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Contact:

Sue Melton 
ASU Continuing Education and Community Outreach 
kmelton@astate.edu 
870-972-3052 

When

Wednesday May 1, 2013 at 8:30 AM CDT
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Friday May 3, 2013 at 11:30 AM CDT


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Where

ASU Continuing Education and Community Outreach 
106 N. Caraway Road
Jonesboro, AR 72401
 

 
Driving Directions 

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Approaching Arkansas State University from Stadium, turn right or left onto Johnson Avenue, turn left at the second light onto Caraway Road.  Turn right into the parking garage, where visitor parking is available.  Visitor parking marked with a "V".

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Instructor

Sue Melton
Sue is a 2003 graduate of Arkansas State University with a degree in Management Information Systems.  Sue currently works for ASU CECO as a Computer Technology Instructor with responsibilities in various areas of maintaining computers for the CECO Department and acting as the help desk person for CECO and Degree Centers.  Sue lives in Jonesboro, AR and is married to Yvonne Melton.  Sue enjoys being active in her church.  She loves camping, swimming, fishing, and doing almost any activity with her children and grandchildren.

Beginning Excel Description

After an introduction to spreadsheet terminology and Excel's window components, students will learn how to use the Help system and navigate worksheets and workbooks. Then they will enter and edit text, values, formulas, and pictures, and they will save workbooks in various formats. Students will also move and copy data, learn about absolute and relative references, and work with ranges, rows, and columns. This course also covers simple functions, basic formatting techniques, and printing. Finally, students will create and modify charts, and learn how to manage large workbooks.Course manual comes with CertBlaster exam prep software (download).

This course will help students prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist core-level exam for Excel 2010 (exam 77-882) and the Microsoft Office Specialist Expert exam for Excel 2010 (exam 77-888). For comprehensive certification training, students should complete the Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced courses for Excel 2010.

Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Getting started
Topic A: Spreadsheet terminology
Topic B: The Excel environment
Topic C: Getting help
Topic D: Navigating a worksheet

Unit 2: Entering and editing data
Topic A: Entering and editing text and values
Topic B: Entering and editing formulas
Topic C: Working with pictures
Topic D: Saving and updating workbooks

Unit 3: Modifying a worksheet
Topic A: Moving and copying data
Topic B: Moving and copying formulas
Topic C: Absolute and relative references
Topic D: Inserting and deleting ranges, rows, and columns

Unit 4: Using functions
Topic A: Entering functions
Topic B: AutoSum
Topic C: Other common functions

Unit 5: Formatting
Topic A: Text formatting
Topic B: Row and column formatting
Topic C: Number formatting
Topic D: Conditional formatting
Topic E: Additional formatting options

Unit 6: Printing
Topic A: Preparing to print
Topic B: Page Setup options
Topic C: Printing worksheets

Unit 7: Charts
Topic A: Chart basics
Topic B: Formatting charts

Unit 8: Managing large workbooks
Topic A: Viewing large worksheets
Topic B: Printing large worksheets
Topic C: Working with multiple worksheets


Unit 9: Graphics and screenshots
Topic A: Conditional formatting with graphics
Topic B: SmartArt graphics
Topic C: Screenshots
 

ASU Continuing Education Computer Classes 

 You must be registered by Wednesday before the week classes start.

 Check out our schedule for Evening Computer Classes now offered at ASU Jonesboro and ASU Paragould.

 

 Need a class not listed or one offered at a different time?

If you are interested in a class that is not listed, please let us know. Our schedule changes so please call to inquire if one has been recently added to the schedule or will be offered later in the year.  We look forward to hearing from you.

 Phone: (870) 972-3052

Contact: 

    Jessica Scott                                                        Sue Melton
jkscott@astate.edu                                         kmelton@astate.edu

 

Cost:  $109 per class. 

 

 Payment Options:

Mail:
              ASU Treasurer's Office
              P.O. Box 2640
              State University, AR  72467

Phone:
              Credit/Debit Card
              (870) 972-3847 (Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

In Person:
               ASU Treasurer's Office Cashier's Window
               Student Union  Building, 2nd Floor
               North Hall adjoining the Parking Deck, ASU Jonesboro
               (Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m

 

***Checks should be made out to: ASU CECO/Computer Classes.  The name of the class, student's name, and Account # 133101-212910-511416-0000 should be included on checks.

Note:  If registering for multiple classes,  a registration form is required for each class.

Classes may be added upon request, providing there are enough participants to make a class.

Computer Lab Location

Arkansas State University
Continuing Education and Community Outreach
Eugene W. Smith Hall, Suite 410
106 N. Caraway Road
Jonesboro, AR  72401

Phone: (870) 972-3052
Fax: (870) 972-3849