Nick's Tricks http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog Software Tips Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:44:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Microsoft OneNote 2010 http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/2012/04/microsoft-onenote-2010/ http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/2012/04/microsoft-onenote-2010/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:41:07 +0000 nick@optimise.org.uk http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/?p=194 Have you seen OneNote 2010 yet?

It is FANTASTIC!! probably the most important piece of software since Microsoft Word.

Take a look at this video to get an idea of what it is about.


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It’s really easy to set the default font and spacing in Word 2010, once you know how!

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Microsoft Project Up & Running

  • Getting started
  • Key Up & Running settings
  • Adding tasks
  • Linking tasks
  • Creating resources
  • Assigning resources
  • Scheduling resources
  • Modifying views
  • Resource and material costs
  • Adding other costs
  • Built in reporting
  • Tracking your project

All this in a Half Day Course for only……….

£147 +VAT
That’s right. Only £147 +VAT. Incredible value!

19th September 2011 09:30 – 16:30

To book your place
Call 01785 816993 or 01782 377419

or email me at nick@optimise.org.uk or lara.turner@stoke.gov.uk

Places are limited, so please, don’t miss out!

Nick

If you might be interested in other courses we do, then take a look at our other computer course

If you would like to let us know what courses you would us like to run then suggest courses and services

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Word Level 1

  • Opening MS Word
  • The screen
  • Entering Text
  • Spell check
  • Adding page breaks
  • Saving files
  • Formatting Text
  • Margins and page setup
  • Cut, Copy and Paste
  • Printing

21st September 2011 13:30 – 16:30

    Word Level 2

    • Handling bullet points
    • Paragraph numbering
    • Formatting tabs
    • Auto text
    • Headers and footers
    • Page numbers
    • Inserting pictures
    • Page borders & backgrounds
    • Watermarks

    26th September 2011 13:30 – 16:30

    All this in a Half Day Course for only……….

    £85 +VAT
    That’s right. Only £85 +VAT. Incredible value!

    To book your place
    Call 01785 816993 or 01782 377419

    or email me at nick@optimise.org.uk or  lara.turner@stoke.gov.uk

    Places are limited, so please, don’t miss out!

    Nick

    If you might be interested in other courses we do, then take a look at our other computer course

    If you would like to let us know what courses you would us like to run then suggest courses and services

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    Excel Level 3

    • Working with IF functions
    • Using VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP to access data from large tables
    • Creating drop down lists
    • Colour coding with conditional formatting
    • Summarising data tables (subtotals)
    • Creating charts and graphs
    • Adding trend lines to charts
    • Protecting worksheets form accidental data entry

    28th September 2011 09:30 – 12:30

      Word Level 3

      • Basic Tables
      • Working with tables
      • Formatting tables
      • Using Table AutoFormat
      • Using functions in tables
      • Inserting Excel workbooks
      • Inserting graphs

      28th September 2011 13:30 – 16:30

        All this in a Half Day Course for only……….

        £85 +VAT
        That’s right. Only £85 +VAT. Incredible value!

        To book your place
        Call 01785 816993 or 01782 377419

        or email me at nick@optimise.org.uk or  lara.turner@stoke.gov.uk

        Places are limited, so please, don’t miss out!

        Nick

        If you might be interested in other courses we do, then take a look at our other computer course

        If you would like to let us know what courses you would us like to run then suggest courses and services

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        Access Level 3

        • Building multiple tables
        • Linking tables
        • Types of relationships
        • Creating ‘lookups’
        • Building queries
        • Using Expression Builder
        • Querying multiple tables
        • Creating calculations in queries

        12th September 2011 13:30 – 16:30

          Access Level 4

          • Creating lookups in a table
          • Creating forms and sub forms
          • Using lookups in a form
          • Using forms with queries
          • Using calculations in a form
          • Creating buttons on forms

          3rd October 2011 09:30 – 12:30

            All this in a Half Day Course for only……….

            £85 +VAT
            That’s right. Only £85 +VAT. Incredible value!

            To book your place
            Call 01785 816993 or 01782 377419

            or email me at nick@optimise.org.uk or  lara.turner@stoke.gov.uk

            Places are limited, so please, don’t miss out!

            Nick

            If you might be interested in other courses we do, then take a look at our other computer course

            If you would like to let us know what courses you would us like to run then suggest courses and services

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            Excel Level 1

            • Simple formula
            • Basic functions
            • Copying / duplicating formula
            • Using AutoFormat
            • Sorting lists
            • Filtering data
            • Creating subtotal lists
            • Keyboard shortcuts

            21st September 2011 09:30 – 12:30

              Excel Level 2

              • Scrolling screen headings
              • Printing your workbook
              • Headers and footers
              • Working with percentages
              • Absolute and relative references
              • Naming cells and ranges
              • Basic graphs
              • Counting functions
              • Basic analysis of large tables

              26th September 2011 09:30 – 12:30

                All this in a Half Day Course for only……….

                £85 +VAT
                That’s right. Only £85 +VAT. Incredible value!

                To book your place
                Call 01785 816993 or 01782 377419

                or email me at nick@optimise.org.uk or  lara.turner@stoke.gov.uk

                Places are limited, so please, don’t miss out!

                Nick

                If you might be interested in other courses we do, then take a look at our other computer course

                If you would like to let us know what courses you would us like to run then suggest courses and services

                ]]>                 http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/2011/08/excel-level-1-and-2-training/feed/ 0                 Scanning into Word 2007 or 2010 http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/2011/07/scanning-into-word-2007-or-2010/ http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/2011/07/scanning-into-word-2007-or-2010/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:14:16 +0000 nick@optimise.org.uk http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/?p=141 Continue reading →]]> In Word 2003 you were able to scan an image directly into a document.  This feature was accessed by selecting the INSERT menu, PICTURE then FROM SCANNER OR CAMERA.

                Fantastic! Easy to use, it just kicked into your scanner software and away you went.
                Unfortunately, Word 2007 and 2010, had this feature taken away, and didn’t give us anything in it’s place.  What a pain.
                But we can fairly easily create a macro that will do this for us.  Now, this short post is really aimed at people who already know how to do macros etc, so I’m not going into all that here.
                So here is the macro -
                Sub ScanImage
                On Error GoTo ERRORHANDLER
                Application.WordBasic.InsertImagerScan
                ERRORHANDLER:
                End Sub
                Simply add this code to a module as part of the Normal template, then add a new Group to the Ribbon bar for that macro.
                ]]>                 http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/2011/07/scanning-into-word-2007-or-2010/feed/ 0                 2 Great Courses, 2 Seperate Days http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/2011/06/2-great-courses-2-seperate-days/ http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/2011/06/2-great-courses-2-seperate-days/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:27:51 +0000 nick@optimise.org.uk http://www.optimise.org.uk/blog/?p=128 Continue reading →]]> Optimise Consultancy Ltd will be running Excel training courses at The Hothouse, Stoke on Trent, on the 5th and 6th of July 2011

                Check Below for content and booking instructions

                Excel Level 1

                • Simple formula
                • Basic functions
                • Copying / duplicating formula
                • Using AutoFormat
                • Sorting lists
                • Filtering data
                • Creating subtotal lists
                • Keyboard shortcuts

                Excel Level 2

                • Scrolling screen headings
                • Printing your workbook
                • Headers and footers
                • Working with percentages
                • Absolute and relative references
                • Naming cells and ranges
                • Basic graphs
                • Counting functions
                • Basic analysis of large tables

                All this in a Half Day Course for only……….

                £85 +VAT
                That’s right. Only £85 +VAT. Incredible value!

                To book your place
                Call 01785 816993
                or email me at nick@optimise.org.uk

                Places are limited, so please, don’t miss out!

                Nick

                If you might be interested in other courses we do, then take a look at our other computer course

                If you would like to let us know what courses you would us like to run then suggest courses and services

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