Microsoft Office Skills, Level 2

Issued by Santa Barbara City College

This Certificate prepares students for entry-level office clerk jobs & provides a basis for more advanced college training & career laddering. The program consists of three required courses: Word 2, Excel 2 & PowerPoint 2 and one elective: Outlook 2, Publisher 2 or Access 2. Post-program participants will be able to format & navigate long documents, work with large and multiple worksheets and workbooks in Excel and modify an existing PowerPoint presentation to improve its overall appearance.

Level Intermediate
Time Hours
Cost Free

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MS Word 2|CMPW NC51B | Using Microsoft Word to create a novel, family history, dissertation, thesis, operations manual, or business and/or academic reports. Covers layout/structure features including applying styles; table of contents; outline view; page setup; choosing fonts; controlling line, paragraph and page breaks; and many more.
MS Excel 2 |CMPW NC63B| Microsoft Excel topics include working with large and multiple worksheets and workbooks, managing lists, creating and managing tables and conditional formatting.
MS PowerPoint 2| CMPW NC55B | Covers how to enhance an existing Microsoft PowerPoint presentation by modifying objects, animation and transitions. Other topics include inserting slides and templates from other presentations, creating and modifying templates, rehearsing timings and running a presentation, and sharing a presentation.
MS Outlook 2 (elective)| CMPW NC58B| Covers many of the built-in tools of Microsoft Outlook to better manage email, contact, calendars, tasks and notes. Some of the topics include organizing email using folders; sorting and filters for better efficiency; importing and exporting contact lists; prioritizing, tracking and delegating tasks; and using notes.