INTRODUCTION and LESSON INDEX

Modified 17 December 2004

The course will be specifically designed for students who are either completely new to the computer, new to word processing, or who have had a previous bad experience in learning word processing, and will be led by a tutor with much experience in helping new and nervous students.

The course contents will be approximately as follows:

week 1 will consist of an introduction to MS-Word, the input and printing of text. The document produced will be saved to disk for use in the following weeks.

week 2 will cover the editing of the text input in weeks 1, including spell checking and the addditon of extra text.

week 3 will cover the formatting of the text input in weeks 1 and 2.

week 4 will provide the opportunity to practice and consolidate the skills covered in weeks 1, 2 & 3.

week 5 will introduce the use of such facilities as ClipArt and WordArt to enhance a document.