COT 200 presents word processing concepts and applications to produce memos, letters, tables and reports on computer. Includes creating, editing and printing documents, merging, storage and retrieval, search and replace, and spell check.

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

Mission
This course is to provide employment-related knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a chosen field of study
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.

Have developed
• an appreciation of the importance of social, ethical, legal and diversity issues.