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This full year course will focus on the Microsoft Office programs PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook while providing students with meaningful projects that relate to today’s workplace environment.  The Microsoft Office Specialist performance based exams will be administered in PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook so the students have the opportunity to become certified core and expert level users of these programs.  They will also learn how to use these programs as tools to assist them with modern day workplace projects.  At the end of the course, students who successfully complete the performance based exams will receive Microsoft Office Specialist Certificates in PowerPoint, Access and Outlook which will be valuable to them in today’s competitive job market.  The Microsoft Office Specialist certification validates that the student has demonstrated proficiency and accuracy in the world’s most widely used business software applications.  While students will continue to increase their skills in utilizing the power of the computer, they will also be expected to manipulate and manage data in Microsoft PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook to solve problems and to design various presentations by combining a variety of skills, technology, and computer-aided visual design.

Microsoft Office Specialist Objectives: PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 content will allow you to: create professional looking presentations and will quickly have you creating your own presentations. This section will move step-by-step to advanced features that will set your presentations apart from the rest. You will be able to understand how to plan, build, output and deliver PowerPoint presentations that bring their ideas to life. This course covers all the objectives for the Microsoft Office Specialist exam for PowerPoint.

Microsoft Office Specialist Objectives: Access 2003
Access 2003 content will strengthen your data organization capabilities. The Access 2003 objectives include integrating solid instruction with an easy-to-follow presentation. We will focus on practical knowledge as we demonstrate the powerful features of Access 2003. At the conclusion of this section, the you will be able to understand how to use the basic and advanced capabilities of Access 2003 to build databases, query data, design forms and generate reports. This course covers all the objectives for the Microsoft Office Specialist exam for Access.

Microsoft Office Specialist Objectives: Outlook 2003
Outlook 2003 will allow you to use the powerful organization, time management, calendaring, and communication tools in this latest version of Outlook. At the conclusion of this section, you will be able to understand how to use Outlook to help maximize productivity. This course covers all the objectives for the Microsoft Office Specialist exam for Outlook.