Department:    OFTEC

 Course #:    126

 Credits:    3

 Variable:     No

 Course Description  

Apply advanced features of Microsoft Word to format complex documents, create styles and templates, create forms, prepare documents for workgroup collaboration, and customize Word for improved productivity.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: OFTEC 122

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 33

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate, Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Create and modify styles and templates.
2. Format academic documents with references (insert footnote/endnotes, citations, bibliography).
3. Format multipage documents (create a table of contents and index, work with multiple sections, create a master document).
4. Work with advanced graphics (modifying graphical objects; aligning, distributing, rotating, and layering graphics; and inserting watermarks).
5. Create forms (construct a form template, add form controls, protect a form, and fill in a form).
6. Prepare documents for workgroup collaboration (insert comments, track changes, compare documents, review documents, and protect documents).
7. Customize Word (create macros, customize the Quick Access toolbar, create AutoText entries).
8. Apply core-level and expert-level MS Word features to create, edit, and format a variety of document layouts with minimal instructions.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline.

10. Technology

Definition: Understanding the role of technology in society and using technology appropriately and effectively.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
10.3 Use technology appropriate to the context and task to effectively retrieve and manage information, solve problems, and facilitate communication.

Course Contents

1. Style and template creation and modification techniques.
2. Development and formatting features for creating multipage documents.
3. Reference features for creating academic documents.
4. Advanced graphical features and techniques.
5. Form development features and techniques.
6. Workgroup collaboration features and techniques.
7. Customization tools.