People’s Resource Center Training Material

All material here was developed by People’s Resource Center in Wheaton, Illinois, and may be reused with attribution, under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike.

This material is no longer being updated, but is maintained here for historical use. These are instructor-led course material on a variety of computer topics including Introduction to Computers, Window Fundamentals, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint.

Windows 10 and Office 2010

Introduction to Computers

Introduction to Computers: Using Windows 10- Introduces the components of a computer, how to use a mouse, Windows Desktop, introduction to applications, Files and Folders, and using the Internet

Following are PDF versions of the Introduction course material files in English. If you are interested in Word versions, please contact pbdd.org

Following are PDF versions of the Introduction course material files in Spanish. If you are interested in Word versions, please contact pbdd.org

Windows Fundamentals

Windows Fundamentals: For Windows 10 – Moving and resizing windows, creating files, folders, and shortcuts, Libraries and external drives, renaming and deleting files, A sampling of Windows applications, including MS-Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and introduces computer administration

Following are PDF versions of the Fundamentals course material files in English. If you are interested in original Word versions of the files, please contact pbdd.org

Following are PDF versions of the Fundamentals course material files in Spanish. If you are interested in original Word versions of the files, please contact pbdd.org

Following are supplemental materials for the Windows Fundamentals class (in English). If you are interested in original source versions of the files, please contact pbdd.org

Word I

Word I: For Word 2010- Getting Started, Creating and Saving, Formatting, Inserting, Copying, and Moving text, Enhancing documents, and other features

Following are PDF versions of the course material files. If you are interested in original Word versions of the files, please contact pbdd.org

Following are PDF versions of the supplemental material files. If you are interested in original Word versions of the files, please contact pbdd.org

Word II

Word II: For Word 2010- Advanced concepts structured around gcflearnfree.org content – Save As, Line and Pargraph Spacing, Indentations and Tabs, Mail Merge, Pictures and Shapes, Columns, Format Painter, Tracking Changes and Comparing Documents, Document Inspector, Applying and Creating Styles, Table of Contents, and Section Breaks

Following are PDF versions of the course material files. If you are interested in original Word versions of the files, please contact pbdd.org

Following are PDF versions of the supplemental material files. If you are interested in original Word versions of the files, please contact pbdd.org

Excel I

Excel I : For Excel 2010, Basic concepts, usage, formatting, formulas, databases, and protection

Following are PDF versions of the course material and supplemental Excel material. If you are interested in original versions of the MS-Word files, please contact pbdd.org

Excel II

Excel II : For Excel 2010, Advanced concepts- Formatting, Functions and References, Charts, Customizing Excel, and Links

Following are PDF versions of the course material files. If you are interested in original Word versions of the files, please contact pbdd.org

Following are the supplemental material files.

Powerpoint

Powerpoint – Using Powerpoint 2010, including understanding the value of PowerPoint as a presentation tool, creating PowerPoint presentations which include text, graphics, charts, tables and animation, using PowerPoint to convey information to an audience, and delivering a PowerPoint slide show presentation to an audience

Following are PDF versions of the course material files. If you are interested in original Word versions of the files, please contact pbdd.org

PRC Training Environment

Working On-line (2012)

Working On-line : Using the Internet, browsing, searching, and email

Computer Skills in Spanish

Best Practices

Tech Talks

Tech Talks (formerly known as Tech Tuesday) Presentations :

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