Course Content - ECDL

IT Concepts

• Gain confidence to pick out the best PC for your needs
• Basic concepts of information technology (IT) and society

Security, Copyright and the Law

• Hardware and systems software and ergonomics
• Information networks, applications and the use of computers

Printing

File Managment

• Storing and managing your files
• Working with folders
• Working with files
• Windows applications

Microsoft Word

• Creating and editing documents
• Moving and copying text
• Working with fonts and paragraphs
• Spelling and typing error check
• Document layout - viewing and printing documents
• Tabs, tables and mail merge

Microsoft Excel

• Spreadsheets, calculate and chart data
• Creating workbooks
• Entering basic calculations
• Formatting the worksheet
• Cell addressing, structuring the worksheet
• Printing options
• Charts and graphics

Microsoft Access

• Databases, keeping records, organise information
• Data entry and data entry form
• Changing the look of data
• Select queries
• Reporting in access

Microsoft Powerpoint

• Screen presentations for communicating your ideas
• Opening, saving and closing a presentation
• Using the formatting and editing tools
• Adding clips and word art
• Creating graphs and organisation charts and diagrams
• Custom animation and slide transition, run a slide show
• Printing notes pages, handouts and slides

Microsoft Outlook / Internet Explorer

• The internet explorer web browser
• Web pages, surfing the world wide web
• Searching for information on the web
• Using forms and subscribing to web sites
• Customising your browser

E-mail

• Creating an outgoing message
• Viewing and sending outgoing messages
• Receiving e-mail, replying to / forwarding received messages
• Address book and distribution groups
• Attaching files to e-mail messages