LPR – La Palette Rouge was founded in France in 1992 and specialises in the management and rental of pallets for food manufacturers and European distributors. With over 30 years’ experience and a unique personalised approach, LPR is now the European expert in pallet pooling.

Driving efficiency by providing reusable solutions. In line with their mission, they constantly strive to provide solutions for the sustainability challenges their clients are facing. So, they keep driving efficiency, but always in the most sustainable way.

Their tireless pursuit of innovating sustainable supply chains contributes to circularity. It enables sustainable logistics to become future proof and reduce impact on a daily basis.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

LPR strive to offer development for their employees to help build on existing skills and develop and nurture new ones. Here at JPL, we have been multiple times onsite at LPR to carry out Excel training at varying levels for staff. The courses have helped increase and improve confidence in using Excel for daily jobs as well as building up skills to enable staff to tackle Excel tasks that they might come across in the future. For everyone who attended a course with us, we strived to help ensure attendees left the course equipped with the skills to use Excel to its full potential while hopefully also enjoying the day course too!

Quote from Amy Richards, HR Manager:

“Just wanted to say a big thank you for the brilliant Excel training you provided to our team. Your engaging sessions and practical examples really helped us level up our Excel game!

We appreciate the time and effort you put into customising the training to meet our needs. Your passion for Excel and your patience in guiding us through the various functions and features did not go unnoticed.

Thanks to you, I think all that participated are feeling more confident and ready to tackle any Excel task that comes their way. We’re grateful for your expertise and support.”

For more on the Microsoft Excel training courses we carried out for LPR, view our agendas here.

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Brusco Food Group aspire to set the benchmark for quality, service and integrity so their customers can buy with confidence. Furthermore, they work hard to be a trusted ingredients partner using their knowledge and expertise to bring value to their customers. As a team, they take pride in supplying a range of quality-assured and technically approved ingredients and menu components.

They believe in delivering great service in everything they do and proactively addressing problems if they occur, with honesty and solutions to challenges. Their continued success is a result of the passionate and dedicated team at Brusco who thrive on working together to deliver their purpose.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

Brusco work together as one team and are committed to developing the skills of their employees. Here at JPL, we have been multiple times to carry out Excel training for the staff at the Evesham site from Basic up to an Advanced level. These courses have helped provide important and necessary skills in Excel for staff who have not used it before to developing the existing Excel knowledge of staff who use it daily. For all who have attended, we have endeavoured to help improve their use of Excel to benefit them in their daily tasks and roles in the business.

Quote from Hannah Reece-Mills, HR Co-ordinator:

“John from JPL IT Training has delivered a number of courses for our team including basic, intermediate, and advanced Excel training. John’s expertise and teaching style is exceptional, his clear explanations and practical examples make even the most complex Excel functions easy to understand.

Employees engage and leave the sessions feeling confident. John also provides participants with a comprehensive information pack to take away, ensuring they can always refer back to what they’ve learned for long-term understanding.

Thanks to John, our team is more confident and efficient in using Excel. We would highly recommend JPL IT Training.”

For more on the Microsoft Office training courses we carried out for Brusco Food Group, view our agendas here.

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“We contracted Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce to deliver some bespoke Microsoft Excel training, and we could not be happier with the service provided. Their trainer, John Legge, was able to walk our colleagues through the most basic Excel functions right up to offering a Masterclass service.

All the training delivered was insightful, engaging, and certainly left a lasting impression on all those that attended. We would highly recommend the use of the Chamber and John for training on this vital business tool. We had delegates from a range of departments including finance, sales, HR, customer service and administration – it was relevant to all.”

– Ryan Sayner, Group HR Advisor at Forest Garden Group

How we help Chamber of Commerce training

JPL IT Training Limited have delivered training for the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce for 25 years in Excel, Word and PowerPoint courses for their members. The courses can be run virtually or on site.

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Baylis & Harding is a quintessentially British brand, family owned and loved by all, they specialise in luxury hand washes and gift sets to bring that every day luxury into every home.

Started off by Granny Baylis and Granny Harding, who filled everything to the brim with no half measures. Being liberal with ingredients to bring a bit of indulgence to their products and create those special moments for people.

Moving forwards the company listens to their customers and evolves the brand to match the changing needs of them and the world around them. Nurturing and developing their luxury brands to be more sustainable and environmentally conscious.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

John carried out Intermediate Excel training for the staff at Baylis and Harding on behalf of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce.

John helped increase and build on the staffs existing knowledge and use of the Excel package to help improve how Excel can be used effectively in the company.

By the end of the course, the attendees had learned ways and techniques to improve their daily use of Excel in their work.

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Rea Valley Tractors (RVT) was established over 38 years ago. It is a leading agricultural machinery dealer supplying an extensive range of new and used agricultural and horticultural machinery. This is supported by their professional and fully qualified service technicians and parts departments.

At the core of RVT are three main values: Committed to service, trust and respect and finally teamwork. These are the fundamental principles of the business that bring the company in unity, working together as a team. This enables high standard of customer service and satisfaction, forming a solid foundation to reach the company’s mission, vision and goals.

How JPL IT Training helped the team

RVT is committed to developing and upskilling all of their employees. Ensuring staff are equipped to grow within the company and are provided with the right learning tools to do their jobs with confidence. We provided Excel training to help build up their knowledge and confidence in the package. This then will help staff in their daily tasks and job roles in the company.

Quote from Chloe Bird, Group Training Co-ordinator:

“Recently, our employees were given the opportunity to develop their Excel skills, for this training we chose to use JPL Training to meet these needs.

John delivered the session in a relaxed manner. He ensured that all abilities were catered for and that people were learning at their own pace. For the employees that needed a little more time, they did not feel pressured to move on and for the employees that were a little more advanced, John demonstrated some great tips and tricks!!

The day sessions were interesting, enjoyable and well planned. We can totally recommend this course and have booked for future intermediate training and an advanced bespoke course.”

For more on the Microsoft Office training courses we carried out for Rea Valley Tractors, view our agendas here.

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Based in Godmanchester, Woodgreen Pets Charity help rehome pets and match them up with loving owners. Every year, Woodgreen’s dedicated teams work tirelessly to provide safe shelter, specialist care, and a brighter future for thousands of pets.

They’re also there for owners in need of advice and support too, every step of the way. Our teams work together to create an individual plan for every pet – from medical treatment to behaviour training. And when the pet is ready, we find them a loving home where they can live a happy, fulfilling life.

How we help Woodgreen Pets Charity

JPL IT Training Limited provided Access Database training for the members of the team at Woodgreen.

The Access Database training was tailored to the requirements of the team to make the course even more beneficial for them. This meant that the course went further in helping increase their knowledge and confidence in the Microsoft package and how they can use it on a day to day basis.

Quote from Helen:

“We were looking for a tailored Access database training course and John was able to accommodate our requirements with ease and offer flexibility which was just what we wanted.

The pace of the training was spot on. It was informative and interactive and we felt comfortable in asking questions.

John was very patient and we all learnt a lot. The day just flew by which just shows how much we enjoyed the day and the content and support given. Thank you John!”

Woodgreen is the home of the channel 4 series The Dog House

To learn more about the Microsoft Office training courses we have carried out for Woodgreen, view our agendas here.

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Yesterday 10 of ISO QSL team members had the honour to attend an Excel training day at Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce at Severn House in Worcester.

John Legge has been an absolute dream of a trainer and made it so engaging that we didn’t even notice how the evening came! Safe to say that we now know all about Fn button (and yes, we love it) and Control + Strange Button! Most of us had a very basic knowledge of Excel and we have definitely gained an in-depth knowledge and learned a lot that we haven’t known before!

Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce and John Legge, thank you so much for having us! The team is already talking about the need for Advanced Excel training!

How we help Chamber of Commerce training

JPL IT Training Limited have delivered training for the Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire for 25 years in Excel, Word and PowerPoint courses for their members. The courses can be run virtually or on site.

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Ashorne Hill are a dedicated venue for meetings, training and events in Warwickshire. They provide high quality meeting rooms, conference space and accommodation for companies seeking to take time out for training and conferencing.

This is the meeting block where we trained the staff in July 2022 and the wonderful view across the Warwickshire countryside

How we help Ashorne Hill

JPL IT Training Limited have delivered training for Ashorne Hill in Excel, Word and PowerPoint courses for their staff. The courses were small in numbers therefore allowing a maximum of time time spent with each staff member.

Comments from staff members on the courses

“John was lovely and made sure we were happy before moving on. We were comfortable asking questions.  Lucy”

“Very friendly trainer. Fun whilst learning.  Sally”

“Best part of the course – all the shortcuts and John!!”

To learn more about the Microsoft Office training courses we have carried out for Ashorne Hill, view our agendas here.

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As we step into February, we thought we would send you a list of 17 Word tips for the beginning of this year. Many of you will have been using Word for many years and there have been lots of new features appear over the years.

Hopefully this list of a variety of tips will be helpful to you! From the team at JPL.

17 Word Tips

1. Selecting text – the “triple click” on a word will highlight the whole paragraph.
2. Quick Parts – these can be used for short phrases or block text to save time. A common use for this is a signature.
3. Screenshots allow you to insert parts of an alternative window on a PC into your Word document
4. The F9 button updates a Table of Contents and Bibliography
5. To insert a column break, its hidden away in Page Layout, Breaks
6. Bullet points – most people use the standard dot, but did you know there is a tick bullet point? To create a bullet tick you click on the drop down arrow next to the bullet point button and you can pick it form the list
7. To insert a text Watermark into a document, choose Page Layout Tab or Design Tab depending on the version of Word
8. Try Email mail merge marketing from an Excel spreadsheet containing names and email addresses
9. In Word 2013 you can convert a PDF back in to Word
10. Creating Autotext in word. If you regularly misspell a word and use an unknown word to Microsoft’s dictionary why not try autotext to create it. Its under File, Options, Proofing.
11. You can compare (Review Compare) two documents which may contain textual differences and see where they are automatically. It’s an extension of Tracking Changes
12. I think probably the most powerful feature and well underutilised in word is Styles. Its the foundation for Table of contents, multi levels, indexing and hyperlinking and other features too. It’s found on the Home tab. Particularly good are Heading 1,2,3 etc.
13. Creating your own Tab and ribbon (this can be used in pretty much all the Microsoft packages). Simply use Customise the Ribbon feature by right clicking on any ribbon and then you can name a Tab and create your own groups for the favourite commands you often use. It’s a great way of keeping all the commands you use a lot in one place.
14. Format Painter. If you select some text that you want to copy the format of first, you can then click on the format painter button and it will then allow you to format other words the same.
15. Picture Watermarks. You can also create a picture watermark for your company (Page Layout, Watermark, Picture)
16. Using the Screen Clipping tool. Insert Screenshot, Screen Clipping will allow you to insert into a document any part of a screen not just the whole screen image. This replaces the Crop tool you used to have to use.
17. Citations which allows you to reference a book, periodical, journal, web site etc. to the author, year, page number. From these citations, you can automatically build a Bibliography at the end of your document. It’s all in the References Tab.

If you want to ask more about the courses we offer, please email us on johnlegge@jplcomputer.co.uk.

Alternatively, you have a look at our course agenda on our website here and can send a contact form with your query on our contact page.

If you liked this weeks hint and tip on 17 Word tips, then take a look at our previous post on 4 surprising tips in Outlook.

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Intermediate Excel is often a really popular course that we run her eat JPL! At one time it used to be that everyone couldn’t get enough of Basic Excel, but we are finding more and more now that Intermediate Excel tends to be the course that people want to come on. This could be down to the fact that nowadays everyone has a bit more of a basic knowledge of Excel and they pick up a bit more in their job roles and so would not find the basic course as useful as it had been for others!

A comment from an attendee on a Bespoke Intermediate Excel 2013 Training course run on their premises:

“The Intermediate Excel training was excellent. I learnt so many shortcuts, which I wished I had known ages ago. I can now produce more meaningful reports from data, with so much ease – no more long hours spent scratching my head! John delivered the training in a clear and light hearted manner, whilst making sure everyone understood what they were learning”.

– Helen Walthew, Farmers Herefordshire Hub

If you’re interested in Intermediate Excel Training get in touch now. You can get in touch via our website on the contact page or you can call us on 07903 840105 or alternatively you can drop us an email on johnlegge@jplcomputer.co.uk.

In the meantime you might like to read more about Microsoft Excel Training on our website. While you are there, why not take a look at our hints and tips page! In our courses we cover a lot of hints and tips alongside the course content and we have put a large variety of these on the website for you to enjoy!

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