Corel® WordPerfect® X4: Level 1
Course Specifications
Course number: 084027
Software: Corel® WordPerfect® X4
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
Word processing is the use of computers to create, revise,
and save documents for printing and future retrieval. This course is the first
in a series of two Corel® WordPerfect® X4 courses. It will provide
you with the basic concepts required to produce basic business documents.
Course Objective: You will create and enhance standard business documents using WordPerfect
X4.
Target Student: This course is intended for any business, government, law office,
small business, or home office user of WordPerfect X4.
Prerequisites: Users should have basic PC/Windows skills and knowledge;
no word processing skills or knowledge are required.
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
- Personal computer with Pentium 166 MHz processor or equivalent.
- Minimum of 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended).
- 330 MB of free hard-disk space. Space requirement may vary
by configuration.
- Either a local CD-ROM drive or access to a networked CD-ROM
drive.
- A two-button mouse, an IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing
device.
- Super VGA, 16-bit color monitor supporting 800 x 600 or higher
resolution.
Platform Requirements
- Windows XP Professional. This course was written using the Windows
XP Professional operating system with SP1 installed. WordPerfect X4 will run
on Windows 2000 with SP3, Windows NT 4 with SP6a, Windows 98 SE or Windows
ME. However, using this course with other operating systems or configurations
may affect how the activities work.
Software Requirements
- A Custom Setup of WordPerfect Office X4. See the Class Setup
section for details.
- An installed printer driver. (Printers are not required; however,
each PC must have an installed printer driver to use Print Preview.)
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- describe the basic concepts of word processing in Corel®
WordPerfect® X4.
- identify the basic concepts of modifying a document in
Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- format a document using the fonts and font styles available
in Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- format the appearance of paragraphs of text using the paragraph
formatting available in Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- organize information by using the tabs and tables available
in Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- change the appearance of a document at the page level in
Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- examine a document and check it for potential errors in
Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- view a Corel® WordPerfect® X4 document in different
modes and view a print preview.
- work with other file formats in Corel® WordPerfect®
X4.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Getting Started with WordPerfect
- Topic 1A: Explore the WordPerfect Environment
- Topic 1B: Enter Text
- Topic 1C: Save a Document
- Lesson 2: Modifying a Document
- Topic 2A: Edit a Document
- Topic 2B: Navigate in a Document
- Topic 2C: Find and Replace Text
- Topic 2D: Undo and Redo Changes
- Topic 2E: Move and Copy Text
- Lesson 3: Formatting Text
- Topic 3A: Change the Appearance of Text
- Topic 3B: Copy Formats with QuickFormat
- Lesson 4: Formatting Paragraphs
- Topic 4A: Indent Text
- Topic 4B: Create Lists
- Topic 4C: Align Paragraphs
- Topic 4D: Set Line Spacing
- Lesson 5: Using Tabs and Tables
- Topic 5A: Set Tabs
- Topic 5B: Create a Table
- Topic 5C: Modify a Table
- Topic 5D: Format a Table
- Lesson 6: Controlling Page Appearance
- Topic 6A: Set Margins
- Topic 6B: Control Page Breaks
- Topic 6C: Center Text Vertically on the Page
- Topic 6D: Create Headers and Footers
- Lesson 7: Proofing a Document
- Topic 7A: Check Spelling
- Topic 7B: Check Grammar
- Topic 7C: Look Up Words in the Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Topic 7D: Create Shortcuts with QuickCorrect and QuickWords
- Lesson 8: Finalizing a Document
- Topic 8A: Change the View of a Document
- Topic 8B: Print a Document
- Lesson 9: Working with Other Formats
- Topic 9A: Save WordPerfect Files in Other Formats
- Topic 9B: Work with Microsoft Word Files
- Topic 9C: Publish a Document to HTML
- Topic 9D: Publish a PDF File