The Microsoft Official Course Business Skills Series combines business and software skills courses into one integrated, engaging experience that teaches you how to work faster and smarter with the programs you already use.

Through real-world scenarios such as creating effective presentations, forecasting and analyzing trends, or managing critical business information, these courses will help you improve your business skills using the Microsoft Office System programs to accomplish your objectives effectively.

4002 Forecasting and Trend Analysis Using Microsoft Office Excel 2003
This course will provide experienced Excel users with a practical, hands-on understanding of advanced Excel data forecasting and charting techniques. It examines the risks and benefits of forecasting, teaches different forecasting and trending methods, and explores ways to maximize profit potential.

4004 Managing Critical Business Information Using Microsoft Office Access 2003
Students will learn how to create solid database structures, how to pull in outside data, and how to integrate Access with other Microsoft Office System 2003 applications—all leading up to creating flexible, user-friendly reports. The goal of this course is to give students more confidence in managing their business information using various Access database techniques.

4006 Time and Task Management Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
This course will provide experienced business professionals with a better hands-on understanding of how to manage their time more effectively, define tasks more accurately, and process incoming information more efficiently. Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 as a “dashboard” application, students will learn how to manage their schedules, projects, and assignments, and create and respond to e-mail with greater confidence.

4007 Creating Effective Presentations Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
This course is designed to offer you a practical, hands-on demonstration of how you can use Microsoft PowerPoint to improve the quality and effectiveness of your presentations. It helps you to see PowerPoint in a new light, moving into a concept of PowerPoint as a tool that can help you achieve your business goals with more interesting, engaging, and meaningful presentations.

4008 Building Better Microsoft Office Word 2003 Documents in Less Time
This course offers an intermediate-to-advanced introduction to the key concepts and core elements of working effectively with complex Word documents. The primary goal of this course is to introduce students to the best practices that will enable them to spend less time working on their Word documents and achieve better results in the process.

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Explore the Fundamental Series for additional Business Skills course offerings.