Our Microsoft Office Specialist training courses are designed to increase your efficiency and confidence using the Microsoft software applications.  Our Office training covers a wide range of software titles including Excel (spreadsheet), Access (database), OneNote (digital notebook), Outlook (email communication), Word (documents), and PowerPoint (presentations).

Some basic benefits for attending the MOS courses:

  • Courses are designed to help prepare students for industry-recognized certification.
  • Microsoft Office products help improve work efficiency
  • Learn the computing skills companies are looking for.
  • Boost your workforce résumé.

Coastal currently offers the following Microsoft Office Specialist training courses:

  • Office 365 Boot Camp – Level I
  • Office 365 Intermediate – Level II
  • Office 365 Advanced Course
  • Office 365 Boot Camp – Level I

Microsoft Excel Training Courses

Having a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel is extremely valuable to employers and can increase your chances of getting hired by showing employers that you have great analytical skills.  For this reason, many employers specifically request Excel knowledge as part of the job specification.  Excel can be used to organize data in an easy-to-navigate way, do basic and complex mathematical functions so you don’t have to, turn data into helpful graphics and charts.  In these courses, students discover how to visualize, manipulate, and analyze data.

Coastal currently offers the following Microsoft Office Specialist Excel training courses:

  • Office 365 Excel Introduction – Intermediate
  • Office 365 Excel Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts
  • Microsoft Excel Advanced Formulas, VLOOKUP, Dashboards and PivotTables
  • Microsoft Excel Advanced Data Analysis Tools
  • Microsoft Excel Power Pivot and Power Query
  • Microsoft Excel and Access Integration
  • Data Visualizations using Office 365 Excel
  • Excel Power Query and Power Pivot
  • Introduction to Data Analysis using Office 365 Excel

Microsoft Access Database Training Courses

Microsoft Access is an information management database tool that helps you store information for reference, reporting, and analysis.  Microsoft Access helps you analyze large amounts of information, and manage related data more efficiently than Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet applications.  Microsoft Access is tightly integrated with Microsoft Office software applications.  While Excel provides worksheets that are flat or non-relational, Access provides tables that are relational at multiple levels.

Coastal currently offers the following Microsoft Access database training courses:

  • Microsoft Access Database Design to Delivery
  • Microsoft Access Database Performance Tips and Techniques
  • Microsoft Access Queries, Reports and Macros
  • Microsoft Access Advanced Sub forms, Data Manipulation and Multisystem
  • Microsoft Access Advanced Form Design, Data Validation and Switchboards
  • Access Database: Customizing Forms, Reports, Tables and Action Queries