COMPUTER

Instructor: GREGORY BIES  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Mon, Tues, Wed, Oct 27 - 29, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. For those who are comfortable with Microsoft Excel, learn about another, more sophisticated tool that can help you organize and store data and information: Microsoft Access! Find out about the basics of working with a relational database. Create tables and summaries, and filter data by using queries. Develop basic forms for data entry and experiment with templates for writing reports. Skills needed: Mouse & keyboard; cut, copy & paste; file structure; application basics (Excel: An Introduction or equivalent).
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Instructor: JOHN VIETH  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Monday, Sept 8, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Learn the parts of the personal computer including basic hardware. Find out how to boot the computer, use the mouse, and the basics of Microsoft Windows. Work on developing keyboard and mouse skills (left click, right click, double click), using windows (open, move, resize, close), using the start button and task bar, and managing files (create, save, copy, move, and delete). DISCOUNT: Save $12! - Take all three Computer Basics I, II and III classes for $93. Sign up for each Computer Basics class individually and select Discount Fee of $31 for each.
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Instructor: JOHN VIETH  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Monday, Sept 15, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Build on the skills developed in Computer Basics I and get an introduction to working with applications. Learn how to open multiple programs in Windows, and to share data between programs using the cut, copy, and paste commands. Work on developing skills in creating and editing documents, using the file and folder structure, and making backup files. DISCOUNT: Save $12! - Take all three Computer Basics I, II and III classes for $93. Sign up for each Computer Basics class individually and select Discount Fee of $31 for each.
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Instructor: JOHN VIETH  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Monday, Sept 22, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Build on the skills developed in Computer Basics II and get an introduction to advanced topics in applications. Get an overview of virus detection programs and secure sites on the Internet. Use the Internet to find information for building a document in Microsoft Word, using the cut, copy, and paste commands. Use email to distribute the completed document. DISCOUNT: Save $12! - Take all three Computer Basics I, II and III classes for $93. Sign up for each Computer Basics class individually and select Discount Fee of $31 for each.
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Instructor: GREGORY BIES  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Monday, Sept 29, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Become familiar with Word - so you can use it for your correspondence, reports, newsletter articles, etc. Learn how to change the size and color of text for emphasis in your documents. Find out about paragraph formatting techniques such as tab stops, indentations, line spacing. Control the formatting of your document by changing the paper size, orientation, page breaks and numbering, footers and headers. Improve your written communication by using the thesaurus, spell check, and grammar check. Organize your ideas with the outline feature. Explore converting files and salvaging text. Skills needed:Mouse & keyboard; cut, copy & paste; file structure. Save $12 - Take all 3 word classes for $93.00
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Instructor: GREGORY BIES  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Tues, Oct 14, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Build on the knowledge gained in Excel: An Introduction. Work with more advanced formulas and more complex calculations and computations of the data. Summarize the data to make it easier for you to communicate with people about the information in the worksheet. Present the data visually in graphs and charts, making it easier for people to recognize and understand the relationships among data fields (data in rows, columns, cumulative totals, etc.) Skills needed: Mouse & keyboard; cut, copy & paste; file structure; application basics (Excel: An Introduction or equivalent). Take all three Excel classes for $93 and save $12. Select Series fee when registering
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Instructor: GREGORY BIES  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Thurs, Oct 9, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Spreadsheets can help make the task of working with data - both numbers and text - easier, even fun! They can be used in many ways to help you become more organized, efficient, and productive. Learn to create basic worksheets in Microsoft Excel, using rows and columns to organize and structure your data. Enter and edit text, and format the worksheet. Find out how to cut, paste, and insert data in 'cells' and use the sorting feature to give you the information you need in the order that makes sense. Learn to create basic formulas for automatic, simple, mathematic calculations. Print the completed spreadsheet, including all or some of the data in an easy-to-read presentation. Skills needed: Mouse & keyboard; cut, copy & paste; file structure Take all three Excel classes for $93 and save $12. Select Series Fee when registering
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Instructor: DAN FROMMELT  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Tues, Oct 21, 2008; 6:00 - 9;00 pm. Learn how to manipulate multiple Excel documents from a single page, and how to do simple reports from multiple pages of data. Build a basic checkbook register application, complete with a balancing feature. Learn how to link external Excel files to pull data from separate workbooks. Skills needed: Mouse & keyboard; cut, copy & paste; file structure; application basics (Excel: An Introduction or equivalent). Take all three Excel classes for $93 and save $12. Register using Series Fee registration
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Instructor: REGINA PAULY  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Tues, Oct 7, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Find out about the flexibility Word has to offer, as you work with Word to create pages with multiple columns, insert text boxes, draw and insert graphics, and size/resize objects. In class, we will design a page with your needs in mind. Usually, Microsoft Word is best for creating pages that contain more words than pictures, while Microsoft Publisher works best when creating pages with equal amounts of text and graphics, or more graphics than text (see Beginning Publisher class). Skills needed: Mouse & keyboard; cut, copy & paste; file structure; application basics (Essential Word Skills or equivalent). Save $12 - Take all 3 Work classes for $93
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Instructor: GREGORY BIES  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Thurs, Oct 2, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Are you tired of sending impersonal form letters - to update family/friends about 'end of the year' accomplishments? to inform colleagues/co-workers about an upcoming event? to notify customers about new product releases? Find out how to personalize your letters - by using Mail Merge! Learn to create form letters and mailing labels using the mail merge feature of Microsoft Word. Find out how to work with data sources. Get hands-on experience creating, editing, and formatting the mail merge document in Word. Run the mail merged letters and documents. Skills needed: Mouse & keyboard; cut, copy & paste; file structure; application basics (Essential Word Skills or equivalent). Save $12 - Take all 3 Word classes for $93.
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Instructor: SUSAN FAGER  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Tues, Nov 11, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. The Microsoft PowerPoint Basics class will show you how to create and design slide shows and presentations. The Microsoft PowerPoint class will teach you how to format pictues, add backgrounds, sounds, transitions, and more. The Microsoft PowerPoint class includes the following: creating a new slide show, editing a slide show, and adding effects.
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Instructor: JOHN VIETH  
Location: UW-Platteville Campus
Description: Mon, Nov 3, 2008; 6:00 - 9:00 pm. You see scanners advertised all the time. But what can they do for you - and how do you use them? Get tips on questions to ask and features to look for. Find out what you should know about your computer system, and what you need to get the performance you want. Learn about Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and the basis of photo editing. skills needed: Mouse & keyboard; cut, copy, & paste; file structure
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