INSTRUCTOR: B Ferman

PREREQUISITES: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND WINDOWS COURSES. SOME INTERNET EXPERIENCE, AND THE ABILITY TO USE BASIC WINDOWS SKILLS WITH A MINIMUM OF HELP.

DESCRIPTION: This course uses a FREE program OPEN OFFICE to create spreadsheets which turn your computer into a faster and much more powerful version of a calculator. It is a tool for both personal and business use. It is useful for entering and calculating data that can be conveniently displayed in rows and columns. Spreadsheets can be used for budgets, accounting, financial planning, insurance records, taxes, tracking investments, sales forecasting and reporting, or other statistical data that requires numbers and calculations. A free OpenOffice.org software CD will be handed out in class along with installation instructions

We will register 17 students in this course which meets 2 hrs. per week for