SYLLABUS
Course Contents:
(4 Weeks)
Unit 1: Introduction to Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets: Concept of worksheets and workbooks, creating, opening. closing and saving
workbooks, moving. copying. inserting. deleting and renaming worksheets, working with
multiple worksheets and multiple workbooks, controlling worksheet views, naming cells using
name box, name create and name define, Exchanging data using clipboard, object linking and
embedding: Printing and Protecting worksheets: Adjusting margins, creating headers and
footers, setting page breaks, changing orientation, creating portable documents and printing data
and formulac; Implementing file level security and protecting data within the worksheet;
Understanding absolute, relative and mixed referencing in fornulas, referencing cells in other
worksheets and workbooks, correcting common formula errors, working with inbuilt function
categories like mathematical, statistical, text, lookup, information, logical, database, date and
time and basic financial functions.
Uait 2: Data Analysis in Spreadsheets (4 Weeks)
Consolidating worksheets and workbooks using formulae and data consolidate command;
Choosing a chart type, understanding data points and data series, cditing and formatting chart
elements, and creating sparkline graphics, Analysing data using pivot tables: Creating.
formatting and modifying a pivot table, sorting, filtering and grouping items, creating calculated
field and calculated item, crcating pivot table charts, producing a report with pivot tables.
Introduction to recording and execution of macros.
Unit 3: Word Processing (3 Weeks)
Introduction: Creating and saving your document, displaying different views, working with
styles and character formatting. working with paragraph formatting techniques using indents,
tabs, alignment, spacing, bullets and numbering and creating borders; Page setup and sections:
Setting page margins, orientation, headers and footers, cnd notes and foot notes, creating scction
breaks and page borders; Working with tables: Creating tables, modifying table layout and
design, sorting. inserting graphics in a table, table math, converting text to table and vice versa;
Create newspaper columns, indexes and table of contents, Spell check your document using
inbuilt and custom dictionaries, checking grammar and style , using thesaurus and finding and
replacing text, Create bookmarks, captions and cross referencing, adding hyperlinks, adding
sources and compiling and bibliography: Mail merge: Creating and editing your main document
and data source, sorting and filtering merged documents and using merge instructions like ask,
fill-in and if-then-else; Linking and embedding to keep things together
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Unit 4: Databases (4 Weeks)
Introduction to Database Development: Database Terminology, Objects, Creating Tables,
working with ficlds, understanding Data types, Changing table design, Assigning Field
Properties, Setting Primary Keys, using field validation and record validation rules, Indexing.
working with multiple tables, Relationships & Integrity Rules, Join Propertics, Record
manipulation, Sorting & Filtering: Select data with queries: Creating Query by design & by
wizard (Select, Make Table, Append., Delete, Cross Tab, Update, Parametcrizcd Query, Find
Duplicate and Find Unmatched), Creating multi table queries, creating & working with table
joins. Using operators & expressions: Creating simple & advance criteria; Working with forms:
Creating Basic forms, working with bound, unbound and calculated controls, understanding
property sheet, Working with Data on Forms: Changing Layout, creating Sub Forns, creating
list box, combo box and option groups; Working with Reports: Creating Basic Reports, Creating
Header &Footer, Placing Controls on reports, sorting &grouping, Creating Sub reports.
