creation and formatting, Outlook email management, or PowerPoint slide presentations, we’ve got you covered.

With these office software tools, you’ll be autonomous in creating and editing administrative, personal, or professional documents.

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Need to improve your Office skills?
This course is for you!

Objectives of the Office Training Courses

Be self-sufficient in Office software

No more wondering about the feasibility of your projects. We answer all your technical questions and make you fully autonomous in using these tools.

Understand and simplify usage

We explain the logic behind using each software properly. Everything becomes very simple once the correct explanations are given. Then, all you need to do is apply them.

Save time and improve efficiency

If you already have some basic knowledge, we provide methods to enhance your workflow, making you 2-3 times more efficient.

What will you learn in office training for beginners?

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Introduction to Microsoft Word:

  • Installing Microsoft Word on Your Computer
  • Creating a text document
  • Opening and editing a document
  • Clean, legible document layout
  • Saving and exporting your document
  • Saving your text as a non-editable PDF
  • Modify margins
  • Create, modify and delete headers and footers
  • Formatting characters (bold, underline, size…)
  • Formatting paragraphs (alignment, indentation…)
  • Use spellchecker
  • Translating text
  • Insert a page break,
  • insert a section break
  • Find and replace text
  • Create a document using a template
  • Page numbering
  • Using template styles
  • More information on office automation…(wiki)
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Using Excel Spreadsheet :

  • Installing Microsoft Excel on Your Computer
  • Master the basic functions
  • Create a table
  • Opening an existing table
  • Saving and printing your spreadsheet
  • Navigating and selecting cells
  • Editing cell content
  • Building a table
  • Inserting, deleting rows, columns, and cells
  • Page layout and print options
  • Adding, deleting, or renaming sheets
  • Copying and moving sheets
  • Instant calculations
  • Establishing ratios using operations (addition, subtraction…)
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Using Microsoft PowerPoint:

  • Installing Powerpoint on your computer
  • Presentation templates
  • Design templates
  • Color schemes
  • Adding new slides
  • Inserting images
  • Background images
  • Inserting text boxes, tables, and links
  • Adding documents and diagrams
  • Inserting videos and audio files
  • Slide numbering
  • Copying, pasting, and moving slides
  • Transitions and animations
  • Printing options
  • Converting to PDF and HTML formats
  • Viewing your presentation
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Getting Started with Outlook Email:

  • First Steps with Microsoft Outlook
  • General overview of the software
  • Integrated help
  • Folder management
  • Inbox features
  • Viewing and creating emails
  • Formatting, reading, replying, forwarding, and deleting emails
  • Marking and printing emails
  • Saving drafts
  • Setting up an automatic signature
  • Spell check and read receipts
  • Managing your inbox
  • Organizing and filtering messages
  • Setting up rules and managing spam
  • Using the search feature
  • Address book management
  • Saving and importing your contact book
  • Calendar management and sharing
  • Creating appointments and tasks
  • Automatic reminders

How our office training
courses work

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Planning your course

Call us to schedule your first course session and set the date and location. Our courses are individual, ensuring better learning and quick solutions to your specific needs.

You can choose to take the course at home or at our Geneva Eaux-Vives office at 36 rue du 31 Décembre.

During our call, we will ask you to prepare a list of the topics you want to cover. This way, we prioritize what you need most.

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Course flow

If it’s your first office training session, we’ll start by familiarizing ourselves with your current setup to tailor our approach and optimize your system.

We advance step-by-step while ensuring that you understand and correctly apply the techniques taught. We believe in full mastery, often requiring practice and repetition.

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Homework and progress monitoring

The real work happens when we’re not there—you’ll have homework! This will help you become completely autonomous with the technology.

During the next session, we’ll review any difficulties encountered and help you overcome them.

Learn, practice, progress, have fun!

This is our teaching method, guaranteeing 100% progress.

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Obtain your certificate (Optional)

At Cours-Informatique.ch, we offer you the chance to obtain a certificate attesting to your proficiency in office software.

After a knowledge test and positive evaluation from our instructors, this certificate will prove your skills in essential tools like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

It’s a great asset to boost your CV and stand out in the job market.

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