--- title: "Office & Secretarial Training in Douala | Honowa Academy" url: https://honowa-academy.cm/en/courses/office-secretariat locale: en updated: 2026-09-24 organization: Honowa Academy --- # Office & Secretarial Training in Douala | Honowa Academy Office pack, advanced Excel, professional Word and an executive-assistant path in Douala. Four programmes, from a 28-hour sprint to a 6-month career track. - Organization: Honowa Academy - Location: Makèpè, Douala, Cameroun - Email: contact@honowa-academy.cm - Phone: +237 6 74 97 08 06 - WhatsApp: https://wa.me/237674970806 - Page URL: https://honowa-academy.cm/en/courses/office-secretariat - Français: https://honowa-academy.cm/fr/formations/secretariat-bureautique.md ## Run an office, not just open Word. Office pack, advanced Excel, professional Word and an executive-assistant career path: four programmes to be operational on day one. Deliverables you can put on a desk — letters, dashboards, a calendar, reception. - **4**: programmes, from a Word sprint to a 6-month career path - **180 h**: for administrative secretariat, plus an optional internship month - **Office**: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook: the pack employers ask for ### Who is this track for? - **PC beginners**: Students, job-seekers, admin staff: you can switch a computer on and you want to produce letters, sheets and presentations on your own. - **Jobs that live in Excel and Word**: Accounts, HR, sales, management assistants: you want pivot tables, dashboards and administrative documents that hold up. - **Secretarial career change**: Bac+ profiles and aspiring secretaries / executive assistants: a 6-month career path covering reception, calendar, filing and an optional internship. ### What you actually learn - Produce letters, tracking sheets, presentations and professional email on your own. - Build pivot tables and a usable Excel dashboard (sales, stock, HR, finance). - Write clean administrative documents: templates, mail merge, minutes, official letters. - Run a modern secretariat: reception, calendar, filing, archiving, messaging. ### Programmes Become operational in a modern office: correspondence, dashboards, calendar, reception. Four programmes, from the Office pack to a six-month career path. #### Office Pro pack — Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook - Duration: 90 hours · 3 months · Evening or intensive · Personalised programme - Tuition fee: 90,000 FCFA - URL: https://honowa-academy.cm/en/courses/office-secretariat#pack-office 90 hours, over 3 months (3 × 2.5 h / week) or 12 intensive days. For students, job-seekers, admin staff and PC beginners: knowing how to switch on a computer and use a mouse is enough. Catalogue price 100,000 FCFA; early-bird 80,000 FCFA. - Windows: folders, shortcuts, backup and basic cloud - Word: layout, styles, templates, mail merge, CVs and reports - Excel: formulas, functions, charts, lists and an intro to pivot tables - PowerPoint and Outlook: spoken presentations, email, calendar, signatures ##### Windows & files (6 h) - Folders, shortcuts, backup, basic cloud ##### Word (28 h) - Layout, styles, tables, templates, mail merge, CVs / letters / reports ##### Excel (32 h) - Formulas, functions, charts, lists, intro to pivot tables ##### PowerPoint (14 h) - Structure, visuals, restrained animation, oral presentation ##### Outlook / professional email (6 h) - Mail, attachments, calendar, signatures ##### Final project (4 h) - Complete Word + Excel + PowerPoint file #### Advanced Excel — Analysis, pivot tables & dashboards - Duration: 35 hours · 1 month · Evening or intensive · Personalised programme - Tuition fee: 85,000 FCFA - URL: https://honowa-academy.cm/en/courses/office-secretariat#excel-avance 35 hours, over 1 evening month or 5 intensive days. For accountants, HR, sales, management assistants and SMEs. Prerequisite: basic Excel (SUM, average, filters). Catalogue price 95,000 FCFA; promo 75,000 FCFA. Power Query option: +8 h / +25,000 FCFA in a group. - Advanced functions: IF, XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, text and dates - Excel databases: tables, validation, duplicate removal - Pivot tables and pivot charts - Dashboards: KPIs, conditional formatting, navigation ##### Refreshers & good practice (3 h) - Excel foundations and reliable working habits ##### Advanced functions (8 h) - IF, XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, text, dates ##### Excel databases (5 h) - Tables, validation, duplicate removal ##### Pivot tables & pivot charts (10 h) - Analyse and cross business data ##### Dashboards & reporting (6 h) - KPIs, conditional formatting, navigation ##### Mini-project on business data (3 h) - Sales, stock, HR or finance #### Word Pro — Administrative documents & mail merge - Duration: 28 hours · 1 month · Evening or intensive · Personalised programme - Tuition fee: 50,000 FCFA - URL: https://honowa-academy.cm/en/courses/office-secretariat#word-pro 28 hours, over 1 evening month or 4 intensive days. For secretaries, assistants, students and admin officers. Prerequisite: basic keyboarding. Group rate: 50,000 FCFA per person. - Word interface and efficient typing - Formatting, styles, long documents (headers, contents, sections) - Tables, images and institutional letterheads - Templates, mail merge, memos, minutes, official letters ##### Interface & efficient typing (3 h) - Take Word in hand without wasting time ##### Formatting & styles (6 h) - A clean, repeatable house style ##### Long documents (5 h) - Headers, footers, numbering, contents, sections ##### Tables, images, institutional headers (4 h) - Documents that look like they belong in an administration ##### Templates & mail merge (6 h) - Standard letters, certificates, Excel lists ##### Job workshop (4 h) - Memo, minutes, report, official letter #### Administrative & office secretariat — Career path - Duration: 180 hours · 6 months · Certification · Personalised programme - Tuition fee: 320,000 FCFA - URL: https://honowa-academy.cm/en/courses/office-secretariat#secretariat-admin 180 hours over 6 months (3 sessions / week), plus 1 optional project / internship month. For Bac+ career-changers and aspiring secretaries / executive assistants. Prerequisite: Baccalaureate (or equivalent); basic computer skills preferred. The one-month internship is outside billed hours; coaching is included. - Posture, reception and written & spoken communication of a secretary - Advanced Word, management Excel, PowerPoint and collaboration tools - Calendar, meetings, filing, archiving and professional messaging - Labour-law / admin basics and a job simulation ##### The secretary's role & posture (12 h) - Role, ethics, personal organisation ##### Written & spoken communication / reception (24 h) - In-person and phone reception, professional tone ##### Advanced Word & document management (36 h) - A secretariat document file ##### Management Excel & simple reporting (36 h) - Tracking, lists, reporting for an office ##### PowerPoint & collaboration tools (18 h) - Meeting decks, file sharing ##### Calendar, meetings, filing, archiving (24 h) - Hold the calendar and the files ##### Professional messaging & digital organisation (12 h) - Mail, attachments, folder tree, cloud ##### Labour-law / admin basics (12 h) - Useful landmarks for a company secretariat ##### Final project + job simulation (6 h) - A typical executive-assistant day ##### Optional 1-month internship - Outside billed hours, coaching included ### How we teach - **Office pack**: Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook. The vital minimum of an admin job, through to a complete file you can show. - **Decision Excel**: Advanced functions, databases, pivot tables, dashboards. Read a number, don't just type it. - **Admin documents**: Styles, long documents, institutional letterheads, mail merge. Word that looks like an administration's, not a homework file. - **The secretary's craft**: Posture, reception, communication, calendar, labour law. The office around the software, not only the software. 1. **Diagnosis**: We measure your level (mouse, typing, basic Excel) and the goal: admin job, upskilling, executive assistant. 2. **Foundations**: Files, Word, Excel, email. Everyday gestures, corrected as they would be at work. 3. **Job cases**: CV, mail merge, pivot tables, minutes, dashboard. Each module ends with a Monday-ready deliverable. 4. **On the job**: Final project, a simulated working day, optional one-month internship on the career path. ### Tools & stack Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Pivot tables, Mail merge, Power Query (optional) ### Where it leads - Administrative secretary - Executive assistant - Management assistant / junior office manager - Reception and administration officer ### Common questions #### Do I already need to know Microsoft Office? No for the Office Pro pack: switching on a PC and using a mouse is enough. Advanced Excel needs the basics (SUM, average, filters). The secretarial path prefers basic computer skills without requiring an expert level. #### What is the difference between the Office pack and the secretarial path? The Office pack (90 h) trains the tools. The secretarial path (180 h + optional internship) adds the job: reception, communication, calendar, filing, labour law, a job simulation. You can start with the pack, then continue. #### Are the evening and intensive formats the same content? Yes. Office pack: 3 months at 2.5 h / week or 12 intensive days. Excel: 1 evening month or 5 days. Word Pro: 1 evening month or 4 days. Hours and deliverables stay the same. ### A secretariat that holds on its own, even on Monday morning. Office pack, advanced Excel, Word Pro or the career path: tell us where you start, we point you to the right format. ### The other tracks - [Digital Marketing](https://honowa-academy.cm/en/courses/digital-marketing): SEO, ads, communities and AI to grow a brand. - [Data analysis](https://honowa-academy.cm/en/courses/data-analysis): Python, SQL, Power BI: turn numbers into decisions. - [Application development](https://honowa-academy.cm/en/courses/app-development): Web, mobile and Flutter: build products that actually ship.