1. Microsoft® Office Access® 2013: Part 1
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Microsoft Office Suite 2013
Access, Excel,PowerPoint, & Word 2013

2. Atlanta Technical College
Prerequisites: To ensure success,students should be familiar with using personal computers,and should have
experience using a keyboard and mouse.Students should be comfortable in the Windows® 8 environment,and be
able to use Windows 8 to manage information on their computers.Specific tasks the students should be able to
perform include:launching and closing applications,navigating basic file structures,and managing files and
folders.
In addition,the following Logical Operations textbooks and GMetrix Pretest are required for Microsoft Office 2013
Certification exam preparation.(Logical Operations,n.d.)
GMetrixSMS - SkillsManagementSystem Pretest:
• MicrosoftOffice 2013
• MS Word 2013
• MS Excel 2013
• MS PowerPoint2013
• MS Access 2013
www.gmetrix.com

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MICROSOFT®OFFICEWORD®2013 Part 1
SECTION WEEK ONE
GETTING STARTED WITH WORD
EDITING A DOCUMENT
FORMATTING TEXT AND
PARAGRAPHS/ADDING TABLES
MANAGING LISTS
SECTION WEEK ONE
INSERTING GRAPHIC OBJECTS
CONTROLLING PAGE APPEARANCE
PROOFING A DOCUMENT/
CUSTOMIZING THE WORD
ENVIRONMENT
SECTION
Review
MICROSOFT®OFFICEWORD®2013: PART 2
SECTION WEEK TWO
WORK WITH TABLES AND CHARTS.
CUSTOMIZE FORMATS USING STYLES
AND THEMES.
USE IMAGES IN A DOCUMENT.
SECTION WEEK TWO
CREATE CUSTOM GRAPHIC ELEMENTS/
INSERT CONTENT USING QUICK PARTS
CONTROL TEXT FLOW/USE TEMPLATES
USE MAIL MERGE.
SECTION
Review
MICROSOFT®OFFICEWORD®2013: PART 3
SECTION WEEK THREE
COLLABORATING ON DOCUMENTS
ADDING REFERENCE MARKS AND
NOTES
SIMPLIFYING AND MANAGING LONG
DOCUMENTS
Review
SECTION WEEK THREE
SECURING A DOCUMENT
FORMS
MANAGING DOCUMENT VERSIONS
SECTION
GMetrixAccess 2013
CertificationPreparation

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Model Class Flow: Tentative 16 week schedule, 6-9pm, 2 nights per week,allowing 2 weeks for review and
test preparation. This schedule can be modified based on customer/partner’s needs.
MICROSOFT®OFFICEEXCEL®2013
SECTION WEEK FOUR
GET STARTED WITH EXCEL 2013.
PERFORM CALCULATIONS
MODIFY A WORKSHEET.
SECTION WEEK FOUR
FORMAT A WORKSHEET/ PRINT
WORKBOOK CONTENTS
MANAGE LARGE WORKBOOKS
CUSTOMIZE THE EXCEL
ENVIRONMENT
Review
MICROSOFT®OFFICEEXCEL®2013: PART2
SECTION WEEK FIVE
CREATE ADVANCED FORMULAS
ANALYZE DATA WITH LOGICAL AND
LOOKUP FUNCTIONS.
ORGANIZE WORKSHEET DATA WITH
TABLES.
SECTION WEEK FIVE
VISUALIZE DATA BY USING CHARTS.
ANALYZING DATA WITH PIVOTTABLES,
SLICERS, AND PIVOT CHARTS.
INSERT GRAPHIC OBJECTS/ ENHANCE
WORKBOOKS.
Review
MICROSOFT®OFFICEEXCEL®2013: PART3
AUTOMATING WORKSHEET
FUNCTIONALITY
WEEK SIX
AUDITING WORKSHEETS
ANALYZING AND PRESENTING DATA
SECTION WEEK SIX
WORKING WITH MULTIPLE WORKBOOKS
EXPORTING EXCEL DATA
IMPORTING AND EXPORTING XML
DATA
SECTION
GMetrixExcel 2013
CertificationPreparation

5. Microsoft® Office ® 2013
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MICROSOFT®OFFICEPOWERPOINT®2013PART 1
SECTION WEEK SEVEN
GET STARTED WITH POWERPOINT
2013
IDENTIFY THE BASIC FEATURES AND
FUNCTIONS OF POWERPOINT 2013.
DEVELOP A POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION.
SECTION WEEK SEVEN
PERFORM ADVANCED TEXT
EDITING
ADD GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS
TO A PRESENTATION.
MODIFY OBJECTS IN A
PRESENTATION/
PREPARE TO DELIVER
A PRESENTATION.
Review
Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2013: Part 2
SECTION WEEK EIGHT
MODIFY THE POWERPOINT
ENVIRONMENT
CUSTOMIZE DESIGN TEMPLATES.
ADD SMARTART TO A
PRESENTATION
SECTION WEEK EIGHT
WORK WITH MEDIA AND ANIMATIONS
COLLABORATE ON A PRESENTATION
CUSTOMIZE A SLIDE SHOW/ SECURE
AND DISTRIBUTE A PRESENTATION.
Review
SECTION
GMetrixPowerPoint2013
CertificationPreparation

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MICROSOFT®OFFICE ACCESS®2013: PART 1
SECTION WEEK NINE
GETTING STARTED WITH ACCESS
WORKING WITH TABLE DATA
QUERYING A DATABASE
SECTION WEEK NINE
CREATING ADVANCED QUERIES
GENERATING REPORTS
CUSTOMIZING THE ACCESS
ENVIRONMENT
SECTION WEEK NINE
Review
MICROSOFT®OFFICEACCESS®2013: PART2
SECTION WEEK TEN
Designing a Relational Database
Joining Tables
Organizing a Database for
Efficiency
SECTION WEEK TEN
Sharing Data Across Applications
Advanced Reporting
Additional Reporting Options
Review
MICROSOFT®OFFICEACCESS®2013: PART3
SECTION WEEK ELEVEN
Implementing Advanced Form
Design
USING DATA VALIDATION
USING MACROS TO IMPROVE USER
INTERFACE DESIGN
SECTION WEEK ELEVEN
USING ADVANCED DATABASE
MANAGEMENT
DISTRIBUTING AND SECURING A
DATABASE
MANAGING SWITCHBOARDS
Review
SECTION
GMetrixAccess 2013
CertificationPreparation
Week Twelve thru GMETRIX
Pre-Test