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Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office Essentials

Master Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook — build confidence and productivity in every Microsoft Office application.

🎓 Foundational 🕑 12 hrs 🎉 Certificate of Completion 📋 Exam: MO-100/MO-200 prep

Course Overview

Microsoft Office is the world's most widely used productivity suite. This foundational course gives you solid, practical skills across the four core applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. You will create professional documents, build useful spreadsheets, design engaging presentations, and manage email and calendar efficiently. No prior experience required — every skill is taught step by step with real-world exercises. Perfect for anyone starting a new role, returning to the workforce, or formalising skills they have picked up informally.

What You Will Learn

  • Create, format, and proofread professional Word documents
  • Build spreadsheets with formulas, functions, and charts in Excel
  • Design clear, engaging presentations in PowerPoint
  • Manage email, calendar, contacts, and tasks in Outlook
  • Use styles, templates, and themes consistently across applications
  • Save, share, and collaborate on files using OneDrive

Course Modules

  • Word: creating and formatting documents, styles, headers/footers, tables, mail merge
  • Word: track changes, comments, references, table of contents
  • Excel: workbooks, cells, formatting, basic formulas (SUM, AVERAGE, IF, VLOOKUP)
  • Excel: charts, conditional formatting, sorting, filtering, print layout
  • PowerPoint: slide design, layouts, themes, transitions, animations
  • PowerPoint: inserting images, SmartArt, charts; presenting and presenter view
  • Outlook: inbox management, email rules, calendar scheduling, meeting invites
  • Outlook: contacts, tasks, categories, out-of-office replies
  • OneDrive: saving to cloud, sharing files, version history, co-authoring
  • Microsoft 365 integration: linking apps — paste chart from Excel into Word/PowerPoint
  • Productivity tips: keyboard shortcuts, Quick Access Toolbar, templates
  • Exam preparation: MO-100 (Word) and MO-200 (Excel) overview and practice questions

Who Is This Course For?

This course is ideal for administrative professionals, school leavers entering the workforce, career changers, business owners, and anyone who needs to use Microsoft Office confidently in a professional setting. It is also suitable for experienced users who want to fill in gaps and formalise their knowledge.

Prerequisites

No prior experience with Microsoft Office is required. Basic computer literacy (using a keyboard and mouse, opening applications, saving files) is helpful.

Delivery & Access

  • Blended, online, onsite or on-demand delivery — your choice of format
  • Hands-on labs with real environments
  • Instructor Q&A support for 30 days
  • Verified certificate of completion by BITA
  • Study guides, practice questions and reference materials included