Session
1: Introduction
- Welcome
and introductions
- Why do companies gather information?
- Using Microsoft Excel® 2007 for Decision
Making and Problem Solving
Session 2: Microsoft Excel® 2007 (continued)
Few software
programs have elevated the importance of desktop
computers for business managers as much as
Microsoft Excel. Similar to the way they use
e-mail, business managers use Excel every day
to accomplish their daily routines and objectives.
We will provide a general overview of
Excel and the reasons it is such a vital tool
for business managers.
Session 3: Microsoft Excel® 2007
(continued)
Participants will
be introduced to the calculating power of Excel
through two main objectives. The first is to
present the fundamental techniques of creating
formulas and functions, which are the primary
tools used to calculate data. The second is to
show how cell referencing is used within formulas
and functions to maximize the dynamic abilities
of Excel. In other words, formulas and functions
will automatically produce new outputs when the
data in one or more cell locations is changed.
In business, these
dynamic abilities are critical when evaluating
what-if scenarios. This session develops the
concept of what-if scenarios
even further by demonstrating how to
perform common business calculations and analyses
using formulas and functions.
Session 4: Macromedia
Fireworks®
Participants will
use Macromedia Fireworks to create original graphics
and interactivity, from simple graphics to complex
rollover effects and animation that will be used
in their final project.
Getting Started With Macromedia
Fireworks
- Learn to work with text
- Exploring the workspace and panels
- Previewing your work
- Working With Fireworks Documents
- View previews
- Modify canvas size and color
- Undo and redo a change
- Zoom in and out
- Save a document
- Working more with text
- "Styles" and "stroke" pallet
Time permitting,
participants
will also use Macromedia Fireworks to
create original graphics and interactivity including:
- Edit photos — Red Eye Removal
- Enhanced Live Effects — Motion Blur,
Radial Blur, Noise
- Working with Auto Shapes
- Using Dingbats
[fonts] as "images"
- Create
Animations — Manage Frames
Data Files: Basic
Design Basics | Web
Design Basics | Additional Files
Session 5: Luncheon
Participants
and their guests are then invited to
lunch as we conclude the Fall semester
of Computer Honors Institute.
- Luncheon
Students may invite family, guidance
counselors, and teachers to attend the
final luncheon. This will
conclude the first part of CHI.
- Time: 11:00 AM -1:00 PM
Room: 505 Rockwell Hall
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