Microsoft Office Word 2004 for Macintosh: Level 1

Word processing is the use of computers to create, revise, and save documents for printing and future retrieval. This course is the first in a series of two Microsoft® Office Word 2004 for Macintosh courses. It will provide you with the basic concepts required to produce basic business documents .

Course Objectives

You will create, edit, and enhance standard business documents using Microsoft® Office Word 2004 for Macintosh

Prerequisites

This course assumes that you are familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard (basic typing skills are recommended). You should be comfortable in the Macintosh environment and be able to use the Macintosh operating system to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders.

Target Student

Persons with a basic understanding of Macintosh environment who need to learn how to use Microsoft® Word 2004 for Macintosh to create, edit, format, lay out, and print standard business documents complete with tables and graphics .

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

create a basic document.
edit documents by locating and modifying text.
format text.
format paragraphs.
use Word tools to make your documents more accurate.
add tables to a document.
add graphic elements to a document.
control a document's page setup and its overall appearance.

Delivery Method

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activitiesvities

Course duration 1 Day(s) Course outline

Lesson 1: Creating a Basic Document: Topic 1A: Familiarize Yourself with the Word Environment; Topic 1B: Get Help Using Word; Topic 1C: Enter Text; Topic 1D: Save a New Document; Topic 1E: Preview a Document; Topic 1F: Print a Document
Lesson 2: Editing a Document: Topic 2A: Navigate in a Document; Topic 2B: Insert Text; Topic 2C: Select Text; Topic 2D: Create an AutoText Entry; Topic 2E: Move and Copy Text; Topic 2F: Delete Blocks of Text; Topic 2G: Undo Changes; Topic 2H: Find and Replace Text
Lesson 3: Formatting Text: Topic 3A: Change Font and Size; Topic 3B: Apply Font Styles and Effects; Topic 3C: Change Text Color; Topic 3D: Highlight Text; Topic 3E: Copy Formats; Topic 3F: Clear Formatting; Topic 3G: Find and Replace Text Formatting
Lesson 4: Formatting Paragraphs: Topic 4A: Set Tabs; Topic 4B: Change Paragraph Alignment; Topic 4C: Indent Paragraphs; Topic 4D: Add Borders and Shading; Topic 4E: Apply Styles; Topic 4F: Create Lists; Topic 4G: Change Spacing Between Paragraphs and Lines
Lesson 5: Proofing a Document: Topic 5A: Use the Thesaurus; Topic 5B: Check Spelling and Grammar; Topic 5C: Create a New Default Dictionary; Topic 5D: Check Word Count; Topic 5E: Modify a Document in Print Preview
Lesson 6: Adding Tables: Topic 6A: Create a Table; Topic 6B: Enter Data in a Table; Topic 6C: AutoFormat a Table; Topic 6D: Convert Text into a Table
Lesson 7: Inserting Graphic Elements: Topic 7A: Insert Symbols and Special Characters; Topic 7B: Insert a Clip Art Picture; Topic 7C: Add a Watermark
Lesson 8: Controlling Page Appearance: Topic 8A: Set Page Orientation; Topic 8B: Change Page Margins; Topic 8C: Apply a Page Border; Topic 8D: Add Headers and Footers; Topic 8E: Insert a Page Break

Platform Requirements

Mac OS X v 10.3.x

Hardware Requirements

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware components

800 Mhz PowerPC G4.
256 MB SDRAM.
434 MB of available hard-disk space is recommended for installing Word by using the Office Setup Assistant; 460 MB for installing Word by dragging the Microsoft Office 2004 folder to your hard-disk. The hard-disk should be in Mac OS Extended (HFS+) format, the default format for Mac OS X.
CD-ROM drive.
A mouse or other pointing device.
1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor.
Network cards and cabling for local network access.
Internet access (see your local network administrator).
A printer (optional).
A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
For this course, it is assumed that you are using a keyboard that does not require the use of function key combinations.

Software Requirements

Mac OS X v 10.3.x
Microsoft@ office 2004 for macintosh

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