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Emphasizes an intensive use of word processing software to create and revise business documents. Topics include: equipment and supplies maintenance and usage, work area management, word processing software, and productivity.
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Equipment and Supplies Maintenance and Usage |
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4 |
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Work Area Management |
D. Lab |
6 |
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Word Processing Software |
P. Lab/O.B.I. |
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Proofreading |
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7 |
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Prerequisite: |
SCT 100 and/or BUS 101 |
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Competency |
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EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
MAINTENANCE AND USAGE |
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3 |
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Hardware |
Identify hardware components. |
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Describe/demonstrate care and maintenance of lab and hardware. |
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Disks |
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Printer |
Load paper into printer. |
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Change ribbon/cartridge. |
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Identify and correct printer error messages. |
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Files |
Describe/demonstrate ways to organize and label diskettes. |
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Explain/demonstrate how to track documents by organizing diskettes, using tracking codes, renaming documents, and using index. |
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Describe the importance of verifying diskettes, maintaining backups, password protection, and write protection of files and diskettes. |
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WORK AREA MANAGEMENT
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Booting up or logging onto system |
Demonstrate proper procedure for turning system on. |
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Perform proper insertion of disks into system. |
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Perform commands to boot up or log onto system. |
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Closing down or logging off system |
Perform commands to close down or log off system. |
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Perform proper removal of disk from system. |
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WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE
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50 |
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Create and name document |
List the steps to create and name a document. |
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Formatting |
Explain/demonstrate what default settings are and how to manage them. |
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Describe/demonstrate how to align text with the left and right margins and center it between them. |
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Demonstrate how to use tab stops and indents. |
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Show how to control page breaks and page numbers. |
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Describe/demonstrate hyphenation. |
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Describe/demonstrate how to use boldface, underlines, and type-style to emphasize words. |
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Describe/demonstrate how to use subscripts and superscripts. |
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Describe/demonstrate how to add headers and footers and control their placement. |
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Explain the differences between on-screen and off-screen formatting. |
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Describe/demonstrate how formats can be created, saved, and reused. |
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Explain/create and store a primary document with variables and automatically merge with secondary (variables) document. |
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Explain/demonstrate the interpretation of codes on the screen to determine how a finished document will appear when printed. |
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Keyboarding/editing |
Describe/demonstrate text entry. |
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Describe/demonstrate cursor movement. |
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Explain the difference between hard and soft carriage returns, hyphens, and spaces. |
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Explain/demonstrate how to break and/or join paragraphs by the insertion of hard carriage returns. |
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Describe/demonstrate the differences between inserting and replacing over existing text. |
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Explain/demonstrate how some programs recall deleted material. |
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Describe/demonstrate line adjustment and document repagination. |
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Describe what a block of text is and how you copy, move, and delete blocks. |
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Explain/demonstrate how to search for words and replace them. |
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Describe/demonstrate available aids such as spelling checkers, style and grammar checkers, thesauruses, and document compare features. |
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List/demonstrate the steps to save a file into memory or onto a disk. |
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List/demonstrate the steps to retrieve a file for viewing and/or editing. |
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List/demonstrate commands to send document to printer. |
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List the options available when printing. |
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Explain how to manage documents in a print queue. |
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PROOFREADING
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Produce mailable (error-free) letters, envelopes, memos, tables, and reports. |
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Suggested Resources |
Hinkle, Deborah (2000). Word 2000: Level 1 – Core. New York: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill.
Favro, B. & Stolins, R. (2000). Word 2000 Expert Course. El Sobrante:
Labyrinth
Rutkosky, N. (2000). Benchmark Series: Microsoft Word 2000 Core Certification. St. Paul: EMC Paradigm.