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Overview
Students will probably get the most out of this course if they want to learn the basic skills necessary to begin using Word 97.
Students enrolling in this course should understand the basic concepts involved in working with a personal computer (PC). For example, students should be familiar with terms such as computer memory, data files, and program files. Students should also be familiar with the components that make up the PC, including input, output, and storage devices.
No prior knowledge of Word is assumed.
Prerequisites
To ensure students’ success with this course, we recommend that they first take the following Content course or have equivalent knowledge
Performance-Based Objectives
The primary objective is to teach the basic skills necessary to use the Word 97 program.
- Understand the basic concepts of word processing in Word 97.
- Open and edit a document.
- Navigate through a multiple-page document.
- Select, copy, and move text in a document.
- Change the appearance of text by using character and paragraph formatting.
- Work with tab stops and tables in a document.
- Change the overall appearance of a document by working with headers and footers,
margins, and page breaks.
- Proof a document for potential errors by using Word’s proofing tools.
Delivery Method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities
Course duration
1 Day(s)
Course outline
- Lesson 1: Word basicsvalign
- Topic 1A: Introduction to Word
- Topic 1B: The basics of entering text
- Topic 1C: The File, Save As command
- Topic 1D: Opening and editing a document
- Topic 1E: Saving a document
- Lesson 2: Navigating in a documentvalign
- Topic 2A: Scrolling in a document
- Topic 2B: Searching in a document
- Lesson 3: Additional editing techniquesvalign
- Topic 3A: Using the AutoCorrect feature
- Topic 3B: Techniques for selecting text
- Topic 3C: Moving and copying text
- Lesson 4: Character and paragraph formattingvalign
- Topic 4A: Basic character formatting techniques
- Topic 4B: Advanced character formatting techniques
- Topic 4C: Paragraph formatting
- Topic 4D: Working with indents, numbered lists, and bulleted lists
- Topic 4E: Line breaks and line spacing
- Lesson 5: Introduction to tabs and tablesvalign
- Topic 5A: Tabs
- Topic 5B: Creating a table
- Topic 5C: Enhancing a table
- Lesson 6: Controlling page appearancevalign
- Topic 6A: Headers and footers
- Topic 6B: Margins
- Topic 6C: Page breaks
- Lesson 7: Tools and printingvalign
- Topic 7A: Using proofing tools
- Topic 7B: Printing a document
- Topic 7C: Envelopes and labels
Hardware Requirements/software required to run this course
You will need
- 8 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory (RAM)
- 55 MB of available hard-disk space to install Word and to copy data files
- An IBM-compatible PC with an 80486SX or higher processor
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Office 97
- A VGA or higher display adapter (The EGA display adapter is not supported.)
- A two-button mouse or IntelliMouse
- A floppy-disk drive
- Printers are not required although you will need an installed printer driver.
- This course was developed using the Microsoft Office version of Word 97. If
you use the standalone version of Word 97, you might notice differences. This book was
written using the Windows 95 platform; however, the manufacturer’s documentation states
that it can also be used with Windows NT.
