Module 3 - Word Processing

Aims and Objectives
To enable students to take the ECDL Word Processing modular test.
Know how to use Word 2003 in order to sit the ECDL modular test.
The flexibility and value of self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace.
A personalised workbook to use as a reference guide on completion of the course.
The opportunity to gain the widely recognised Pitman Training Certificate.

Target Audiences
Those who wish to learn how to use this popular word processing package to the ECDL syllabus.

Prerequisites
Knowledge of Windows and using a mouse.

Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to Word Processing: First step with Microsoft Word, Office Assistant, Opening a document, Closing a document, Opening more than one document, Creating a new document, How to save a document, Help Features, Help Menu, Getting Help from the Task Pane, The Office Assistant.

Module 2: Core Skills: More about Toolbars, Viewing Documents, Customising Word, Adjusting Toolbar Buttons, Adding and Removing Toolbars, Text Cursor, Magnifying the View, Paragraph Marks, Text Selection, Cut and Paste and Spacing, Undo and Redo, Deleting, Spelling and Grammar.

Module 3: Editing and Formatting: Finding and Replacing Text, Carriage Returns, Applying Formatting, Using the Format Painter, More Font Options, Text Effects, Symbols and Special Characters, Headers and Footers, Inserting a table, Inserting a picture, Saving As a Template, Page Breaks, Setting Defaults and Preferences, File Locations, User Information, Modifying the Style Area.

Module 4: Document Layout: Working with Tables, Adding and Removing columns, Adding and Removing Rows, Selecting and editing a Cell, Deleting Cells, Rows, Columns, Borders, Cell Shading, Tabs, Spacing Indents and Bullets, Paragraph Borders, Images, Copying and Deleting Pictures, Moving Pictures, Superscript and Subscript, Case Change, Automatic Hyphenation.

Module 5: Document Output: Page Orientation, Page Size, Margins, Proofing, Print Preview, Mail Merge, Saving as a Different File Type, Older Version, To Save in an Older Word Format, Saving as WordPerfect File, Saving as a text File, Rich Text Format, Saving as HTML, Printing.