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C Programming - Part 1 
This course is the first in a four-part series that will give students the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to be able to write syntactically correct C code, using the facilities of a standard
ANSI C library, to create basic applications. This series is not environment or vendor-specific. This course will give students a basic understanding of some of the fundamental constructs of C. In
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C Programming - Part 2 
This course is the second in a four-part series that will give students the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to be able to write syntactically correct C code, using the facilities of a standard
ANSI C library, to create basic applications. This series is not environment or vendor-specific. In this course, students will learn about arrays, pointers, and user-defined data types.
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C Programming - Part 3 
...and knowledge necessary to be able to write syntactically correct C code, using the facilities of a standard
ANSI C library, to create basic applications. This series is not environment or vendor-specific. This course begins to introduce some more advanced topics. Students will learn about some of the more advanced uses for pointers, explore the collection of special bitwise operators, learn
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C Programming - Part 4 
...and knowledge necessary to be able to write syntactically correct C code, using the facilities of a standard
ANSI C library, to create basic applications. This series is not environment or vendor-specific. This course will teach students the skills and knowledge necessary to perform some more advanced tasks with the C language. Students will learn some important read/write and memory management
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The Professional Teller: Working with Money 


The
Professional Teller:
Working with
Money offers the student an overview of the various features of money, the different forms of currency, and how money is packaged. The program also covers how to handle money by using the processes for paying and receiving cash. In addition, the program instructs the student how to organize and secure a drawer, as well as how to distinguish between real and
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Understanding Your Customer 
Can you imagine trying to sell a product or service to a customer you know nothing about? You probably wouldn't succeed. The better you know your customer, the higher your chance for success. In this course, you'll learn about the first major component of the strategic account sales (
SAS) approach: research. You'll start by learning about the key areas to research using the SAS approach and where
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Delivering High-Impact Sales Presentations 
The most important meeting you'll have with your client is when you show the decision makers that you have the right business fit for their needs. You've done a lot of hard work, so when the curtain goes up on your sales presentation, you want an award-winning performance. In this course, you'll learn about the third major component of the strategic account sales (
SAS) approach--presentation.
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Delivering High-impact Territorial Account Sales TAS Presentations 
In this course, you'll learn about the third major component of the territorial account sales approach--presentation. Your presentation is the most important meeting you'll have with your client. This is when you show the decision makers that you have the right product and business fit for their needs. You've done a lot of hard work, so when you make your sales presentation, you want it to
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Applying Your Field Sales Approach 
A unique quality of effective field sales representatives is their ability to assess their customers' needs, determine sales opportunities, and access the decision makers--often in one or two sales calls. Sound impossible? It's not if the sales professional applies the essentials presented in
Applying Your Field Sales Approach. This course provides sales strategies to change your customers'
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Preparing for Outbound Sales Calls 
The most successful outbound sales calls begin long before the salesperson places the call. Successful inside selling is all about planning and being prepared. Being prepared means knowing what to expect from your customer and planning your responses. In this course, you will learn about the common perceptions customers have of salespeople. You will also learn the three premises of the inside
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Preparing for Inbound Sales Calls 
Do you think selling means waiting for the phone to ring? A successful inside sales agent begins planning long before the customer calls. Successful inside selling is all about being prepared, and that means thinking ahead on customer inquiries and responses you will give. This course identifies the common perceptions that customers have of salespeople. In the course, you will learn the three
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Using Surveys to Measure Customer Satisfaction 
If you're lucky, your customers will complain when they are dissatisfied with your company's service. If you're not so lucky, they'll say nothing and just take their business elsewhere. It's essential that you keep your fingers on the pulse of customer opinion if you are to prevent them defecting to the competition. You need to measure customer satisfaction on a regular basis, and this course will
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Evaluating Internal Assignments 
So, is it success or failure? It's crucial that you take time to review your project and confirm outcomes on completion. What has been achieved, and what didn't go as planned? And how have you performed personally? Of course, success depends on your ability as an internal consultant to continually develop in the role, increase your skills, and make overall improvements in your performance. This
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Introduction to Project Process Groups and Initiating a Project 
In a relay race, the baton handoff from one runner to the next has a dual purpose. For the first runner, the handoff represents the end of his phase of the race. For the second runner, the handoff represents the beginning. The baton handoff is both a result and an input. In any project, there are many baton "handoffs" that must happen, making the whole project highly interactive. During this
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Project Planning 
In the early planning phases, project managers and team members have the most potential influence on the outcomes of a project. Yet, lots of planning does not guarantee successful planning. Just as project success can be planned, project disasters can be predestined if team members are not careful about the assumptions they make. A project management team that can balance the need for
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Making Group Decisions Working Together 
This course introduces several strategies to recognize and overcome challenges that can hamper a general group consensus. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.
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Ratios Averages and Graphs 
Whether tracking profitability or portraying the rate of inventory consumption, knowledge of ratios and averages is indispensable in the business world. Using real-world scenarios, this course explains the concepts of ratio, proportion, and how to compare different kinds of numbers; and discusses simple, weighted, and moving averages. Anyone who needs to apply basic math skills to business
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The Role of Critical Thinking in Organizations 
In the organizational arena, applied critical thinking skills provide an essential foundation for all effective planning, problem-solving, and decision-making activities. Employees who can analyze and reason consistently and proficiently furnish a cost-efficient resource that results in a distinctive competitive advantage. Workers who are skeptical of quick fixes and operational dogma pay
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Giving Feedback A Manager s Guide 
The performance of your business depends upon the performance of every member of your staff. Thus a key skill for all who manage staff is the ability to provide candid, constructive feedback about performance. The purpose of this course is to enable you to enhance your skills in giving feedback. The course starts by exploring the nature of feedback, and it then develops a practical approach to the
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The Process of Interpersonal Communications 
It is almost impossible to be productive in today's business environment without being an effective communicator. This is particularly true if achievement of your goals depends on your ability to influence others. You need to be able to communicate your ideas, instructions, thoughts, and feelings accurately. This is not as easy as it may seem, and ineffective communication is often at the core of
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Continuous Performance Assessment 
This course shows you how to make performance appraisal a continuous process. The first stage of continuous performance assessment is planning. Appraisal must be linked to performance goals that matter, and these goals need to encompass both the organization and the individual before a performance plan can be agreed on by appraiser and appraisee. Even with conventional roles and relationships this
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Successful Coaching Relationships 
Coaching is a set of practical skills and a style of relating that develop the potential of both the individual being coached and the coach. For this development to take place, there must be a working relationship between a coach and a willing coachee, a relationship based on mutual trust, respect, commitment and confidentiality. Within this collaborative framework, the coach uses a repertoire of
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Employee Compensation HRCI PHR 
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (
HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications associated with effective compensation. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and
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Offers Contracts and Organizational Exit HRCI PHR 
Human
Resource (HR) professionals today have to deal with particularly sensitive subjects regarding employment. This course examines employment offers for prospective candidates, contract creation, and record-keeping requirements. In addition, the complex issues of organizational exit--including downsizing, severance, and termination--are explored. The Human Resource Certification Institute's
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Offers Contracts and Exit from the Organization HRCI PHR 
Human
Resource (HR) professionals today have to deal with particularly sensitive subjects regarding employment. This course examines employment offers for prospective candidates, contract creation, and record-keeping requirements. In addition, the complex issues of organizational exit--including downsizing, severance, and termination--are explored. The Human Resource Certification Institute's
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Compensating Employees HRCI PHR 
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (
HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications associated with effective compensation. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and
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Accounting Fundamentals 
How does a business achieve and maintain profitability? An understanding and an accurate application of accounting practices are hallmarks of a successful and financially progressive business. Accounting is a distinct discipline, with its own standards and language. Understanding accounting procedures requires a prerequisite knowledge of certain principles, concepts, terms, and common accounting
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Accounting Systems and Closing Activities 
Some businesses carry out hundreds of transactions in a single day. You can imagine the accounting data at the end of the day, or the end of the month. Ultimately, these transactions can be categorized into a few different types. Organizing the transactions through special journals actually reduces the work and allows you to be more efficient in your accounting activities at the end of every
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Accounting for Corporations 
Did you know that basic accounting transactions for corporations are different than other types of business organizations? Do you need to learn more about the basic accounting principles of corporations? This course is designed to teach you how to perform basic accounting procedures specifically for corporations. You will learn how to record the issuance of stock and record transactions in the
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Thinking Strategically 
...an and process efficient is no good if you don't have the correct business strategy. But what is strategic thinking and what does it look like in the context of your business? This course is focused on discovering and using the key elements of successful strategic thinking. Those in management who are engaged in or preparing for a more strategic role in their business. This includes senior
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Pricing for Profitability 
...mful to the success of your new product or service than incorrect pricing and other financial projections In this course, you will not only learn how to gather pertinent revenue and expense information to help you price your product, but also how to determine your objectives and policies to correctly position your product in its market niche. You'll examine three methods and four strategies
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Design of Experiments DOE 
By the time they reach the
Six Sigma Improve phase, organizations have a solid understanding of how and why their processes fail to meet customers' expectations. Organizations use the
Design of
Experiments (
DOE), a key methodology of the Six Sigma Improve phase, to quantify with statistical precision the factors that are causing this gap. Well-designed experiments result in effective process
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Design and Analysis 
In the
Six Sigma Improve phase, organizations are aiming to evaluate which process inputs have the most significant impact on the process output. Only by effective experimental design and subsequent analysis can organizations pinpoint areas for improvement. This course will enable you to choose between process methods, determine the most effective process, and take into account all of the
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Experimenting for Process Improvement 
The
Improve phase of the
Six Sigma DMAIC methodology concerns locating the optimal conditions of a process. Many improvement techniques used in
Six Sigma concentrate on the impact of single factors on response or yield. In order to achieve breakthrough improvements, however, it is necessary to determine how multiple interacting factors impact response. This course introduces the sophisticated
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Total Productive Maintenance TPM 
How do you ensure that the maintenance requirements of physical assets are met as cheaply and effectively as possible? The goal is to reduce downtime and minimize maintenance costs. Total
Productive Maintenance (
TPM) is a systematic approach to eliminating waste associated with production equipment and machinery. It is an approach that seeks to engage all levels and functions in an organization to
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Properties and Applications of Probability Distributions 
Whether calculating future process capability or the length of time before product failure, probability distributions are essential to the
Six Sigma Black Belt. Distributions and their random variables are the key to determining supportable conclusions for hypothesis tests and confidence intervals. This course discusses the general use of probability distributions, and reviews the applications of
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Measurement Systems 
The
Six Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that shows the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in the roadmap, the
Measure phase, provides a methodology and tools for collecting data and establishing baseline measures of current processes. However, measurement itself can be problematic. A measurement system is only as good as the measuring instruments and the operators, and
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Analyzing Process Capability 
Process capability is determined by a range of variables including people, machines, materials and measurements. The cumulative result must be quantified numerically to determine current performance and project future potential. To do so requires a knowledge of control limits, specification limits, capability indices, and the difference between short- and long-term variability. This course teaches
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Calculating Process Capability 
When process data fails to produce a normal distribution, special indices are required to calculate process capability. This course teaches
Black Belt candidates the indices for non-normal process capability, and discusses how to transform non-normal data for use in standard statistical tests. It also examines the difference between continuous and discrete data, and the distributions used for
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Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Data 
There's one thing that doctors, mechanics, and detectives sometimes share in common--getting to the source of something that's gone wrong in a system. Things go wrong in business systems too, and to get at the source of the problem, you have to dig down deep. This course is all about making sure
Six Sigma Green belts and team members dig deep enough, to where the solutions are simplest. In order
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ISO 9001 2000 Overview of Standards 


In
ISO 9001: 2000: Overview of
Standards you will learn the fundamentals of the
ISO system of standards. It examines quality management in general and ISO in particular, focusing on the history of ISO and how their standards are developed. It then teaches the initial steps an organization should take when seeking initial or upgraded certification from ISO. Members of Corporate Management,
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Lean Strategies 
...information about how to put all of these together in the correct sequence. In this course, you'll learn how to prepare for, develop, and maintain a lean organization. In
Lesson 1 you'll learn what lean techniques to implement first and how to make the organizational transition go smoothly. In Lesson 2 you'll explore how to deploy specific lean techniques and support your efforts with proven
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Inventory Management 
In today's economy, companies must be able to move large quantities of product quickly to locations across the globe. Overnight delivery methods have drastically altered customers' expectations regarding delivery times. Lead times of four to six weeks are no longer acceptable. In light of these changes, effective
Inventory Management is no longer static- the emphasis is on movement, and quick
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Pricing and Profitability for Product Managers 
A crucial aspect of a product manager's job is deciding what price to charge for a given product. It's equally important to understand that pricing decisions do not happen in a vacuum; the product manager will be held accountable for the success of the products he prices. Clearly, it's important for the product manager to understand the financial implications of his decisions. In this course,
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Principles of Marketing Pricing Strategy 
Principles of
Marketing:
Pricing Strategy offers the student an overview of the information required to identify the role pricing plays in the marketing mix, to select appropriate objectives for pricing strategies, and to choose common methods to determine pricing. In addition, the program details the issues to consider when establishing a pricing strategy, the legal constraints that can affect
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Developing a New-product Strategy 
Product development is not a mystery. Nor is it only the concern of your research and development department. One of your main responsibilities as a product manager is to create a new-product strategy. This means that in addition to developing new-product goals, you also need to develop a plan for reaching those goals. In this course, you'll explore the tools and techniques to help you create a
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Rightful Termination 
One of the most difficult things you will do as a manager is to tell an employee that his or her working relationship with the company must end. When you take this course, you will learn specific steps to follow when terminating someone's employment due to layoffs, performance problems or misconduct. You will then have the opportunity to apply what you've learned in a role play. Of course, the
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Usability Engineering 
This
WestNet e-Learning module presents the concept of usability engineering and also explores the various forms of testing and measurement, measurement devices, and methodology.
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Interviewing and Hiring Practices 
This course is intended to teach learners how to exercise sound judgment in the hiring and interviewing process. Not many companies nowadays specify discriminatory characteristics either directly or openly in an advertisement, unless these are required by a bona fide occupational qualification. Your advertising medium, the questions you ask on forms, what you discuss in company publications, and
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UNIX System Administration 
This course presents the basics of administering a
UNIX operating system. It includes instruction on adding and removing users, backing up the file system, managing the file system, and manipulating the run-time environment. The course introduces the concept of system administration. It describes the duties of the system administrator, introduces the superuser and discusses how an administrator
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Troubleshooting 
This
WestNet e-Learning module presents a general approach for troubleshooting a network, the most common software and hardware tools for network troubleshooting, and a series of real-world problems that show how an administrator can use various combinations of tools and a disciplined approach to identify and correct many common problems.
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Operation and Configuration of Cisco IOS Routers 
To use available configuration tools to establish connectivity to a router in order to complete the initial router configuration and to verify the default configuration and status of a functioning access-layer router
Individuals new to networking concepts and terminology; individuals preparing to take the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (
ICND) learning path; anyone preparing for the
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Using PL SQL with an Oracle Server 
To write lexical units in their correct format in a PL/
SQL block, perform data conversion in PL/SQL, write PL/SQL anonymous blocks, and recognize the correct structure of a PL/SQL program block
Database administrators, application developers, and database operators
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Workplace Security Awareness 
This one-hour course will provide an awareness-level orientation of basic workplace security fundamentals and appropriate actions for workers to take in the event of potential threat situations that may be encountered in the workplace, including encountering trespassers, receiving phone threats, dealing with workplace violence incidents, evacuating during an emergency, and protecting against
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NFPA 1600 Business Continuity Programs 
Whether it is a natural disaster that sweeps through your city or a computer virus that destroys vital electronic information, businesses need to be able to recover their services and operations as soon as possible if such a disaster does occur. A Business
Continuity Program involves planning the recovery of operations when confronted with adverse events such as natural disasters, technological
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IATA 2 Marking and Labeling 
This one-hour training course will introduce the International Air Transport Association's
Marking and
Labeling requirements. The proper identification, preparation, and transportation of hazardous materials affects everyone's safety. This training course may be used to meet the requirements for general awareness/familiarization training. Your employer will provide additional function-specific
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Fire Prevention and Safety 
This one-hour training course addresses how to prevent fires and recognize fire hazards. It will also discuss what actions to take in the event of a fire, including the proper use of portable fire extinguishers. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. define the chemistry of fire recognize common fire hazards classify types
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First Aid--Medical Emergencies 
Medical emergencies can occur at anytime but may be hidden because of injuries suffered in an accident, or an accident may trigger a medical emergency such as a heart attack, stroke, or seizure. This one-hour training will focus on the signs and symptoms of specific medical emergencies and their treatment. Being trained in first aid could mean the difference between life and death. Note: This
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Hand and Power Tool Safety 
...ral power tool safety precautions define the purpose and correct usage of guards specify what tools are equipped with safety switches identify specific hazards and control measures related to the use of electric tools identify specific hazards and control measures related to the use of power grinders identify specific hazards and control measures related to the use of pneumatic tools
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Hot Work Permits 
Hot work can be defined as any operation such as brazing, cutting, welding, grinding, soldering, or torching that can cause sparks or flames. While such work is necessary, the hazards associated can be minimized through an effective hot work permit program. This
30-minute course provides an overview of an
OSHA-compliant hot work permit program, including the permit process, roles and
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Ladder and Scaffolding Safety 
This one-hour course is designed to train employees to recognize the hazards associated with ladders, stairways, and the type of scaffold being used at the work site and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. identify the types of portable ladders and their
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Ladder Safety 
This course provides information about the safe use of portable and fixed ladders. The intent of the course is to provide the learner with information about the hazards involved with the use of ladders and control methods that will greatly reduce these hazards. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. identify hazards related to
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Lead and Cadmium 
...re to understand the dangers of cadmium and lead, and the correct practices that should be followed when working with them, can leave you exposed to long-term health risks. Lead and cadmium have a number of industrial applications. This course provides an understanding of the basic health effects, routes of entry, methods of compliance and prevention, and regulatory requirements for both
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Structuring Editing Saving and Opening Documents in Word 2007 
Word 2007 provides many options for structuring and editing documents which are complemented by a variety of editing tools. There are also options for saving documents which can be customized to suit your word processing needs. This course explains the use of page and section breaks, spacing adjustment, and column insertion, and explores the basic editing tools packaged with
Word 2007. A new
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Microsoft Word 97 Basic 
This highly interactive
CBT contains five units that cover basic
Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Word 97, students learn how to design, create, edit, and enhance documents. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online glossary
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Microsoft Word 2000 Basic 
This highly interactive
CBT contains five units that cover basic
Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Word 2000, students learn how to design, create, edit, and enhance documents. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online
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Adobe GoLive CS2 Enhancements and Publishing Your Site 
This course introduces you to enhancements and publishing a
Web site using
Adobe GoLive CS2. In this course, you will learn how to create rollovers and forms. You will also learn to add multimedia and flash files to your Web site and correct broken links, change and update links, connect your site to a server, and finally upload your site. The audience consists of Web designers and developers
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Industrial Safety - Back Safety 
Back discomfort and body fatigue can result if work has to be preformed in awkward postures or involves excessive lifting. This course is designed to identify and correct these. By identifying and correcting these actions employee health and morale will increase. Employers will also benefit from the decreasing medical costs and employee turnover as well as increasing productivity and product
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