Microsoft® Office Word 2011: Level 1 (Macintosh)
Course Specifications
Course number: 084551
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Certification: MOS: Microsoft Office Word 2011 Exam 77–881, MOS: Microsoft Office Word Expert 2011 Exam 77–887
Course Description
Course Objective: You will create, edit, and enhance standard business documents using
Microsoft® Office Word 2011.
Target Student: This course is designed for students who wish to learn the basic
operations of the Microsoft Word to perform their day-to-day responsibilities,
and who want to use the application to be more productive in their work. It
provides the fundamental knowledge and techniques needed to use more complex
Word features such as protecting your documents and using ligatures.
Prerequisites: Prospective students should be familiar with Mac OS X
v10.5.8 (basic typing skills are recommended). They should be comfortable
in the Macintosh environment and be able to use Macintosh to manage information
on a computer. Specifically, they should be able to launch and close programs;
navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders.
Web browsing experience is also strongly recommended.
Certification
This course is one of a series of Element K courseware
titles that addresses Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification skill
sets. The MOS and certification program is for individuals who use Microsoft's
business desktop software and who seek recognition for their expertise with
specific Microsoft products.
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student
and instructor. Each computer should have the following hardware configuration:
- Intel processors.
- 1 GB of RAM or more.
- 2.5 GB of available hard disk space. HFS + also known as Mac
OS Extended format.
- DVD drive.
- A keyboard and mouse or other pointing device.
- 1280 x 800 pixel or higher resolution is recommended.
- Network cards and cabling for local network access.
- Internet access (contact your local network administrator).
- A printer (optional) or an installed printer driver.
- A projection system to display the instructor’s computer
screen.
Software Requirements
Each computer requires the following software:
- Microsoft® Office:mac (Home & Student, Home &
Business) Edition 2011
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- identify and work with basic Word 2011 tools and features.
- edit text in a Word document.
- modify the appearance of text in a Word document.
- insert special characters and graphical objects.
- organize data in tables.
- proof a Word document.
- control the appearance of pages in a Word document.
- print a Word document.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word 2011
- Topic 1A: Identify the Components of the Word Interface
- Topic 1B: Customize the Word Interface
- Topic 1C: Display a Document in Different Views
- Topic 1D: Enter Text in a Document
- Topic 1E: Save a Document
- Lesson 2: Editing Text in a Word Document
- Topic 2A: Select Text
- Topic 2B: Modify Text
- Topic 2C: Find and Replace Text
- Lesson 3: Modify the Appearance of Text in a Word Document
- Topic 3A: Apply Character Formatting
- Topic 3B: Align Text Using Tabs
- Topic 3C: Display Text as List Items
- Topic 3D: Modify the Layout of a Paragraph
- Topic 3E: Apply Styles
- Topic 3F: Manage Formatting
- Topic 3G: Apply Borders and Shading
- Lesson 4: Inserting Special Characters and Graphical Objects
- Topic 4A: Insert Symbols and Special Characters
- Topic 4B: Add Illustrations to a Document
- Lesson 5: Organizing Data in Tables
- Topic 5A: Insert a Table
- Topic 5B: Modify a Table
- Topic 5C: Format a Table
- Topic 5D: Convert Text to a Table
- Lesson 6: Proofing a Word Document
- Topic 6A: Check Spelling and Grammar
- Topic 6B: Use the Thesaurus
- Lesson 7: Controlling the Appearance of Pages in a Word Document
- Topic 7A: Apply a Page Border and Color
- Topic 7B: Add a Watermark
- Topic 7C: Add Headers and Footers
- Lesson 8: Printing Word Documents
- Topic 8A: Control Page Layout
- Topic 8B: Preview and Print a Document
Appendix A: Microsoft
Office Word 2011
Appendix B: Microsoft
Office Word Expert 2011