Professional Certificate

Microsoft Certificate

Master popular Microsoft software with the eight-course Microsoft Office certificate. Learn all the most useful features of Microsoft, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

$1399

Total: Certificate cost

13.5 hours to complete

Duration

Online - self-paced
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Overview

Microsoft Office software is used in jobs across nearly every industry due to its proven effectiveness at improving workplace communication and productivity. This means proficiency in Microsoft Office can give you a leg up in your job if it isn't already required for your position. Whether you want to learn this software to boost your career or for a personal project, this Microsoft Office certificate will help you become skilled in three of the most popular Microsoft software programs.

The certificate includes eight online courses covering beginner to advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You'll learn the essential skills needed to effectively use each of these tools. This ranges from formatting text in Word to filtering data in Excel to designing professional PowerPoint slides and more. You'll also learn how to integrate Word, Excel and PowerPoint to create robust reports using the strengths of each of these software programs.

About this course

The courses in the Microsoft Office certificate cover the most useful features of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You'll learn how to start projects, navigate the software and format your work in each program. The Excel courses also teach basic data analysis using tables, charts, functions and filtering. The integration course brings together information from all lessons and explains how to combine and leverage the strengths of all three software tools.

In this certificate, you'll also learn how to:

  • Apply cell styles in Excel to adjust the text format and verify data in your workbook
  • Change the theme of a PowerPoint presentation to find a color and style that fits with the presentation’s topic
  • Arrange objects on your PowerPoint slides to draw attention to the primary components of your presentation
  • Create lists of content in your Word documents using numbers or symbols and embed lists to better organize your content
  • Create conditional formatting rules in your Excel spreadsheet that treat specific data or data types differently
  • Leverage materials found online in Excel, Word and PowerPoint files to create robust reports
  • Use a template or pre-designed document from Microsoft Word or from an online resource to create a design that best suits your needs and saves you design time
  • Use hyperlinks to connect your Word document to relative websites and web page content

Courses within certificate

In this second of two PowerPoint trainings, learn to use photos, videos and graphics to illustrate an idea in your presentation. Ever heard the phrase, “a picture is worth a thousand words”? Using photos and other graphic elements within your presentation is not only stimulating and engaging for your audience, it can convey more to your viewers in a shorter amount of time than a whole slide of text. Some use cases for photos or videos in your presentation include; Illustrating a complex process that instructs your audience A visual introduction of members of your team or family Showing your boss a testimonial of a happy client By learning how to use the video and imagery tools of PowerPoint You'll show off your advanced presentation skills and better leverage this robust presentation application. In this training, you will create a stimulating presentation from scratch. The self-paced lessons from this PowerPoint training help you learn at your pace to create new slides with video and image content.

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