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About this course

Prerequisites

To gain the maximum benefit from this course, you should have a basic knowledge of Windows and be able to use the mouse.

Qualification

This course covers material from the standard European Computer Driving Licence (Module 3) and the Microsoft Office Specialist Core Word syllabus.

Course outline

Project information

• Setting the start date
• Creating a base calendar

Input of task data and resources

• Inputting task names
• Duration using Gantt entry view
• Creating a resource list
• Assigning resources to tasks

Printing projects

• Printing the project using different views

Precedence relationships and constraints

• Specifying predecessors
• The form of relationship
• As soon as possible
• As late as
• Possible, must start on, etc.

Lead, lag and costs

• Overlapping and delaying tasks using lead and lag
• Assigning fixed and variable costs

Calendars

• Modifying base calendars
• Specifying working and non-working days
• The length of the working day
• Managing the project tables and filters
• Displaying free slack
• Setting the plan
• Entering actual information
• Comparing planned
• Scheduled and actual details

Offers

The FlexiDeal^® - free training

Our courses come with free training at London Covent Garden and Cardiff!

It's very simple: just book a day of private training or one of our 3-day, 4-day or 5-day scheduled courses (or any combination days) and you'll qualify for additional free scheduled training at our London Covent Garden or Cardiff training centres – that's the FlexiDeal^®.

If you are self-funding your training then for special scheduled training pricing click here.

And as long as you take these additional courses within 6 months of your first qualifying booking, you can even accumulate your FlexiDeal®.

Collecting FlexiDeals^®

• Book a 1-day private course – get 1 day free
• Book a 3-day scheduled course – get 1 day free
• Book a 4-day scheduled course – get 1 day free
• Book a 5-day scheduled course – get 2 days free
  
  

See below for courses you can claim for free in the FlexiDeal^®

Acrobat

• Acrobat Essentials (1 day)
• Acrobat Introduction (2 day)
  
• Acrobat Forms (1 day)

After Effects

• After Effects Introduction (2 day)
• After Effects Advanced (3 day)
• After Effects Masterclass (5 day)

Digital Publishing Suite (InDesign to Tablet)

• DPS Essentials (1 day) £70 + VAT extra charge
• DPS Full Solution (2 days) £100 + VAT extra charge

Dreamweaver

• Dreamweaver Web Building Introduction (3 day)
• Dreamweaver Web Building Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Dreamweaver ACA Prep + Exam (1 day)

Edge

• Edge Essentials (1 day)

Illustrator

• Illustrator Introduction (1 day)
• Illustrator Introduction (2 day)
• Illustrator Advanced (2 day)
• Illustrator Advanced Power User
• Illustrator Masterclass (4 day)

InDesign

• InDesign Introduction (1 day)
• InDesign Introduction (2 day)
• InDesign Advanced (2 day)
• InDesign Advanced PowerUser (2 day)
• InDesign Masterclass (4 day)
• InDesign Interactive (1 day)
• InDesign Print Production (1 day)
• InDesign ePub (1 day)
• InDesign iPad+Android (1 day)
• InDesign ACE (2 day)

MUSE

• MUSE Essentials (1 day)

Photoshop

• Photoshop Introduction (2 day)
• Photoshop Advanced (2 day)
• Photoshop Advanced Power User (2 day)
• Photoshop Masterclass (4 days)
• Photoshop Masterclass + Certification (5 day)
• Photoshop ACE (2 day)

Premiere Pro

• Premiere Pro Introduction (3 day)

• Premiere Pro Intermediate + Certification (2 day)
• Premiere Pro Masterclass + Certification (5 day)

How to book

Just email us confirmation of your valid booking(s) that qualified for the FlexiDeal^®.

FlexiDeal+ (plus)

If you wish to keep onto your FlexiDeal credits for longer than 6 months (no expiry) then it's only £50 + VAT for this option - please mention when booking.

Terms and conditions

• FlexiDeal^® is applicable only if the full RRP is paid for your course(s). Any discounting invalidates the FlexiDeal^®. If discounting has been applied you can pay back the difference in order to qualify for the offer
• The FlexiDeal^® offer lasts for 6 months from the first date of your qualifying bookings
• The FlexiDeal^® is not available to funded individuals although we might apply at our descretion depending upon the number of training days booked under the particular scheme

Training dates

Cardiff Microsoft Add dates to your calendar

24 May 2013

7 June 2013

22 July 2013

Swansea Microsoft Add dates to your calendar

14 June 2013

12 July 2013

If you don't see any suitable dates here, it might be more economical to deliver a private training course for you

Further information

Our guarantee of training satisfaction

No questions, no quibbles, no problem! Should you ever need to take your course again, just let us know. Find out more…

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of Windows or Macintosh.
• Understand how to launch an application and save files.
• For web courses you will need to have knowledge of web browsers.

General information

• Courses start at 10am and finish at 5pm. Please arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the course on the first day.
• We operate a casual dress code.
• We supply all computers, software and courseware, pads, pens, lunch and refreshments.
• We have both Apple OSX Lion and Windows 7 systems.
• Bring along a USB/Flash drive so you can take away your course files.
• Following your course, we will email you an Adobe Authorised Course Completion Certificate.
• Each course comes with either on-line assets (electronic book/PDF or movies) to download or a high-quality Visual Quickstart 500-page training book. We are migrating most course assets to on-line downloads during 2012.
• Access to a secure section of our site that offers useful tips and tricks.

Lunch

We provide flexible lunch vouchers which can be redeemed at outlets nearby such as Bella Italia, Burger King, Boots, Co-operative, Eat, Greggs, McDonalds, Nandos, Pizza Express, Pret A Manger, Starbucks, Sainsbury's and Tesco to name but a few.

Support

We supply 6-months rock-solid support via email on the subject matter covered during the course. Find out more…

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