Poway Adult School - Skills Needed Computer Classes
Skills Needed for Computer Courses
Windows or operating system basic skills include launching programs, mouse and keyboard usage, saving files, opening files and:
- Word processing basic skills include:
Creating a new document, text entry and editing, font and paragraph formatting (size, style, spacing and alignment). - File management basic skills include:
Understanding how files are stored on your computer and how to move and copy files. - Dreamweaver basic skills include:
Setting up a site in Dreamweaver, opening files and folders, creating HTML documents, adding images and links, and using Dreamweaver's site management feature. - Access basic skills include:
Creating and populating tables, creating basic forms, creating queries, and creating and running basic reports. - Excel basic skills include:
Worksheet creation, entering text and numbers, creating formulas and simple functions, font and cell formatting, and editing cell entries. - Excel intermediate skills include:
Ability to work with large worksheets, using 3-D references, and creating more advanced functions such as lookup and financial. - Photoshop basic photo editing skills include:
Bringing picture files into the program, cropping, resizing, using various selection techniques, and working with layers. - A strong accounting background refers to:
strong understanding of debits and credits, knowledge of adjusting entries, and knowledge of the accounting cycle. - Internet basic skills include:
Navigation to websites, using the navigation buttons (back,refresh,etc.), and conducting a basic internet search using a site such as Google.