The Salvation Army-Cleveland Temple Corps
Community Computer Center
Beginning Microsoft Word
Syllabus
Prepared by: Permeil Dass
 
Day One:
Overview of Class
What Students Should Expect
Teacher Expectations
Parts of a Computer
Turning Computer ON/OFF
Using the mouse
    Double Clicking
    Clicking and dragging
Windows ’98
    What is an operating system?
     Taskbar
Opening and Closing a Window
Parts of a Window
    Title Bar
    Menu Bar
Moving a Window
    Sending and retrieving from taskbar
    Resizing Window
Switching Between Windows
What is Hardware/Software?

Day Two:
Getting Started
    Basic Keyboard Knowledge
   Opening Microsoft Word
    Overview of Microsoft Word

  • Title Bar
  • Menu Bar/Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Tool Bar
  • Scroll Bar
     Opening Files
        (More Details for Opening Files)
    New Files
    Viewing other opened files
    Closing Files
    Entering Text/Word Wrap
Formatting
    Selecting Text/Character Formatting Day Three:
Review of Yesterday
Getting Help
    Office Assistant
    Help Menu
    Right Click
    Question Mark
Saving
    File Paths
    Save
    Save As
    (More Details for Save As)   Day Four:
Practice Day   Day Five:
Printing
    Print
    Print Preview
    Print Options
Paragraph Formatting
    Alignment
    Indents
    Ruler   Day Six:
Error Correction
    Undo
    Redo
    Paragraph Marker Show/Hide
    Spell Check
    Grammar Check
    Thesaurus
    Auto Correct
Basic Text Handling
    Cut
    Copy
    Paste
    Format Painter
    Find and Replace

Day Seven:
Page Setup
    Page View
    Paper Size
    Margins
Inserting into Documents
    Page Numbers
    Date and Time
    Symbols
    Bullet Lists
    Number Lists
    Header/Footer
    Page Breaks
Tables and Columns
    Moving Around in Tables
    Columns

Day Eight:
Review
Questions and Answers
Test for Certificate

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