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Excel 2007/2010 Introduction
  • Basic Workbook Skills: entering text, numbers, saving
  • Working with Ranges: Selecting, auto fill feature
  • Creating Simple Formulas
  • Copying and Moving
  • Data
  • Printing
  • Using Page Set-up: Margins, centering, orientation, paper size, repeating rows and labels, page breaks, print area, headers and footers
  • Formatting numbers: Accounting, percent, comma styles
  • Formatting Text: Font, size, color, alignment, rotation, indentation
  • Working with Columns and Rows: Selecting, tooltips, width, height, automatic adjustment, inserting a column or row, hiding a column or row
  • Formatting cells
  • Using Automatic Formatting and Styles
Excel 2007/2010 Intermediate
  • Using Large Worksheets
  • Working with Multiple Worksheets
  • Managing Worksheets
  • Using Range Names
  • Using Functions: Financial, logical, date
  • Managing Data: Sorting, finding, replacing
  • Using AutoFilter
  • Managing Files: Views, document recovery pane, PDF format, compatibility checker converting
  • Creating and Formatting Charts
  • Drawing an Object
  • Using Additional Effects and Objects
  • Using Shapes and SmartArt
  • Using HTML  Files
  • Working with Comments
   
Excel 2007/2010 Advanced I
  • Working with Tables
  • Working with Advanced Filters
  • Exporting and Importing Data
  • Working with Outlines
  • Using Advanced Charting Features
  • Using Conditional and Custom Formats
  • Using Templates
  • Using Paste Special
  • Excel Preferences
  • Worksheet Protection
  • Using Multiple Workbooks
  • Sharing Workbooks
Excel 2007/2010 Advanced II
  • Working with Data Series
  • Using Advanced Functions: VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, IF, ISERROR, nested IF, IF AND, IF OR, ROUND
  • Creating and Revising PivotTables
  • Scenarios and Goal Seeking
  • Data Tables
  • Consolidating Worksheets
  • Solving Problems
  • Auditing Tools
  • Using Macros: recording, editing
  • Macro Buttons
   
Word 2007/2010 Introductory
  • Exploring Word: The Word window, new documents, and Word help
  • Navigation and selection techniques: Document navigation and selection techniques
  • Editing text: Working with text, using the Undo and Redo commands, cutting, copying, and pasting text
  • Formatting text: Character formatting, tab setting, paragraph formatting, paragraph spacing and indents, and automatic formatting
  • Proofing and printing documents: Checking spelling and grammar, using AutoCorrect, finding and replacing text, and printing documents
  • Printing: Previewing a document, multiple copies, envelopes and labels
  • Sections Breaks: Next page, continuous, odd/even, automatic
  • Using Styles: Quick style gallery, style inspector
  • Tabs: Tab stops, Leaders tabs, bar tabs 
  • Using Numbers and Bullets
  • Page layout: Headers and footers, margins, and page breaks
Word 2007/2010 Intermediate
  • Inserting Dates and Symbols, Special characters
  • Using Quick Parts: Document property fields, Building Block organizer
  • AutoFormat: As you type and AutoFormat options
  • Tables: Navigating, entering text, gridlines, Quick tables
  • Editing tables: Components, merging cells, rotating text, table properties
  • Borders and Shading: Apply to text, pages, tables
  • Drawing Objects: Creating and moving an object, drawing canvas, fill colors, 3-d effects, laying objects and text
  • Inserting Graphics: Clip art, pictures, WordArt, watermarks
  • Using SmartArt: Colors and graphic styles • Creating Charts: Chart types, inserting from Excel
  • AutoCorrect
  • Find and Replace
  • Research Task Pane
  • Templates
  • Newsletter-Style Columns
  • Outlines
  • HTML Features
  • Comments and Revisions
  • Managing files
Word 2007/2010 Advanced
  • Mail merge: Form letters, data sources for the recipient list, and mailing labels and envelopes
  • Tables: Sorting, formulas
  • Working with lists
  • Macros: Recording and running macros, and modifying and deleting macros
  • Protecting Documents
  • Forms: Form fields, form protection, and sharing and securing documents
  • Table of Contents
  • Creating an Index
  • Creating Captions
  • Creating Citations and Bibliography
  • Creating a Table of Authorities
  • Bookmarks
  • Footnotes and Endnotes
  • Toolbar and Keyboard customization: Customizing the Quick Access toolbar, and customizing keyboard shortcuts
  • Long documents: Master documents, tables of contents and figures, indexes, bibliographies, and other references, bookmark and cross-references, and Web frames
PowerPoint 2010 Introductory
  • The PowerPoint window
  • Getting Help
  • Creating presentations
  • Saving presentations
  • Rearranging and deleting slides
  • Using slides from other presentation
  • Formatting text
  • Modifying text
  • Formatting paragraphs
  • Adding shapes
  • Modifying objects
  • Using text in objects
  • WordArt
  • Pictures
  • Clip art
  • Tables
  • Charts
  • Diagrams
  • Templates and themes
  • Slide masters
  • Transitions and timings
  • Speaker notes
  • Slide shows
  • Proofing presentations
  • Running presentations
  • Printing presentations
   
PowerPoint 2010 Advanced
  • Application settings
  • The Ribbon
  • Custom themes
  • Clip art
  • Media clips
  • Animations
  • Photo albums
  • Customizing SmartArt graphics
  • Customizing tables
  • Working with Chart tools
  • Interactive elements
  • Custom slide shows
  • Equations
  • Using comments
  • Finishing a presentation
  • Distributing presentations
  • Broadcasting a slide show online
  • Building slides from Word outlines
  • Embedding and linking contents
  • Working with hyperlinks
Access 2007/2010 Introduction
  • Exploring Access: Office button, Ribbon, Contextual tabs, Quick access toolbar
  • Creating Tables: Designing, datasheet view, field names, data types, field descriptions, primary key
  • Working with Tables: Navigating, adding records, selecting records, editing records, saving records, deleting records, total rows in a table
  • Editing Tables: Row height, column width, font attributes, cell effects, background colors, moving a column, freezing a column
  • Finding and Filtering Data: Sorting records, finding specific records, filter by selection, filter excluding selection, search box, quick filter, AutoFilter
  • Printing Data: Page setup, print preview, printing selected records
  • Creating Relationships: Related tables, referential integrity, sub datasheets, join lines Simple Queries: Query wizard, design view
  • Modifying Query results: Criteria, totals, printing
  • Analyzing Tables: Relationships, performance
  • Creating Basic Forms: Form button, calendar
  • Creating Basic Reports: Report wizard, views, grouping and summarizing
   
Access 2007/2010 Intermediate
  • Modifying Tables: inserting columns, lookup columns, hyperlink columns
  • Setting Field Properties: Size, formats, Yes/No formats, default values, input masks, lookup list
  • Using Operators in Queries: Comparison operators, and condition, or condition, between and operator, expression builder, wildcard characters
  • Designing Advanced Queries: Top values, calculated fields, total rows, function query, parameter query, concatenation query
  • Creating Action Queries: Make-table query, update query, append query, delete query Using Advanced Query Wizards: Crosstab, find duplicates, find unmatched
  • Using Advanced Database Features: Importing data, linking data, exporting data, converting files
  • Using Controls and Layouts: Control layouts, stacked layout, tabular layout
  • Manipulating Form Controls in Design View: Selecting, sizing, setting control margins and padding, snap to grid features
  • Using Design View: Adding labels, images, rectangles, lines, controls
  • Using Advanced Form Design: Creating combo box, list items, options groups, logic control, tab order, form header and footer
  • Using Editing tools: Changing font, size color, format painter, AutoFormat, spelling checker
  • Using Advanced Report Design: Report sections, calculated controls, running summary, date/time control, page break, report margins, label wizard
Access 2007/2010 Advanced
  • Using Charts: Microsoft graph, chart types, data labels
  • Using SubForms/SubReports
  • Using Other Form Techniques: Split form, command button, saving a form as a report
  • Using PivotTables and PivotCharts: creating
  • Working with Indexes
  • Using Access and the Internet
  • Using Access Database Security
  • Creating Macros
  • Using Macros
  • Customizing the Navigation Pane
  • Collecting Data by E-Mail
  • Exporting Data
The Business of Listening
Objectives: Part 1:
Learn how and why of active listening Why Should You Listen?
Discover the results of good listening What’s in It for You?
Improve his or her listening skills What’s in it for Your Organization?
What Do You Know About Listening?
The Joy of Small Change
       
Part 2: Part 3:
How to Be a Good Listener Your Listening Style
Four Key Elements of Good Listening You Are Unique
    Key Element 1: Hear the Message The Promoting Style
    Key Element 2: Interpret the Message The Supporting Style
    Key element 3: Evaluate the Message The Directive Style
      Key Element 4: Respond to the Message The Analytical Style
    Review Lab for Key Elements 1-4
Part 4: Part 5:
What’s Your Listening Attitude? Listening Louder
A Listening Attitude: Your Key to Success Ten Tips to Tip-Top Listening
Barriers to Communication     Tip 1: Take Notes
Bridges to Communication     Tip 2: Listen Now, Report Later
How well Do You Listen?     Tip 3: Want to Listen
How to Stomp Bad Listening Habits     Tip 4: Be Present
How to Help Someone Listen to You     Tip 5: Anticipate Excellence
    Tip 6: Become a “Whole Body” Listener
    Tip 7: Build Rapport by Pacing the Speaker
Summary     Tip 8: Control Your Emotional “Hot-buttons”
Points to Remember     Tip 9: Control Distractions
Develop a Personal Action Plan     Tip 10: Listening Is a Gift, Give Generously
   
Customer Service
The importance of the customer
Winning customer loyalty
Eliminate customer turn-offs
Exceeding customer expectations
Seven diseases of customer services
What makes us better
Attitude
Body language
Self-examination
Listening ability
Knowledge
Business Ethics
Business Ethics
Basics of business ethics
Making ethical decisions
Whistle-blowing criteria and risks
Ethical management
Subordinates' ethical issues    
Recognizing unethical behavior
Ending unethical behavior
Organizational ethics basics
Ethical principles
Ethical safeguards
Corporate social responsibilities
   
Business Etiquette & Professionalism
Cubicle and office etiquette
Ethical dilemmas
Personal issues in the workplace
Introductions
Conversations
Etiquette in meetings
Telephone courtesy
E-mail etiquette
Writing guidelines
Attending business
E-Mail Etiquette
E-mail characteristics
When to use e-mail
Writing an e-mail message
Company policies
Copyright laws, viruses, and liability
Securing e-mail
Message headers
E-mail message body
E-mail recipients
Message management
Netiquette style
Emoticons and abbreviations
Online communication
Language and punctuation
   
 
Organizational Skills
Managing information
The INFO process
Managing written information
Managing oral information
Managing electronic information
Managing your memory
Fundamentals
Modes of sending information
Time management
Time management problems
Getting organized
Planning and prioritizing
Procrastination
Interpersonal communication
Office interruptions
Effective delegation
Managing team time
Team communication and planning
Effective use of time
Time Management
Understanding benefits of time
Understanding different personality types
Assessing yourself
Pricing time
Creating a time audit
Using Pareto Principle
Making a to-do list
Identifying goals
Setting priorities
Identifying time management plan
Creating a time management plan
Planning obstacles
Identifying steps to plan a day
Using guidelines to plan a day
Technology
Time wastage
Importance of productivity
Personal time wasters
Saying "No"
Causes of information overload
Screening
Create files and organize the office
Communication
 
Keyboarding A to Z
Getting started
The keyboard
Five key phrases
Words & sentences
Using the correct fingering
Capitalization
The number row
Punctuation
The numeric keypad
Improving speed & accuracy
Speed drills
Job Search that Works
A proven 10 step program
Step 1: Job search – It can be easier
Step 2: What you need to know
Step 3: Skills statement – Opening the door
Step 4: Resume – To an employer it's you
Step 5: Applications – Filling in the blanks
Step 6: Contacting employers – Who and how
Step 7: Calls, calls & more calls
Step 8: Ready, set, interview
Step 9: The interview – Making it work
Step 10: Follow up – Forget me not
 
Your First Thirty Days on the Job
Positive mindset
What to expect
Learning the ropes
Be a team player
Understanding productivity
Getting ready checklist
Wardrobe & grooming
Adjustments
Remembering names
Telephone tips
Quality awareness
Improving work habits
Coping with skill deficiencies
Improving your job skills
How to handle embarrassing moments
Your communication style
Productivity
Absenteeism
The three C's of office politics
Avoiding personal job stress
Human relations
Consolidating your gains
Create a plan for the future
Validate the content of your new job
Designing Resumes
New challenges in the work world
Ten trends affecting jobs
Change-Readiness: an adaptive skill
Managing your career
Resumes in perspective
Strategic resumes for competitive edge
Define your objective
Assess your marketability
Select your format
Build your base
Develop your draft
Refine the quality
•  Package with care
Run a quality check
Strategic job seeking
Emphasis on networking
Theories on timing
Value-adding letters
Resume samples
 
Preparing for Your Interview
Types of Interviews
Research
Setting up the interview
Who are recruiters
Interviewing techniques
Body language and dress
Negotiating salary
Negotiating benefits
Attitude
Positive attitude
Personality and attitude
Attitude adjustments
Give your positive attitude to others
Look better to yourself
Accept the physical connection
Attitude and your job
Attitude and the work environment
The new co-worker mix
Attitude and career success
Team leadership
   
Telephone Skills from A to Z
Be friendly before you know who it is
Buffer words
Bureaucratic bounce
Call centers
Cellular phones
Company jargon
Controlling the conversation
Emotional leakage
Five forbidden phrases
Foreign accents
Getting a phone number
Internal calls
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