Microsoft Office Skills for Beginners/Improvers — Part-time
Course outline
This course is for those who wish to learn the basics of Word 2016 and Excel 2016.
It is split to cover Microsoft Word first, followed by Microsoft Excel.
Word
- Understand the ribbons in word
- Enter data to create a range of word documents
- Format and edit text and use the spellcheck functions
- Use cut / copy and paste
- Adjust paragraph alignment and line spacing
- Create and manipulate data in tables
- Print documents
- Save/open files into specified drives and folders
Excel
- Identify and use Cells, Columns, Rows, Workbooks to enter and manage data
- Enter data, numbers and symbols
- Understand the different mouse shapes
- Edit and format text and adjust text alignment
- Insert basic formulas including SUM and AVERAGE
- Use Autosum and Autofill
- Print documents
- Save/open file into specified drives and folders
- Use Page Setup – fit data to print on one page, use of margins and headers/footers
- Create and edit charts (Column, Bar, Pie and Line)
From September 2024, funding changes mean that courses primary aim is to support students into further education or employment opportunities (paid or voluntary). If students wish to continue studying the same subject on a leisure basis, it may be possible to set up full cost courses, subject to tutor and room availability.
How to enrol onto this course
Please email parveen.shafiq@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk if you wish to apply for this course.
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Haydn Road
Nottingham NG5 1EA |
Date / time:Start: Tuesday 22nd April 2025 End: Tuesday 1st July 2025 Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm |
Fees / reductions:Tuition fees may be waived for this course if you are in receipt of certain benefits or have a low income. Please see our Fee and Financial Support page to see if you can claim a fee reduction. Tuition fee: £87.50 |
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Beginners Course code: C053426 / Q053427 |
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Location:
Haydn Road
Nottingham NG5 1EA |
Date / time:Start: Tuesday 22nd April 2025 End: Tuesday 1st July 2025 Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm |
Fees / reductions:Tuition fees may be waived for this course if you are in receipt of certain benefits or have a low income. Please see our Fee and Financial Support page to see if you can claim a fee reduction. Tuition fee: £87.50 |
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Beginners Course code: C053428 / Q053429 |
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Location:
Haydn Road
Nottingham NG5 1EA |
Date / time:Start: Wednesday 23rd April 2025 End: Wednesday 2nd July 2025 Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm |
Fees / reductions:Tuition fees may be waived for this course if you are in receipt of certain benefits or have a low income. Please see our Fee and Financial Support page to see if you can claim a fee reduction. Tuition fee: £87.50 |
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Beginners Course code: C053430 / Q053431 |
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Location:
Haydn Road
Nottingham NG5 1EA |
Date / time:Start: Wednesday 23rd April 2025 End: Wednesday 2nd July 2025 Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm |
Fees / reductions:Tuition fees may be waived for this course if you are in receipt of certain benefits or have a low income. Please see our Fee and Financial Support page to see if you can claim a fee reduction. Tuition fee: £87.50 |
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Beginners Course code: C053432 / Q053433 |
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Location:
Haydn Road
Nottingham NG5 1EA |
Date / time:Start: Thursday 24th April 2025 End: Thursday 3rd July 2025 Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm |
Fees / reductions:Tuition fees may be waived for this course if you are in receipt of certain benefits or have a low income. Please see our Fee and Financial Support page to see if you can claim a fee reduction. Tuition fee: £87.50 |
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Beginners Course code: C053434 / Q053435 |
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Location:
Haydn Road
Nottingham NG5 1EA |
Date / time:Start: Thursday 24th April 2025 End: Thursday 3rd July 2025 Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm |
Fees / reductions:Tuition fees may be waived for this course if you are in receipt of certain benefits or have a low income. Please see our Fee and Financial Support page to see if you can claim a fee reduction. Tuition fee: £87.50 |
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Beginners Course code: C053436 / Q053437 |
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Location:
Haydn Road
Nottingham NG5 1EA |
Date / time:Start: Monday 28th April 2025 End: Monday 30th June 2025 Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm |
Fees / reductions:Tuition fees may be waived for this course if you are in receipt of certain benefits or have a low income. Please see our Fee and Financial Support page to see if you can claim a fee reduction. Tuition fee: £70 |
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Beginners Course code: C053422 / Q053423 |
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Location:
Haydn Road
Nottingham NG5 1EA |
Date / time:Start: Monday 28th April 2025 End: Monday 30th June 2025 Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm |
Fees / reductions:Tuition fees may be waived for this course if you are in receipt of certain benefits or have a low income. Please see our Fee and Financial Support page to see if you can claim a fee reduction. Tuition fee: £70 |
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Beginners Course code: C053424 / Q053425 |
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| Qualification | Course Certificate |
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| Level | Entry Level |
| Entry requirements | This course is suitable for beginners and improvers. Some previous use of a mouse and computers is advisable. |
| Teaching & assessment | Tutors will give regular verbal and written feedback. You will be required to complete an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and encouraged to set your own personal targets as part of this course. |
| Progression | There may be opportunities to progress onto other courses both in the community and at Nottingham College sites. The course tutor can discuss appropriate opportunities if you wish to further your learning in this subject area. |