OADM226 Microsoft Word-Advanced

Department of Business Studies: Office Administration

1. Course Number and Title

   OADM226 Microsoft Word-Advanced

2. Number of Credits

   3 credits

3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

   2250 minutes

4. Prerequisites

   OADM225

   Corequisites

   None

5. Other Pertinent Information

   A classroom with computers using a Windows platform is required.

6. Catalog Course Description

   A second-level course where productivity is emphasized through the application of advanced word processing functions.

7. Required Course Content and Direction

   1. Learning Goals:

      1. Produce and format business documents using headers, footers, watermarks, and newspaper columns in order to customize documents.
      2. Acquire knowledge and facility in using advanced word processing features such as workgroup editing, creating and importing worksheets, and using charts and forms.
      3. Design and format documents that involve features, such as graphics, special characters, and document borders.
      4. Prepare documents using macros and create macro templates.
      5. Develop documentation using macros and create macro templates.
      6. Develop documentation using mail merge, sort lists, and sort records to be merged.
      7. Generate reference documents using bookmarks, cross-referencing and indexing.
      8. Manage files by creating subdirectories, using document summary information, and protecting documents.
         
         
      Core Learning Objectives:
      Category III – Information Literacy: Students will:
      1. determine the nature and extent of the information needed.
      2. determine the technologies and information formats appropriate for information identified.
      3. access needed information effectively and efficiently.
      4. evaluate information and its sources critically and incorporate selected information into their knowledge base and value system.
      5. develop an understanding of many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the information and access and use information legally and ethically.
      
      
      
      

   2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      1. Use text flow options (Widows/Orphans options and keeping lines together)
      2. Used non-breaking spaces
      3. Create watermarks
      4. Format first page differently than subsequent pages
      5. Create footnotes and endnotes
      6. Revise footnotes and endnotes
      7. Track changes to a document
      8. Insert comments
      9. Route documents
      10. Highlight text in document
      11. Create multiple conversions of a document
      12. Create master documents
      13. Balance column length
      14. Keep text in columns together
      15. Import worksheets in a table
      16. Modify worksheets in a table
      17. Perform calculations in a table
      18. Create worksheets in a table
      19. Create and modify charts
      20. Import data into charts
      21. Create and modify a form
      22. Create catalogs and lists
      23. Create and modify page borders
      24. Apply paragraph and section shading
      25. Add graphics
      26. Delete and position graphics
      27. Change page orientation
      28. Insert fields
      29. Insert special characters
      30. Record and run macros
      31. Edit macros
      32. Copy, rename, and delete macros
      33. Use macros to create templates
      34. Merge a document using variable data
      35. Sort lists, paragraphs, tables
      36. Sort records to be merged
      37. Create and modify a table of contents
      38. Create and modify an index
      39. Create cross-reference
      40. Use bookmarks
      41. Protect documents
      42. Add comments to the file properties

   3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

   4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      See course outline

8. Teaching Methods Employed

   Lecture, demonstration, and activities that lead to the creation of original documents designed to give students practice in their writing skills along with demonstrating their knowledge of the Word 97 program.

Review/Approval Date - 10/98; Core Goals/Objectives added 4/04