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CIS 221 – Microsoft Office Specialist Certification – Word

 

Course Description:

 

Provide the fundamental, intermediate and advanced instruction in Microsoft Word competencies to provide user with the skills necessary to obtain the expert user certification.  Topics include all skill areas as defined by Microsoft User Specialist Expert exam objectives and additional information in workgroup editing and advanced features such as macros, mail merge, HTML creation, and tables

 

Competency Areas:

Hours:

 

 

 

Working with paragraphs

Class

2

Working with documents

D. Lab

3

Using tables

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Working with pictures and charts

Credit

3

Using mail merge

 

 

Using advanced features

 

 

Collaborating with workgroups

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisite:  CIS 127

Corequisite:

 

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D. Lab

P. Lab/

O.B.I.

WORKING WITH PARAGRAPHS

2

3

0

 

Apply paragraph and section shading

 

 

 

 

Use text flow options (Windows/Orphans options and keeping lines together)

 

 

 

 

Sort lists, paragraphs, tables

 

 

 

WORKING WITH DOCUMENTS

4

6

0

 

Create and modify page borders.

 

 

 

 

Format first page differently than subsequent pages.

 

 

 

 

Use bookmarks.

 

 

 

 

Create and edit styles.

 

 

 

 

Create watermarks.

 

 

 

 

Use, find and replace with formats, special characters and non-printing elements.

 

 

 

 

Balance column length (using column breaks appropriately).

 

 

 

 

Create or revise footnotes and endnotes.

 

 

 

 

Work with master documents and subdocuments.

 

 

 

 

Create and modify a table of contents.

 

 

 

 

Create cross-reference..

 

 

 

 

Create and modify an index.

 

 

 

USING TABLES

3

5

0

 

Embed worksheets in a table.

 

 

 

 

Perform calculations in a table.

 

 

 

 

Link Excel data as a table.

 

 

 

 

Modify worksheets in a table.

 

 

 

WORKING WITH PICTURES AND CHARTS

2

3

0

 

Add bitmapped graphics.

 

 

 

 

Delete and position graphics.

 

 

 

 

Create and modify charts.

 

 

 

 

Import data into charts.

 

 

 

USING MAIL MERGE

4

6

0

 

Create main document.

 

 

 

 

Create data source.

 

 

 

 

Sort records to be merged.

 

 

 

 

Merge main document and data source.

 

 

 

 

Generate labels.

 

 

 

 

Merge a document using alternate data sources.

 

 

 

USING ADVANCED FEATURES

3

4

0

 

Insert a field.

 

 

 

 

Create, apply and edit macros.

 

 

 

 

Copy, rename, and delete macros.

 

 

 

 

Create and modify form.

 

 

 

 

Create and modify a form control (e.g., add an item to a drop-down list).

 

 

 

 

Use advanced text alignment features with graphics.

 

 

 

 

Customize toolbars.

 

 

 

COLLABORATING WITH WORKGROUPS

2

3

0

 

Create and format tables.

 

 

 

 

Insert comments.

 

 

 

 

Protect documents.

 

 

 

 

Create multiple versions of a document.

 

 

 

 

Track changes to a document.

 

 

 

 

Set default file location for workgroup templates.

 

 

 

 

Round Trip documents from HTML.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Books

 

New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2000 - Comprehensive Enhanced, Zimmerman,   ISBN 0-7600-6995-6, Course Technology, 2000.

MOUS Essentials:  Word 2000 with CD,  Keith Mulbery, ISBN:  013019106X, Prentice Hall, 2000.