Mac Training and Apple Learning Solutions: Workshops

Mac OSX Leopard

Intro to Mac

Getting You Started with Your Mac

This course is designed to help new users get up-to-speed quickly and become familiar with Mac hardware. You will learn a number of basic skills that will provide a good foundation for using Mac OS X in your everyday life.

You will learn:

  • How and where to plug things into your Mac (printer, scanner, digital camera, and more)
  • How to navigate your Mac (open/save/move files and folders)
  • The orientation of the operating system (where your files live)
  • How to use some Mac applications and to access and surf the web
2 hours $50
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Mac OSX Leopard

More with Your Mac

Essentially, you will learn how to use your Mac with maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

This course is for intermediate users or to be taken after the completion of the “Intro to Mac” course. Essentially you will learn how to use your Mac with maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

You will learn:

  • Mac Essentials (managing user accounts and passwords)
  • Mac OS X Keyboard Short Cuts
  • How to use your amazing out of the box Applications such as:
    Address book • iCal • Mail • Safari • iChat • Preview
  • The most powerful tool on your Mac: Spotlight
  • Enhance your work-flow with Stacks & Spaces
3 hours $129
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Business Productivity

Mac Business Productivity

Productivity tools such as word processors, calendaring/contact management applications and databases are essential for today's small business. Keep everything in synch, learn your options, organize yourself with tools such as shared calendars, contacts, tasks, projects, notes and more.

You will learn to:

  • Getting started with entourage
  • Managing task and events using MyDay
  • Navigation techniques
  • Create & work with templates
  • Working with graphics
  • Formula and function lists
  • Advanced chart formatting
  • How to create free flowing presentations
4 hours $189
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Mac Marketing Class in Vancouver

Marketing on Your Mac

Communicating with customers is at the heart of small business. Whether creating artwork for your new advertising campaign, or managing a direct mail campaign to drive new clients, make the right impression with the right tools on the Mac.

You will learn:

  • To create interactive presentations with customized images and sound
  • How to create basic spreadsheets with Numbers, presentations with Keynote and documents with Pages
  • To switch between templates, add graphics and basic formatting tools
  • New text effects, transitions, simple animations and voice-over
  • How to create charts and tables
  • To import and export between Microsoft Office documents
4 hours $189
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Mac, Office 08, Mac OS X

Intro to Mac Office '08

Simplify your work

Deliver consistently professional results and confidently share files across platforms. Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage.

You will learn to:

  • Getting started with entourage
  • Managing task and events using MyDay
  • Navigation techniques
  • Create & work with templates
  • Working with graphics
  • Formula and function lists
  • Advanced chart formatting
  • How to create free flowing presentations
3 hours $129
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Mac OSX, iWork, Training

Intro to Microsoft Word '08

Word 2008 for Mac. From CEOs to students, people are creating a buzz with media-rich layouts,templates,and themes.

You will learn to:

  • Design Great-looking Documents with Themes
  • Create and Work with Templates
  • Format Your Document by Using Styles
  • Collaborate Effectively with Track Changes
  • Create a Newsletter in Publishing Layout View
  • Explore Security and Privacy for E-mail and Documents
3 hours $129
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Daylite 101 Class

Reach Daylite’s Full Potential

Amplify your Workflow

Whether you are a small business owner or manage a large team, our Marketcircle certified, hands-on class will empower you with the knowledge to utilize all of Daylite's powerful features. To learn more about our Daylite class, click here.

You will learn and understand:

  • The core fundamentals and the key concepts behind Daylite
  • The most efficient way to navigate around Daylite
  • How to capture and organize your thoughts with intent to achieve goals
  • New ways in which Daylite can increase business productivity
  • How to successfully match Daylite’s features to your business needs
2 Days - $599
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Mac Webinars Offered from Vancouver, BC

Webinar

More Info Coming Soon.

One on One

Choose your own adventure
Macfanatic Learning Centre 2hrs $99
Comfort of your Home 2hrs $159

Choose any of the following one-on-one workshops. Your own certified Macfanatic Pro will be teaching you the things you want to know. From creating family photo albums to learning how to make your documents appear sharper in Pages.

You will receive a CD/DVD with your presentation project burned on it.
You will receive a digital workshop booklet.

Mail, Address Book, & iCal

Learn inside and out Mac's big three.

You can learn to:

Mail

  • Organize your email into folders
  • Use rules for automatic sorting
  • Add your personal signature to messages

Address Book

  • Send contacts to friends
  • Create mailing groups
  • Make mailing labels

iCal

  • Stay on track with your schedule
  • Print out your calendars
  • Make iCal viewable on the internet
2 hours $99
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Office for Mac 2008

Deliver professional results and get straight A's.

You can learn to:

Word

  • Format your documents effectively
  • Design documents using Themes
  • Create & edit your own templates

Excel

  • Working with workbooks
  • Use the formula builder
  • Make your own ledger sheets

Powerpoint

  • Change the layout of a slide
  • Add graphics, movies and hyperlinks
  • Create animated actions between slides
2 hours $99
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iWork

Documents, charts & presentations. The Mac way.

You can learn to:

Pages

  • Create newsletters,resumes, brochures, business cards and more
  • Use advanced writing tools and powerful page layouts
  • Share your documents with Microsoft Word

Numbers

  • Create perfect spreadsheets
  • Sort, organize, and chart data using spreadsheet calculations
  • Compatibility! open, save, and email files in popular formats.

Keynote

  • Create cinema-quality presentations
  • Switch between templates, add graphics and formatting tools
  • Share Your presentation on iWork.com
2 hours $99
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iPhoto

Your photos, your way

iPhoto allows the amateur photographer to effortlessly create, organize, and share digital photo albums. Make instant, stunning slideshows with animated titles and multi-photo layouts or create travel-themed photo books complete with custom maps!

You can learn to:

  • Create newsletters,resumes, brochures, business cards and much more
  • Use advanced writing tools and powerful page layouts
  • Share your documents with Microsoft Word
2 hours $99
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Organize & Backup

Keeping your files organized and safe.

iPhoto allows the amateur photographer to effortlessly create, organize, and share digital photo albums. Make instant, stunning slideshows with animated titles and multi-photo layouts or create travel-themed photo books complete with custom maps!

You can learn to:

  • Organize & find your files with ease
  • Learn naming techniques & best practices
  • Back-up your files to hard drives, online solutions, usb sticks, dvd's
  • Understanding file types and how to deal with them
  • Never lose or misplace a file again
2 hours $99
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Located in the beautiful 55 Water Street building, within historic Gastown, Vancouver - our comfortable & spacious studio has been optimized for learning, understanding, and creating.

Visiting our Learning Studio is easy...

via auto-

There are some street level parking available, as well as numerous parking lots within a couple blocks.

via bicycle-

You can store it inside our studio while you are here.

via transit-

Take the Skytrain or Seabus, our studio/office is only a 5 minute walk from the Waterfront Station.

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