Word 97 to Word XP: New Features

Course description

Overview: This course serves as a quick reference to new and improved features since Office 97 and guides students through the transition process.

Prerequisites: Students enrolling in this course should be comfortable in the Windows environment. They should have completed one of the following courses: Microsoft Office 97 to Office XP: New Features, Word 97: Level 1 (Windows 95) or Word 97: Level 2 (Windows 95), or have equivalent knowledge. In addition, this course assumes that students have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office 97.

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:

*           Work with the new features affecting the environment.

*           Explore some of the new features involved with formatting and editing text.

*           Explore some of the new features in tables and merging.

*           Investigate the many new and improved features for drawing and producing, using, and reading Web pages..

Course content

Lesson 1: Introduction to Word XP

Starting Word and exploring the application window

Tools and Printing

Lesson 2: Formatting and Editing

Smart Tags

Working with styles and formatting

Lesson 3: Tables and Merging

Working with Tables

Merging

Lesson 4: Drawing and Web Documents in Word

Working with Drawings

Creating Web Documents