Word 2002 : Level 1

Course Description

Overview: Students enrolling in this course will learn the basics for creating and revising business documents using Word 2002. Topics covered include creating a document, editing text, formatting text, adding tables, using Word timesavers, and displaying and printing options. It is also intended for persons desiring to prepare to be a certified Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) in Word.

Prerequisites:

Windows 2000: Introduction

This course assumes that you are familiar with the benefits of using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to navigate to information stored on the computer, manage files and folders, and work with multiple windows at one time. This course also assumes that you have limited experience with a word-processing program or that you are switching to Word from a different word-processing program.

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• create a simple document, save a document, use some automatic text features for entering text, and access online help.
• edit a document using a variety of techniques.
• change the appearance of a document by applying various character formats and effects.
• change the appearance of a document by applying various paragraph formats and effects.
• manipulate the layout of text by creating columns and adding a table.
• use Word's templates and wizards, proofing tools, and special characters to efficiently do your work.
• apply and remove formatting that affects entire pages, previews, and the printing of a document.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating a Document

Topic 1A: Enter Text

Topic 1B: Save a Document

Topic 1C: Use Automatic Text Features

Topic 1D: Obtain Online Help

Lesson 2: Editing Text

Topic 2A: Open an Existing Document

Topic 2B: Delete Blocks of Text

Topic 2C: Move and Copy Text

Topic 2D: Copy Multiple Items

Lesson 3: Formatting Text

Topic 3A: Apply Character Formats

Topic 3B: Change the Font and Font Size

Topic 3C: Add Highlighting and Color to Text

Topic 3D: Copy Text Formatting

Topic 3E: Paste Options

Lesson 4: Formatting Paragraphs

Topic 4A: Change Paragraph Alignment

Topic 4B: Change Line Spacing Within a Paragraph

Topic 4C: Add a Border and Shading to a Paragraph

Topic 4D: Set a Custom Tab

Topic 4E: Add Indents

Topic 4F: Create Numbered and Bulleted Lists

Topic 4G: Create an Outline Numbered List

Lesson 5: Adding Tables

Topic 5A: Create a Table

Topic 5B: Change Table Structure

Topic 5C: Add Table Borders and Shading

Topic 5D: AutoFormat a Table

Lesson 6: Using Word Timesavers

Topic 6A: Create a New Document Using a Template

Topic 6B: Create a New Document Using a Wizard

Topic 6C: Insert a Symbol

Topic 6D: Insert the Date or Time

Topic 6E: Find and Replace Text

Topic 6F: Check Spelling and Grammar

Topic 6G: Replace a Word Using the Thesaurus

Lesson 7: Setting Page Display and Printing Options

Topic 7A: Preview a Document

Topic 7B: Set the Page Orientation

Topic 7C: Create Headers and Footers

Topic 7D: Change Margins

Topic 7E: Insert a Page Break

Topic 7F: Align Text on a Page

Topic 7G: Print a Document