Professional Short Courses for Expatriates

Welkin offers training and workshops to help expatriates in Hong Kong improve their PC knowledge in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. All classes are in native English
by Sleiman Matar and designed to show the skills you need.

Introduction to Photoshop
Photoshop Workshop:Portraits
Introduction to Website Design with FrontPage
Introduction to Website Design with Dreamweaver
Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel
Introduction to Microsoft Word
Improving Microsoft Word Skills
Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginners

Introduction to Photoshop

Learn how to use this excellent photo-editing software to crop, colour, correct and merge photos or other graphics to create the images you want. This whirlwind tour is aimed at beginners and will introduce you to both basic and advanced features.

Class Schedule

Thursday 18 May 06 7.00 ¡V 10.00 pm
Tuesday 13 June 06 7.00 ¡V 10.00 pm

Location:
Central. See Map

Cost:
HK$600

To reserve your place:
see Booking Form

Enquiry:
training@welkin.com.hk or 2801 7754

Note:
The classes will use PCs (not Apple Macs) and use the full version of Photoshop CS. However as this is an introductory class, nearly all the functions you learn are available in every version of both Photoshop LE, Photoshop Elements and previous versions of Photoshop.

Photoshop Workshop:Portraits

This workshop is designed for students who have already completed the Photoshop Introductory course. The class will allow you to practise skills previously taught and cover techniques for improving ¡¥people' photos, including ¡V removing blemishes and wrinkles, changing hair/eye colour, softening and/or sharpening photos and other techniques to digitally enhance your portrait photos.

Class Schedule

Tuesday 6 July 06 7.00 ¡V 10.00 pm

Location:
Central. See Map

Cost:
HK$600

To reserve your place:
see Booking Form

Enquiry:
training@welkin.com.hk or 2801 7754

Introduction to Website Design with FrontPage

This 3-hour introductory class teaches you how to set up a domain name and website and write web pages using Frontpage 2003. By the end of the course you will be able to create simple (text, pictures and links) pages for your website and have the knowledge to edit and expand these whenever you wish. Information will be provided to help you set up your domain name and web-host.

Class Schedule

Tuesday 20 June 06 7.00 ¡V 10.00 pm

Location:
Central. See Map

Cost:
HK$600

To reserve your place:
see Booking Form

Enquiry:
training@welkin.com.hk or 2801 7754

Introduction to Website Design with Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver has been popular among professional web designers for quite a while and its recent development makes it appeal to non-professionals as well. This 3-hour introductory class teaches you how to use Dreamweaver to create web pages that include text, colours, tables and images, which can be good step towards making a smart looking website. This course will also cover how to upload files to your website.

Class Schedule

Thursday 8 June 06 7.00 ¡V 10.00 pm

Location:
Central. See Map

Cost:
HK$600

To reserve your place:
see Booking Form

Enquiry:
training@welkin.com.hk or 2801 7754

Spreadsheets with Micosoft Excel

Learn how to do calculations, spreadsheets and graphs with Microsoft Excel. Whether it is your household (or business) accounts, keeping track of your golf scores, or plotting the weight loss from your diet, Excel can do the sums and draw the graphs you want easily and efficiently. In one evening you can learn the following (and more!):

  • Entering and formatting numbers
  • Editing and moving numbers
  • Spreadsheet basics
  • Formulas to do the calculations (totals, averages, percentages)
  • Graphs (bar charts, pie charts, line graphs)

Class Schedule

Tuesday 30 May 06 10.00 am ¡V 1.00 pm
Thursday 20 July 06 7.00 - 10.00 pm

Location:
Central. See Map

Cost:
HK$600

To reserve your place:
see Booking Form

Enquiry:
training@welkin.com.hk or 2801 7754

Introduction to Microsoft Word

Class Schedule

Tuesday 6 June 06 7.00 ¡V 10.00 pm

Location:
Central. See Map

Cost:
HK$600

To reserve your place:
see Booking Form

Enquiry:
training@welkin.com.hk or 2801 7754

Improving Microsoft Word Skills

Want to improve your Microsoft Word skills? Why not spend one evening learning the latest skills and tips with this improvers' class. You are expected to already know how to create simple text documents. Skills covered include:

  • Advanced navigation skills - quickly moving around your documents
  • Spelling, Dictionaries, Autocorrect & Thesaurus
  • Page Numbering
  • Mail-merge - labels and invitations
  • Tables
  • Headers, footers, and sections
  • Tips and Hints to improve your efficiency

Class Schedule

Thursday 29 June 06 7.00 ¡V 10.00 pm
Thursday 27 July 06 7.00 - 10.00 pm

Location:
Central. See Map

Cost:
HK$600

To reserve your place:
see Booking Form

Enquiry:
training@welkin.com.hk or 2801 7754

Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginners

Learn to use Microsoft PowerPoint to enhance your presentations. This easy-to-use software can illustrate the concepts that you are trying to explain and aid and entertain your audience. Come and have a fun evening learning how to:

  • Create and edit text on slides
  • Add pictures or graphs to slides
  • Print audience handouts
  • Animate slides
  • Tips and hints for creating great presentations.

Class Schedule

Tuesday 11 July 06 7.00 ¡V 10.00 pm

Location:
Central. See Map

Cost:
HK$600

To reserve your place:
see Booking Form

Enquiry:
training@welkin.com.hk or 2801 7754

The Trainer

Sleiman Matar holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, Canada. He has been a programmer and software engineer for over 8 years, and has extensive experience in research and IT training.

Booking Form

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Class Title Photoshop Introduction, HK$600
¡@ Thu 18 May 06 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
Tue 13 Jun 06 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
¡@ Photoshop Workshop:Portraits, HK$600
¡@ Tue 6 Jul 06 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
¡@ Introduction to Website Design with FrontPage, HK$600
¡@ Tue 20 Jun 06 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
¡@ Introduction to Website Design with Dreamweaver, HK$600
¡@ Thu 8 Jun 06 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
¡@ Spreadsheets with Micosoft Excel, HK$600
¡@ Tue 30 May 06 (10.00am - 1.00pm)
Thu 20 Jul 06 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
¡@ Introduction to Microsoft Word , HK$600
¡@ Tue 6 Jun 06 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
¡@ Improving Microsoft Word Skills, HK$600
¡@ Thu 29 Jun 06 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
Thu 27 Jul 06 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
¡@ PowerPoint for Beginners, HK$600
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Tue 11 Jul 06 (7.00pm - 9.30pm)

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How to Pay:

  • Cheque made out to "Welkin Computer Training" and sent to:
    Welkin Computer Training
    2/F, Chinachem Tower
    34-37 Connaught Road Central,
    Hong Kong

  • Pay through your credit card account by filling in your credit card information on the book form.

  • Bank transfer to HSBC account
    002-7-383983. Please inform training@welkin.com.hk after transfer and bring a copy of the deposit advice when you attend your class.

Payment must be received within 3 days of your booking to confirm your place.

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