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Desktop Application Training from Optimum

Optimum's desktop productivity courses enable people to get up to speed on desktop applications quickly and conveniently - with online skills assessments to ensure that individuals select the correct course for their needs.

Optimum has developed a range of courses covering widely used desktop productivity software including Microsoft Office technologies, SharePoint, Lotus Notes, Adobe and others.

These courses are available through our open enrollment programme or as customized courses specifically designed for an organisation.

Courses for the individual

To view our current course schedules for open enrollment, please choose from the list of programmes on the left. We offer courses designed around different levels of competency, allowing you to choose from introductory, intermediate or advanced classes. Our skills assessment quizzes will help to determine which class you should take.

Courses for organisations

You can select courses for your staff from the open enrollment schedule. Optimum can help you to build a training platform and advise which courses will get your team members up to speed on desktop technologies.

Alternatively, we can adapt an open course or devise and run workshops to explore company requirements, covering any or all of the specific programmes within the software.

Skills Quiz

Not sure if you need an Introduction, Intermediate or Advanced course? Take our Skills quiz

For more information and dates, please click on the related links.

Training for Business Systems

Optimum offers training to support the implementation of enterprise systems.

Forthcoming courses

Microsoft Excel Essentials

6 September 2010

£220.00

Places available: 5

VBA for Excel Part One

8 September 2010

£250.00

Places available: 8

Microsoft Project Part 1

10 September 2010

£250.00

Places available: 7

Microsoft Access Intermediate

14 September 2010

£220.00

Places available: 7

Introduction to Microsoft Office 2007

16 September 2010

£220.00

Places available: 8

This month's focus

Optimum can help all users – from beginner to advanced – to understand the benefits of relational databases, and to develop powerful queries and reports in Access.