Word 97: Level 2

Course description

Overview: Students will learn intermediate features of Word 97.

Prerequisites: Windows 95: Introduction, and Word 97: Level 1 or equivalent knowledge.

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, modify, perform calculations in, and import data in tables

¬         Use styles to affect the appearance of paragraphs and create outlines

¬         Create and use templates, and create a fax template

¬         Merge a document with data to create multiple variations of a document

¬         Create, run, and edit macros

¬         Format text in columns with graphics; use section breaks to format a document

¬         Discuss Internet features, create and edit an HTML document, and view the document source code

Course content

Lesson 1: Tables

Tables

Drawing a table

Performing calculations in tables

Creating charts

Importing worksheets and data

Lesson 2: Introduction to styles

Applying styles

Creating styles

Redefining and deleting styles

Using styles to create an outline

Lesson 3: Introduction to templates

Using templates

Using a fax template

Examining the Normal template

Lesson 4: Introduction to merging

Creating data

Completing main documents

Merging data with the main document

Managing merges

Creating catalogs

Lesson 5: Introduction to macros

Creating and assigning macros

Editing and testing macros

Deleting a macro

Lesson 6: Newspaper columns

Formatting text into newspaper columns

Using graphics

Sections

Sorting

Lesson 7: Internet basics

What is the Internet?

Understanding the World Wide Web

Word Internet features