Business Computer 147-2, 148ABCD

Course Description

BUS COMPUTING 147-2
COURSE TITLE:  Microsoft® Word-Beginning

SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION: Learn the beginning functions and commands of Microsoft Word, identify computer hardware and printers, properly maintain disks, use the mouse, and complete computer exercises.

BUS COMPUTING 148A-1
COURSE TITLE: Intermediate  Microsoft® Word 2003 – Long Documents

SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION: In this intermediate Microsoft® Word course students learn to use writing tools to create thoughtful and well-written documents, utilize a variety of tabs, cut, paste, and copy text within and between documents, automatically insert date and time, highlight text, create documents using a Word template and a Wizard, format and edit text in newspaper columns, apply styles, and create an outline style numbered list. Emphasis is placed on creating, formatting, editing, and using AutoText in headers and footers.

BUS COMPUTING 148B-1
COURSE TITLE: Intermediate  Microsoft® Word 2003 – Graphics

SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION: In this intermediate Microsoft® Word course students create customized envelopes, labels, directories, e-mail messages, and faxes using the Mail Merge Wizard; organize data using Word’s Tables feature, enhance the visual appeal of documents by adding borders, inserting and formatting images, downloading images from the Microsoft® Design Gallery Live Web site, creating watermarks, and inserting bitmapped images. Students learn to use the Drawing toolbar to draw freehand; draw shapes and objects; and create text boxes, organizational charts, and diagrams. The WordArt toolbar let students create text in a variety of shapes, alignments, and 3-D effects. Explore the Internet through Word.

BUS COMPUTING 148C-1
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Microsoft® Word 2003 – Power Word 1

SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION: In this advanced Microsoft® Word course students learn to add line numbering, create and insert bookmarks, use AutoText entries, find and replace text, hyphenate words, create drop caps, customize toolbars and menus, and automatically summarize a document. Students create and edit charts, import, modify, and link data from Excel worksheets; automate formatting with macros, format with Styles, and create cross references.

BUS COMPUTING 148D
COURSE TITLE: Advanced Microsoft® Word – Power Word 2

SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION: In this advanced Microsoft® Word course students learn to sort and select, create outlines, master documents, and subdocuments, create fill-in forms and templates, work with shared documents, and create specialized tables and indexes.

Required Textbook

MICROSOFT Word 2003 by Nita Rutkosky, Paradigm Publishing
This book includes one CD-ROM that contains the files students need to complete the exercises and assessments and a booklet that provides information about SNAP Testing. This testing will be described on the website later in the courses.

If you will be completing your exercises and assessments at your home or office, you must have Microsoft® Word 2003 and Windows XP.

If you do not have Word 2003 or Windows XP at your home or office, you will need to enroll in a computer lab in order to complete exercises and assessments. Coastline Community College offers these labs. Lab times and locations are shown in the schedule under COMP 300L. Computer labs have qualified instructors on duty to help you.

Check your book now and make sure the CD is included. Sometimes it is in the middle of the book. If you purchased your text at our bookstore and find  the CDs is missing, please call one of our staff members at (714) 241-6101.

You may access the student files from the publisher's wibsite at http://www.emcp.com/college_resource_centers?index.php?GroupID=4760

I recommend purchasing your text through Coastline's bookstore.