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Overview
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
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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
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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
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
