Computer Software Training & Development 

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Whether you want to increase your proficiency in a variety of software applications, acquire the skills to develop and maintain a web site, or need to manage a network of computers; The Enterprise Centre can help you.

Benefit from hands-on training, small class sizes, and the knowledge that we will focus on your individual needs in order to help you achieve your goals. Learn from the experts and immediately apply your new skill in the workplace. In our courses, you learn by doing. Our instructors do more than just lecture; they actively involve you in your training.

We understand the technology needs of today and we can customize training solutions to meet those needs.

Select from a category below or view the schedule (PDF) to see all the available workshops and dates.

Workshop Description

Access 2003
ENT1515
Introduction

This two-day hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the data management process used to create simple database applications with Microsoft Access in order to provide users with a more efficient way of managing data.

Testimonials

"Very worthwhile course."
Greg Predon, Cecil Facer Youth Centre

"Good pace – always several ways to do things – user friendly."
Amanda Derks, Cecil Facer Youth Centre

Access 2003
ENT1516
Advanced

This two-day hands-on workshop will show participants how to enhance their database applications by using the advanced features of Microsoft Access.

Testimonials

"The course was easy to follow and the instructor explained very well."
Lise Conrad, Ministry of Transportation

"Enjoyed course."
Tony Dwyer, Fuller Industrial

Access 2007
ENT1594
Introduction

This two-day hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the data management process used to create simple database applications with Microsoft Access in order to provide users with a more efficient way of managing data.

Testimonials

"Very effective."
Julie Arlt, SDHU

"I can’t wait to take Access Advanced!"
Sherry Lee, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

"Great session!"
Cheryl Recollet, Wahnapitae First Nation

"New knowledge creates effective employees."
Ruth Bobiwash, Mississauga First Nation

Access 2007
ENT1595
Advanced

This two-day hands-on workshop will show participants how to enhance their database applications by using the advanced features of Microsoft Access.

Testimonial

"Good! See you soon!"
Cheryl Recollet, Wahnapitae First Nation

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
ENT1579
Level 1

This two day hands-on workshop is intended for students who wish to familiarize themselves with the basic techniques used for creating and uploading websites. It provides the fundamental knowledge and techniques needed to advance to more complex Dreamweaver operations for enhancing the functionality of websites.

Testimonial

"Excellent teaching skills. Gives one on one instructions when needed."
Joanne Mitchell

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
ENT1606
Level 2

This course is designed for students who use Adobe DreamWeaver to design and develop web pages in a WYSIWYG environment, and also have the ability to understand and work with the architecture and coding of web pages.

Adobe Illustrator CS3
ENT1603
Level 1

In this course, you will learn to use Adobe Illustrator CS3 by drawing and manipulating simple shapes to create logos. You will also combine text and graphics to create advertisements. This course is intended for individuals who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.

Adobe InDesign CS3
ENT1580
Level 1

This two day hands-on workshop is intended for people responsible for producing in house publications such as newsletters, postcards, posters, flyers, brochures, or rack cards. Many graphic designers, creative professionals, print professionals, publishers, pre-press professionals and marketing communications professionals find this workshop beneficial as well.

Testimonials

"Excellent, patient."
Nicole Paquette, CSCNO

"Absolutely loved the session – wish it was longer. Thank you"
Laurie McLeod, Union of Ontario Indians

"Very useful things to learn that will help me manage my time quicker."
Crystal Larose, Laurentian Media

"Great job! – Nice facility."
Shauna Devine, North Bay General Hospital

Adobe InDesign CS3
ENT1607
Level 2

Using Adobe InDesign, you have created simple documents. In this one-day hands-on workshop, you will deploy the advanced InDesign techniques to enhance the look and functionality of your documents. Bring the skills you acquired in Level 1 up to the next level!

Adobe Photoshop CS3
ENT1581
Level 1

This two day hands-on workshop will help participants become efficient in the basic use of Adobe Photoshop CS3. By creating a solid understanding of the process of photo manipulation, participants will gain insight and skills that will increase their productivity. Participants will also be introduced to the specifics of creating or manipulating photos for commercial press, home printing, or web specific use. We encourage participants to bring their own digital photos to further enhance the learning process. In addition, we welcome participants to bring their digital cameras as well.

Testimonials

"One of the best courses I’ve taken in years. Definitely worth the time and money."
Louise Gaudrault, Contact North

"Awsome! Very educational."
Ginette Morin-Trudel, Timmins Hospital

Adobe Photoshop CS3
ENT1608
Level 2

Now that you have familiarized yourself with the basic image editing tools of Photoshop in Level 1, you will want to enhance the images and work with videos. In this course, you'll work with Photoshop's advanced tools and features.

BlackBerry 101
ENT1576

This three and a half hour hands-on workshop will help participants become efficient in the basic concepts and commands of the Blackberry. By creating a solid foundation of knowledge, participants will be more efficient and organized in their everyday affairs.

Testimonials

"I now know how to use my blackberry more efficiently! Thank you."
Lynn Kindt, Xstrata Nickel

"Well worth the time and cost."
Steve O’Neil, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

Excel 2003
ENT1508
Introduction

This two-day hands-on workshop will introduce methods of data entry, basic formatting, filing, printing, and managing Excel workbooks. Procedures of formula and function creation and commands for creating the design and layout of worksheets will be touched upon but are otherwise the focus of the Introduction 2 workshop.

Testimonials

"Very good presentation. Glenn was very thorough and didn’t rush through it and gave people enough time to understand what was being taught."
Donna Calabrese, HRSRH

"Very impressed. Look forward to taking additional courses in the future."
Corey Dumencu, Stantec

Excel 2003
ENT1509
Large Document Management

This one day hands-on workshop will familiarize participants with commands and features useful in designing and managing large single and multiple sheet workbook files in Excel.

Testimonials

"Very good course."
Ron Neilson, Stantec

"Course material was very informative and useful for my daily excel needs."
Chantal Lewis, Stantec

Excel 2003
ENT1510
Charts and Graphics

This one day hands-on workshop will teach participants how to create charts representing worksheet data including line, bar and pie charts, and to transfer graphics between application programs. As well, we will look at working with graphic objects like lines, arrows, boxes, circles, and clipart objects.

Testimonial

"Always enjoy coming to The Enterprise Centre, great customer service and the instructor’s are excellent."
LeeAnne Hnotchuk, Stantec

Excel 2003
ENT1511
Database Management/Pivot Tables

This one day hands-on workshop will instruct participants in database management techniques using Excel worksheets. The focus will be on managing and summarizing data lists using commands from the Data menu.

Testimonials

"I learned a lot and feel more comfortable with pivot tables."
Mary Wiecha, Sudbury Catholic DSB

"Well done. Very practical skills were taught that could be applied in the workplace."
Krista Warkus, Sudbury Catholic DSB

Excel 2003
ENT1512
Advanced Functions and Macros

This one day hands-on workshop will teach participants how to utilize some of Excel's advanced functions such as lookup commands, scenarios, consolidating worksheets and using templates. Participants will also learn the basics of creating and running macros. It will also show participants proper naming and assigning techniques, and editing of the visual basic code macros are recorded in.

Testimonials

"Great familiarity, great instruction – good job!"
Wayne Fraser, Soft Tub Canada

"To date this course will benefit me the most in my work."
Jim Snow, Stantec

Excel 2007
ENT1582
Level 1

This one-day hands-on workshop will help participants become efficient in the basic use of the new Microsoft Excel 2007 program. By gaining a solid understanding of spreadsheet concepts participants will increase their productivity. This workshop introduces the methods of data entry, formatting, using basic formulas, printing, and being comfortable with the new terminology in Excel.

Testimonials

"Very patient, helpful."
Patricia Mills, Northern Ontario Business

"Great instructor! Knows his stuff!"
Vanessa Pisanti, Vale Inco

"I’m very excited to apply what I’ve learned and see exactly how much time I will save."
Lori Sirkka, Sandvik

Excel 2007
ENT1586
Level 2

This one day hands-on workshop will teach participants formatting techniques with both numbers and text, managing files and multiple worksheets. Participants will also learn how to create and format charts representing worksheet data including line, bar and pie charts, and working with graphic objects.

Testimonials

"The course was worth the time."
Terry Gamble, Xstrata Nickel

"Very very good. Great delivery, time flew by."
Cheryl Conway, Ontario Lottery and Gaming

Excel 2007
ENT1596
Level 3

This one day hands-on workshop will teach participants how to utilize some of Excel's advanced features such as scenarios, consolidating worksheets and pivot tables. Participants will also learn how to create and run macros. The workshop will also show participants proper naming and assigning techniques, and editing the visual basic macros code. This workshop is for the Advanced Excel user.

Testimonial

"Good job!"
Tammy Mathieu, SDHU

FrontPage 2003
ENT1575
Introduction

This 1-day hands-on workshop will teach participants concepts and features of FrontPage. FrontPage is Microsoft's answer to Rapid Web Design. With the capability of generating an entire Web Site in a fraction of the time that it would take to complete in a regular HTML editor, FrontPage is the choice of many designer and developers that develop both static and dynamic web sites.

Internet Introduction
ENT1501
Introduction

This one-day hands-on computer workshop will allow participants to effectively utilize the most common components of the Internet. Emphasis will be placed on search methods, Newsgroups, and short cuts to these resources.

ITIL v3 Foundation
ENT1604

This course is geared towards those who are seeking ITIL Foundation certification and are interested in aligning IT with business, controlling or reducing IT costs, improving IT service quality, and balancing IT resources in the most effective manner. In this course, you will prepare for the ITIL v3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management. This course is delivered in conjunction with Global Knowledge.

Module 4: Accounting and Finance for the Maintenance Manager
MMP1030

One Note 2007
ENT1623

Outlook 2003
ENT1503
Introduction

This one day hands-on workshop will familiarize participants to all the components of Microsoft Outlook with emphasis on managing email, contacts, and appointment scheduling.

Testimonials

"Very enjoyable. Thx!"
Tess Page, FCR

"Very professional and made the course interesting."
Suzanne Arcand, SDHU

Outlook 2003
ENT1504
Advanced

This one day hands-on workshop will familiarize participants with the advanced features of Microsoft Outlook with emphasis on: formatting messages, creating HTML messages, and working with files and applications.

Outlook 2007
ENT1587
Introduction

This one day hands-on workshop will familiarize participants to all the components of Microsoft Outlook 2007 with emphasis on managing email, contacts, and appointment scheduling.

Testimonial

"Good job."
Natalie Ferguson, SDHU

PowerPoint 2003
ENT1513
Introduction

In this two-day hands-on workshop, participants will be introduced to the commands and features of Microsoft PowerPoint to be able to quickly and easily create professional looking presentation material. Emphasis will be on text-based presentations and methods of showing presentations. Inserting and formatting graphics, including drawing shapes, clip art, word art and special effects.

Testimonial

"I thought the course was very informative. I was glad I took the course."
John Cimms

PowerPoint 2003
ENT1514
Advanced

This one day hands-on workshop will familiarize participants with the advanced features using Microsoft PowerPoint with emphasis on: customizing PowerPoint presentations with Clipart, Organization Charts, Graphs, Tables and Objects.

Testimonials

"Thank you for a very informative session. A lot of knowledge was gained and will be very useful in my position."
Jaymie Vendramin, Lakeside Controls

"A very enjoyable & productive day."
Jim Burke, Government of Ontario

PowerPoint 2007
ENT1584
Level 1

In this one-day hands-on workshop, participants will be introduced to the commands and features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and will be able to quickly and easily create professional looking presentation material. Emphasis will be on text-based presentations and methods of howing presentations. Inserting and formatting graphics, including drawing shapes, clip art, word art and special effects.

Testimonials

"Excellent course."
Dan Murphy, Xstrata Nickel

"Received very useful hints."
Carole Ouellette, SDHU

PowerPoint 2007
ENT1598
Level 2

This one day hands-on workshop will familiarize participants with the advanced features using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 to create a slideshow with all of the bells and whistles. During this workshop you will be working with movies and music, customizing backgrounds, photo albums and animation.

Testimonials

"Awsome!"
Carole Ouellette, SDHU

"Excellent!"
Janet Natale, SDHU

Project 2003
ENT1517
Introduction

This two day hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the project planning process using Microsoft Project. This will include creating schedules, assigning resources and costs to tasks to monitor and control progress, and printing schedules and reports.

Testimonials

"Very good introduction to MS Project and its tools/use."
Mark Mison, Stantec

"Great class. I enjoyed how you can follow what the instructor is talking about on your monitor. I pay attention way more than when it was on the screen in the front of the class."
LeeAnne Hnotchuk, Stantec

Project 2003
ENT1518
Advanced

This two day hands-on workshop will show participants how to become more productive during the project planning process by using the advanced features of Microsoft Project.

Testimonial

"I enjoyed both introduction and advanced project. I will be looking for other courses to take through The Enterprise Centre."
Deanne McNamae, Cementation Canada

Project 2007
ENT1605
Level 2

This one-day workshop is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans. It is also intended for a person who has a basic understanding of Microsoft Project 2003.

Project 2007
ENT1610
Level 1

In this one-day workshop, you will create a project plan containing tasks, organize these tasks in a work breakdown structure containing task relationships, create and assign resources, and finalize the project to implement the project plan.

Publisher 2003
ENT1558
Introduction

This 1-day hands-on workshop is designed for users with little or no exposure to Microsoft Publisher. The intent of the course is to familiarize the students with the Publisher environment and get them up and running quickly. The workshop provides the steps for creating, formatting and modifying publications.

Publisher 2003
ENT1559
Advanced

This 1-day hands-on workshop is designed for users with prior exposure to Microsoft Publisher. The intent of the course is to give proficiency in creating newsletters, designing Web sites, setting up mail merges, and performing other advanced-level tasks.

Publisher 2007
ENT1612
Introduction

This one-day, hands-on workshop is designed for users with little or no exposure to Microsoft Publisher. The intent of the course is to familiarize the students with the Publisher environment and get them up and running quickly. The workshop provides steps for creating, formatting and modifying publications.

Transition to Office 2007
ENT1588

This one-day hands-on workshop will help participants become efficient in the basic use of Microsoft 2007. During this workshop, participants will be made more comfortable with the new interface in Office 2007. This is a hands-on day of training with one of our qualified facilitators. Participants are encouraged to bring specific transition questions to this workshop and these will be addressed accordingly.

VBA for Excel 2003
ENT1589

This one-day hands-on workshop will allow participants to simplify their work in Excel by automating many of the repetitive tasks that are part of spreadsheet development. Participants will gain the required skills to apply VBA to develop macros, format worksheets, create user-interactive macros, work with multiple worksheets, and perform calculations.

Testimonials

"Well done"
Jim Snow, Stantec

"Very good."
Mark Burton, Atlas Copco

"Very helpful. An excellent start to VBA."
Esa Melantie

VBA fro Excel 2007
ENT1627

Visio 2003
ENT1570
Introduction

This 1-day hands-on workshop is designed for users who have little or no Visio 2003 experience. Participants will get the most out of this course if their goal is to become proficient in creating flow diagrams, basic organization charts and network diagrams.

Visio 2003
ENT1571
Advanced

This 1-day hands-on workshop is designed for users with the Basic knowledge of Visio 2003. Participants will get the most out of this course if their goal is to become proficient in creating technical layouts, advanced custom shape design, various business diagrams and Web site maps. Students will also learn how to integrate Visio with different applications.

Visio 2007
ENT1602
Level 2

This course will build upon the knowledge gained in Visio 2007 Level 1, and enable you to work with many advanced features, including using the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing your Visio drawings with other applications.

Visio 2007
ENT1611
Level 1

Diagrams and charts play a pivotal role in knowledge distribution, making complex data easy to understand. Visio 2007 has a host of features that are instrumental in creating pictorial representations of information. This course is designed for persons who have an understanding of basic workflows and the concept of end-to-end flowcharting.

Windows 7
ENT1619
Level 1

This course will provide you with the basic skills needed to get started with personal computers and work with the various features, tools, and options available in the Windows 7 operating system. In this course, you will familiarize yourself with the Windows 7 environment, customize Windows 7, and manage folders and files. You will also work with simple tools and browse the Internet using Internet Explorer 8.

Windows XP Introduction
ENT1500

This one day hands-on workshop will teach participants concepts and features fundamental to using Microsoft Windows XP and common to most Windows Applications.

Testimonial

"Very enjoyable way to learn. All questions answered. Would definitely recommend this course."
Debbie Larabie

Word 2003
ENT1505
Introduction

This two day hands-on workshop will help participants become efficient in the basic concepts and commands of Microsoft Word. By creating a solid foundation of knowledge, participants will be better equipped to investigate more advanced commands on their own.

Testimonials

"You have a great learning atmosphere. I would highly recommend it to anyone."
Cori Lemaitre, HRSRH

"Thanks. I’m less afraid of computers."
Rory Kanerva, Cecil Facer Youth Centre

Word 2003
ENT1506
Templates / Large Documents Management

This one day hands-on workshop will assist participants to become efficient in working with large, multi-page documents. Also, participants will use Word's templates and create templates to help automate workflow in their office.

Testimonial

"Excellent motivator with perfect understanding for the individual needs of the participants."
Rob Cundari, Stantec

Word 2003
ENT1507
Tables / Columns / Merging

This one day hands-on workshop will help participants become familiar with creating Tables, newsletter-style Columns and performing Merges in Microsoft Word.

Testimonial

"Excellent course – I feel I have more time saving tools to use!"
Paulette Richardson

Word 2007
ENT1583
Level 1

This one day hands-on workshop will help participants become efficient in the using the new Microsoft Word 2007 and the new terminology. By creating a solid understanding of word-processing concepts participants will increase their productivity while reducing the amount of time spent on basic documents.

Testimonials

"Awsome!"
Carole DelMastro, Xstrata Nickel

"Very good training on new 2007 Word. Looking forward to using the new program."
Rubina Nebenionquit, Whitefish Lake First Nation

"Excellent course!"
Terry Gamble, Xstrata Nickel

Word 2007
ENT1585
Level 2

This one day hands-on workshop will help participants become familiar with the more advanced features of Word 2007. Throughout the day participants will be working with Mail Merge, Templates, and working with formatting techniques. This level is of particular interest to those who have to create more complex documents.

Testimonials

"Excellent – very helpful with questions. Answers each individuals concerns."
Karen Spec, Spec & Sons

"Excellent!"
Terry Gamble, Xstrata Nickel

Word 2007
ENT1597
Level 3

This one day hands-on workshop is for the truly advanced user. During this workshop you will learn the concepts and techniques of Mail Merging, Advanced Document Formatting and Automation within Word 2007. This workshop is geared toward individuals who are responsible for producing fully comprehensive long documents. (manuals, text books, reports etc.).

 
 
 
 
 
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