Word processing

 

Course Description
Course description
This course is designed to prepare the participant for employment as an entry level word processor operator using Microsoft WORD, the standard in the industry.
○ The emphasis is on practical experience, the learning by doing and an emphasis on how to use the extensive help support system
○ Utilizes instructor to provide introduction, start up and to answer questions
○ Students utilize extensive interactive computer training to practice what was learned
○ Students complete series of exercises

Material used:
○ Interactive CD training Office NET-G
○ Interactive CD training specific components (Professors series, Individual Software Inc., Pleasonton, Ca.)
○ Interactive exercises
○ Case studies
○ Manuals
○ Instructor support as needed and periodic classroom discussions and presentationsGo to Top of Page
Content:
○ Introduction to computers
○ Window 98;/XP
○ Word XP
○ Internet basic search
○ See syllabus below

Expected results:
○ Working knowledge on the basics of Word XP
○ Can produce professional looking documents

 

Syllabus (Details)

INTRODUCTION
A.- THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
B.- WHAT IS A PC?
C.- YOUR BASIC HARDWARE
1.- The Components
2.- The Front of the Console
3.- The Back of the Console
D.- HOW TO GET HELP
1.- Help Screens
2.- Manuals
3.- Technical support

INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER
A.- AN OVERVIEW-
B.- THE KEYBOARD
C.- USING THE MOUSE
D.- DOS (Disk Operating System)
E.- WINDOWS-
F.- TURNING THE COMPUTER ON AND OFF
1.- Turning On (“booting on”)
2.- Turning the Computer Off
3.- Resetting the Computer
G.- USING THE DRIVES
1.- The Floppy Drives
2.- The CD-
H.- PERSPECTIVE IS EVERYTHING
I.- COMPUTER TERMS
J.- SOME THINGS TO KNOW

WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM
A.- BASIC CONCEPTS
1.- Sample Windows Display
2.- Typical Windows Icons
3.- Logging on
4.- The Windows Screen
5.- Using The Taskbar
B.- WORKING WITH A WINDOW
1.- The icons
2.- Minimizing a Window
3.- Maximizing a Window
4.- Restoring a Window to Its Previous Size
5.- Manually Sizing a Window
6.- Moving a Window
7.- Closing a Window
C.- SHUTTING DOWN THE SYSTEM
D.- ACCESSING HELP
1.- The Help Screen
2.- Viewing a Help Topic
3.- Exiting Help
4.- The Index Tab
5.- The Search Tab
6.- Printing Help Topics

E.- RUNNING PROGRAMS
1.- The Start Button
2.- Switching Between Open Applications
3.- Using the Keyboard to Switch Between Programs
4.- Arranging Application Windows
a.- Cascading Windows
b.- Tiling Windows
 


c.- Minimizing All Windows
F.- WORKING WITH MENUS-
1.- Accessing Menus-
2.- Working With Dialog Boxes
3.- Using the Keyboard Within Dialog Boxes
4.- Cutting, Pasting and Moving
a.- Cutting and Pasting
b.- Moving Items from One Application to Another
c.- Copying Items from One Application to Another

Office 2000 basics
1 Using the Office Shortcut Bar
2 Using Menus
3 Using Toolbars
4 Switching Between Office Documents and Applications
30. Using the Right Mouse Button
31. Getting Help with the Office Assistant
32. Asking Office "What's This?"

WORD 2000 basics
1. Entering Text
2. Moving Around a Document
3. Saving a Document
4. Closing a Document
5. Creating a New Document
6. Opening a Document
7. Viewing Multiple Documents
8. Changing the Document View
9. Inserting Text
10. Selecting Text
11. Cutting. Copying. and Pasting Text
12. Undoing and Redoing Changes
13. Overwriting and Deleting Text
14. Moving Text
15. Finding Text
16. Replacing Text
17. Checking Spelling and Grammar
18. Using the Thesaurus
19. Sharing documents
20. Comparing documents
21. Tracking document changes
22. Accepting or rejecting tracked changes
 

WORD Documents
1. Applying bold, italics and underline
2. Changing text fonts
3. Changing text size
4. Applying text color
5. Highlighting text
6. Adding a Border to Text
7. Adding Numbers and Bullets
8. Inserting Symbols
9. Changing Alignment
10. Indenting Paragraphs
11. Setting Tabs with the Ruler
12. Changing Line Spacing
13. Inserting a Break
14. Inserting Graphics
15. Adding Columns
16. Inserting Page Numbers
17. Inserting a Header and Footer
18. Inserting Footnotes
19. Inserting Comments
20. Setting Page Margins
21. Previewing a Document
22. Zooming a Previewed Document
23. Printing a Document

Advanced WORD 2000
1. Assigning a style to text
2. Creating a New Style
3. Automating Repetitive Tasks with Macros
4. Creating a New Table
5. Auto Formatting a Table
6. Altering Row Height and Column Width
7. Adding and Deleting Rows
8. Adding and Deleting Columns
9. Converting a Table to Text
10. Deleting a Table
11. Saving a Document as a Web Page
12. Applying Frames to Documents
13. Adding and Deleting Frames
14. Applying a Background
15. Applying a Document Theme

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