I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Microsoft Word Comprehensive

2. Course Prefix & Number:
COMP 1131

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 4

Lecture Hours: 4

4. Course Description:

This course focuses on basic through advanced skill sets using the current Microsoft Word Office Suite software application. Students will use the current version of the Microsoft Office Suite to create, format, and edit documents, research papers with citations and references, business letters with a letterhead and tables, and documents with a title page, tables, and watermarks. Students will use templates to create a resume. Students will generate form letters, implement mail merge functions and create mailing labels, and directories. Students will creating advanced newsletters with multiple desktop publishing features and deploy document collaboration and integration tools. Advanced topics include creating a table of contents with an index, creating a template for an online form, and working with macros, document security, and XML. Students will learn project planning guidelines, how to publish Office Web pages online, saving to the Web and creating APA-MLA research papers.  Students need to be efficient with operating system functions as this course focuses on the application itself with the assumption that students have effective operating system functional skills. Career Preparation: The studies in this course will help students prepare for careers in Business, Management, and general use of computer applications for nearly all organizations. It will also prepare students for careers in Computer Support, Information Technology, Administrative Support, Administrative Assistant and Help Desk/Computer Repair Technician.  Students are expected to know how to use a current operating system including navigation, saving files, file management/hierarchy structure, compression, extraction, installation of programs, setting up user accounts and administrative operating system tasks. Students without this experience should take COMP 1109 Introduction to Operating Systems either before they take this course or concurrently while they are taking this course.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

8. Prerequisite (Entry) Skills:
Students are expected to know how to use a current Windows operating system including navigation, saving files, file management/hierarchy structure, compression, extraction, installation of programs, setting up user accounts and administrative operating system tasks. Students without this experience should take COMP 1109 Introduction to Operating Systems either before they take this course or concurrently while they are taking this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Hibbing Community College, CAPP 1540 Word Processing, 2 credits
Hibbing Community College, CAPP 1541 Advanced Word Processing, 2 credits
Inver Hills Community College, CIS 1110 Microsoft Word, 3 credits
Rochester Community and Technical College, IT 7401 MS Word  - Level 1, 2 credits
Rochester Community and Technical College, IT 7402 MS Word 2007 - Level 2, 2 credits

3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:

• Written
• Oral
• Demonstration
• Portfolio

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):

Microsoft Office Specialist, Certificate
Administrative Assistant, AAS
Administrative Support, Diploma

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Use the Microsoft Word Office Suite software application to effectively create mail merge functions.
Utilize appropriate technology	Use the Microsoft Word Office Suite software application to effectively create documents and research papers.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Create, Format, and Edit a Word Document with a Picture
• Create a Research Paper with Citations and References
• Create a Business Letter with a Letterhead and Table
• Create a Document with a Title Page, Table, and Watermark
• Use a Template to Create a Resume and Share the Finished Document
• Generate Form Letters, Mailing Labels, and a Directory for a Cover Letter
• Create a Newsletter with a Pull-Quote and Graphics
• Use Document Collaboration and Integration Tools
• Create a Master Document with a Table of Contents and an Index
• Create a Template for an Online Form
• Enhance an Online Form and Work with Macros, Document Security, and XML
• Use Project Planning Guidelines
• Create an APA Research Paper

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Create, Format, and Edit a Word Document with a Picture
2. Create a Research Paper with Citations and References
3. Create a Business Letter with a Letterhead and Table
4. Create a Document with a Title Page, Table, and Watermark
5. Use a Template to Create a Resume and Share the Finished Document
6. Generate Form Letters, Mailing Labels, and a Directory for a Cover Letter
7. Create a Newsletter with a Pull-Quote and Graphics
8. Use Document Collaboration and Integration Tools
9. Create a Master Document with a Table of Contents and an Index
10. Create a Template for an Online Form
11. Enhance an Online Form and Work with Macros, Document Security, and XML
12. Use Project Planning Guidelines
13. Publish Office  Web Pages Online
14. Save to the Web 
15. Create an APA/MLA Research Paper
16. Sharing and Maintaining Documents
17. Apply different views to a document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: selecting zoom options, splitting and arranging windows (View Side by Side, Synchronous Scrolling), document views (reorganizing a document outline, master documents, subdocuments, web layout, draft), switching windows, opening a document in a new window.
18. Apply protection to a document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: applying protection by using the Microsoft Office Backstage view commands (applying controls and restrictions to document access, password-protect a document, Mark as Final), applying protection by using ribbon commands.
19. Manage document versions.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Recover draft versions, Delete all draft versions.
20. Share documents.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: sending documents via E-mail, or internet fax, changing file types, creating PDF documents. 
21. Save a Document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: using compatibility mode, protected mode, and Save As options.
22. Apply a template to a document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: finding templates (locating a template on your disk, finding templates on the web).
23. Formatting Content
24. Apply font and paragraph attributes.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Apply character attributes, apply styles, use Format Painter.
25. Navigate and search through a document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: using the Navigation Pane (headings, pages, results), Go To, Browse by button, and Highlight features, and setting Find and Replace options (format, special).
26. Apply indentation and tab settings to paragraphs.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: applying indents (first line, hanging), setting tabs, using the Tabs dialog box, setting tabs on the ruler, clearing tabs, setting tab stops, and moving tab stops.
27. Apply spacing settings to text and paragraphs.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Line spacing, paragraph spacing.
28. Create tables.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: using the Insert Table dialog box, using Draw Table, inserting a Quick Table, converting text to tables, and using a table to control page layout.
29. Manipulate tables in a document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: sorting content, adding a row to a table, adding a column to a table, splitting, merging, moving, resizing, and deleting a row or column, defining the header row, converting tables to text, and viewing gridlines.
30. Apply bullets to a document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: applying bullets, selecting a symbol format, defining a picture to be used as a bullet, using AutoFormat, and promoting or demoting bullet levels.
31. Applying Page Layout and Reusable Content
32. Apply and manipulate page setup settings.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: setting margins, non-breaking spaces, hyphenation, and columns, working with breaks, forcing a page break, inserting a section break (continuous, Next page, Next Odd, Next Even), and inserting a blank page into a document.
33. Apply themes.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Use a theme to apply formatting, customize a theme.
34. Construct content in a document by using the Quick Parts tool.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: adding built-in building blocks (quotes, text boxes, headers, footers, cover pages, watermarks, equations).
35. Create and manipulate page backgrounds.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: formatting a document’s background, setting a colored background, adding a watermark, and placing page borders.
36. Create and modify headers and footers.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: inserting and formatting page numbers, inserting the current date and time, inserting a built-in header or footer, adding content to a header or footer (custom dialog box, manual entry), deleting a header or footer, changing margins, and applying a different first page atrribute
37. Including Illustrations and Graphics in a Document.
38. Insert and format Pictures in a document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: adding captions, applying artistic effects and picture styles, compressing pictures, modifying a shape, adjusting position and size, and inserting screenshots.
39. Insert and format shapes, WordArt, and SmartArt.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: adding text to a shape, modifying text on a shape, adding captions, setting shape styles (border, text), and adjusting position and size.
40. Insert and format Clip Art.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Organizing ClipArt, captions, artistic effects, compress pictures, corrections, modify the shape, reset, picture styles, arrange options, size.
41. Apply and manipulate text boxes.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Format, save selection to text box gallery, text box styles, text direction, shadow effects, 3-D effects, arrange options.
42. Proofreading documents
43. Validate content by using spelling and grammar checking options
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Grammar and style options.
44. Configure AutoCorrect settings
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Add, remove, exceptions, AutoCorrect dialog.
45. Insert and modify comments in a document
• This objective may include but is not limited to: inserting a comment, editing a comment, deleting a comment, and viewing a comment (view comments from another user, view comments inline, view comments as balloons).
46. Applying References and Hyperlinks
47. Apply a hyperlink.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Hyperlink using text, hyperlink using graphic, headings and bookmarks, create new document, E-mail address.
48. Create Endnotes and Footnotes in a document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Manage footnote and endnote location, configure footnote and endnote format, presentation, and numbering.
49. Create a Table of Contents in a document.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Default formats, show levels, alignment, tab leader, formats, options, modify styles, update table.
50. Performing Mail Merge Operations
51. Setup mail merge
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Perform a mail merge using the Mail Merge Wizard, perform a mail merge manually, Auto check for errors.
52. Execute mail merge.
• This objective may include but is not limited to: Print, preview.

 

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions