CMPS 215S Business Applications
This course provides an in-depth knowledge base for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Microsoft Word topics include creating, saving, and printing documents, and saving documents as Web pages. Microsoft PowerPoint would entail using various galleries that are part of the software, downloaded via Internet, or customized. PowerPoint topics include creating, saving, adding, printing the presentation slides, creating graphical announcements, developing an Internet presentation, and inserting charts and tables. Excel topics include formulas, functions, charting, formatting worksheets, absolute cell references, working with large worksheets, what-if analysis, using Excel to create static and dynamic web pages. Some access topics to be discussed will include database definitions, files, records, fields, storage, and retrieval. Projects may vary according to instructor choice and student needs. (3-0-3)