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Short Courses in Computing - Topics

The pages within this section are for Arkansas NRCS Employees Only.

To request one of the Short Courses in Computing for an upcoming meeting please contact Diana Angelo (501) 301-3175, Aaron Peter (501) 301-3119, or Creston Shrum (501) 301-3168. You are invited to submit additional topics that can be presented in less than one hour. Course material for select topics may also be available to download after a class has been held.


PDF documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Microsoft Office Word:

  • Tables in Word - Tables can help simplify and organize Microsoft Office Word documents. Learn how to add tables to your Word documents and handy uses for them.
  • More Than Cut and Paste - Making a Table of Contents and Index - Borders, Bullets, Watermarks, Columns, and Shading - Word Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts - Header/Footers, Page Breaks, Hyperlinks - Using Spelling, Grammar, and Thesaurus help. Download Course materials. Step by step (Doc 58kB) - Practice Document  (Doc 78kB) - Practice image (JPG 10.6kB).
  • Tracking Changes and Using Comments - You have been given a memo to review before it's sent to all employees. But they don't want you to make final changes to the memo. Instead, they want to see the changes you propose, read your comments, accept or reject your changes, and remove your comments. That's what Track Changes is all about.   
  • Chapters, Subtitles, Table of Contents - Course descriptions in progress
  • Header/Footers, Page Breaks, Hyperlinks - Course descriptions in progress      
  • Mail Merge, Form Letters, Envelops - Course descriptions in progress   
  • Images and Graphics - Course descriptions in progress   
  • Text, Tabs, and Bullets - Course descriptions in progress   
  • Making Web Pages - Course descriptions in progress

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Microsoft Office Excel:

  • Excel Anatomy - Course descriptions in progress
  • Working with Functions - Course descriptions in progress
  • Charts, Graphs, and Trendlines – Very often it’s not what you say, but how you say it. Including charts and graphs can often lend astounding clarity to your presentation. They can also leave a bad impression if poorly done. Learn to create charts and graphs that make your data stand out.  Class handouts available to download.
  • Inserting Comments and Formulas - Course descriptions in progress
  • Worksheet or Workbook? - Course descriptions in progress
  • Security and Locking - Course descriptions in progress

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Microsoft Office PowerPoint:

  • Topics and course descriptions in progress

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Microsoft Office Outlook:

  • Mailing Lists, Mail Folders, Email Subject Lines and Attachments - Course descriptions in progress

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Toolkit:

  • Creating Buffers and Waste Exclusion Areas - Course descriptions in progress
  • Snapping Lines Together - Course descriptions in progress
  • Adding a Practice Narrative to a Toolkit Plan - Course descriptions in progress
  • Using the Base Layer to Create Custom Layers - Course descriptions in progress
  • Reporting Progress from Toolkit - Course descriptions in progress
  • Adding Tools and Customizing - Course descriptions in progress 
  • Scheduling Practices and Creating a Plan Report - Course descriptions in progress

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GIS:

  • Where to Get the Best Data for Your Project - Course descriptions in progress
  • Soil Data Viewer - Course descriptions in progress
  • Web Soil Survey - Course descriptions in progress

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GPS:

  • Topics and  course descriptions in progress

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Office Machines:

  • Phones - Course descriptions in progress
  • Scanners - Course descriptions in progress
  • CD Labeler and DVD Copier - Course descriptions in progress
  • Color Copier - Course descriptions in progress

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Photo Editing:

  • Photo Basics - Do you want to take better digital pictures? Topics include: camera (types, controls, image resolution, image format), mechanics (holding the camera, focus, exposure), and settings (white balance, focal length, depth of field). Course handout available to download. Photography Workshop NRCS.

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Adobe PDF:

  • Topics and course descriptions in progress

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Computer Etiquette:

  • How Secure is Your Data? Backups, File Storage, Data Archives - Do you know where your files go when you hit save? Does anyone else have access to the place that your file is stored? If your computer crashes today, will there be a back-up copy of that very important document that you have been working on for weeks? Learn how and where to save your documents.
  • Where Did I Put That File? File Structure, Creating Folders, Digital Storage - Course descriptions in progress

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