ECDL 3: The Complete Coursebook for Office XP

BASIC CONCEPTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1. A short history of computing 2. What exactly is a computer? 3. Computer hardware 4. Software and data 5. Networks and the Internet 6. What computers are used for 7. Looking after number one: Health and Safety USING A COMPUTER AND MANAGING FILES 8. Starting up, clicking around, shutting down 9. Exploring your computer 10. Working with folders and files 11. Mastering Windows WORD PROCESSING 12. Your first letter in Word 13. Formatting, positioning and copying text 14. Long documents, little details 15. Tables, tabs and graphics 16. Mail Merge and templates 17. File formats and importing spreadsheet data PRESENTATIONS 18. Your first steps in Excel 19. Arithmetic with Excel 20. Functions, formatting and printing 21. Inserting, sorting and moving cells 22. More about numbers, text and calculations 23. Charting with Excel 24. File formats and data importing DATABASES 25. What is a database? 26. Building your Access database 27. Modifying your Access database 28. Making the database work for you 29. Working with forms 30. Working with reports PRESENTATIONS 31. Presentation basics 32. Working with bullet points 33. Formatting your presentation 34. Working with graphics and pictures 35. Working with tables and charts 36. Wowing your audience 37. Presentations and file formats INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION 38. Exploring the web 39. Finding information within Websites 40. Finding information on the web 41. Taking control of Internet Explorer 42. E-Mail with Outlook Express 43. More about outgoing e-mail 44. More about incoming e-mail 45. Address book and contact groups