Adult Education

Computers

VISTA and Microsoft Office 2007

Intro to VISTA

The course will cover the following: Operating Vista, Editing, Copying, and Moving in Vista, Internet Explorer, Managing Files, Folders, and Floppy Disks, Customizing Your Work Environment and Desktop, and Printing Documents.

Sat., September 12, 9-4 p.m., $135 (includes book)
Register after September 3 - $145

Word – Microsoft Office 2007

Learn the core functions of this powerful word-processing program such as creating letters and reports, formatting text, copying and pasting, printing files, saving files, and exploring capabilities.

Sat., September 19, 9-4 p.m., $135 (includes book)
Register after September 10 - $145

Excel - Microsoft Office 2007

Students will learn how to enter and edit data, labels, and formulas, work with functions, format cells, print worksheets, create charts, and save a workbook as a Web page.

Sat., September 26, 9-4 p.m., $135 (includes book)
Register after September 17 - $145

Intermediate Excel - Microsoft Office 2007

Students will learn how to work with large worksheets, use 3-D formulas, customize Excel's toolbars and menus, apply special cell formatting, sort and filter lists, create combination charts and trend lines, use Excel's auditing features, and work with templates.

Sat., October 3, 9-4 p.m., $135 (includes book)
Register after September 24 - $145

Power Point - Microsoft Office 2007

Students will learn how to create presentations, rearrange and delete slides, use the Formatting toolbar, set tabs, and align text. They'll also learn how to work with objects, AutoShapes, text boxes, fill colors, WordArt, and other types of images. They'll create tables, apply a design template, work with slide masters, add headers and footers, and use PowerPoint's built-in proofing tools. Finally, learn how to create links between presentations and save a presentation for Web delivery.

Sat., October 10, 9-4 p.m., $135 (includes book)
Register after October 1 - $145

Computers for Seniors

The following courses have been designed especially for seniors 60 and up.  

Intro to the PC

Fridays, September 11 & 8, 9-12 noon, $40

Intro to Vista

Fridays, September 25 & October 2, 9-12 noon, $40

Internet

Fridays, October 9 & 16, 9-12 noon, $40
Prerequisite: Intro to Vista 

Graphic Design

Photoshop Basics

Unlock the potential of your photos and imagination with Photoshop, the industry standard for creating photo collages, retouching, and image manipulation. Learn the basics, from adding missing people to your group shots to instantly changing the color of you favorite flowers. Learn the techniques for special effects that will turn the most boring photos into works of digital art  all in easy step-by-step instructions.

Tuesdays, September 1-15, 6-9 p.m., $125

Intermediate Photoshop

This session will dive deeper into the features of Photoshop. For those who have already taken the Basics class, this session will cover advanced selection techniques, color adjustments, blending modes, and how Photoshop works seamlessly with other Creative Suite software. Sign up to learn real world effects that you can use over and over again in a fun creative way.

Tuesdays, September 22-October 6, 6-9 p.m., $125

Illustrator

Illustrator is a graphics application that artists, illustrators, designers and anyone who likes to work with graphics can use to create illustrations or trace existing ones. These illustrations can be modified to produce professional quality artwork that can be used in a brochure, ad, or publication or integrated into a page layout software document.

Tuesdays, October 13-27, 6-9 p.m., $125

Register after October 1 - $135