General Information

• Name: Introduction to Microsoft Word
• Discipline: Computer Office Technology (COT)
• Units (Credits): 1–3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Technology

Prerequisites and Recommended Courses

• Recommended: 40 wpm typing speed

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Introduces Microsoft Word for Windows, a powerful word processing package that produces documents and handles a large number of routine tasks with ease. Beginning course is designed for people who are at a basic level and want to learn a general overview of the program as well as be productive with simple tasks. Document creation, editing, saving and retrieving files, printing, spell checking, formatting, search and replace, thesaurus and special effects will be covered.

II: Course Objectives

COT 151 Introduces Microsoft Word for Windows, a powerful word processing package that produces documents and handles a large number of routine tasks with ease. Beginning course is designed for people who are at a basic level and want to learn a general overview of the program as well as be productive with simple tasks. Document creation, editing, saving and retrieving files, printing, spell checking, formatting, search and replace, thesaurus and special effects will e covered.

• • Identify parts of word processing equipment and differentiate between hardware and software.
• • Create, save, print, close, open, and edit a Word document.
• • Enhance documents with character formatting including all caps, bold, underlining, and italics.
• • Use Word's Office Assistant feature.
• • Display nonprinting characters; change the alignment of text in paragraphs, indent text, and change line spacing.
• • Copy, move, rename, and print multiple documents.
• • Adjust the size and style of type as well as the appearance of characters.
• • Insert special symbols, bullets, and numbers
• • Proof all types of business documents with the Spell Checker and Thesaurus, and improve the grammar of written documents with the Grammar Checker.
• • Utilize special features in Word 2002 documents such as Auto Text, spacing between paragraphs, date and time, dropped capital letters, and templates.
• • Generate documents with custom tab settings, including left, right, center, decimal, and vertical tabs.
• • Print selected pages from a document and generate envelopes and labels.
• • Format and merge form files and data files to create personalized business documents such as letters and envelopes.
• • Adjust page breaks and section breaks, control text flow, and change margins in a document.
• • Manipulate blocks of text between areas of different business documents.
• • Display multiple windows and move or copy text between windows.
• • Create document references such as headers, footers, footnotes, and endnotes.
• • Revise text and codes using Find and Replace.

III: Course Linkage

Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

This course is to provide employment-related knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a chosen field of study.
Students who complete programs in occupational areas are expected to demonstrate that they
Know
• the subject matter appropriate to the emphasis of the degree.
Are Able to
• acquire skills and perform tasks necessary for employment or career enhancement.
• present themselves effectively to a potential employer.
• demonstrate effective communication skills appropriate resources to remain current in the chosen occupational field.
• an appreciation of the importance of social, ethical, legal and diversity issues.