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1 Word Intermediate ( ) Independent Study Course Completion Plan Student Name : Phone Number : MSTC Course Start Date : Required Course Completion Date : Ask Instructor Course Completion Plan (for student planning purposes only) Projected Completion Date Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 I understand that if I do not complete this course by the end date above, I will receive an F for the course unless I ve made other arrangements with the instructor. I understand that if I am enrolled in other Independent Study courses, I must submit at least the first assignment those courses in the semester I registered for them. If I do not, I will receive an F for those courses. Student Signature: Assignment evaluations may be ed to me: Student Initials:

2 Word Intermediate Independent Study Welcome to the Word-Intermediate course. We feel this course will give you a strong foundation of skills needed to use database programs effectively in either a home or business environment. The course is self-paced, however, don t procrastinate! There s a lot of work to be accomplished and the longer you wait, the less slack time you ll have if you run into trouble. You can accomplish the work in Room 101, 102, 104, 138, the library or, you can do the work at home if you have Word 2010 on your computer at home. Your primary reference for this course is the textbook listed in the syllabus and my Instructor s Notes found on my web site (see below). If some of the concepts are confusing and you need additional references, you can find other Word books in the library, or you can ask your instructor for other references. A lot of support information for this course is available on the web. For all assignments, visit my Word 2010 Intermediate web site at: (click the Word Intermediate link) Student Files The assignments for this course are based on previously created files that I refer to as the student files. You can get these files from one of three places: 1. My web site: look for the Student Files link on this page and download the files. 2. The book publisher s web site: Course Technology. Download the files. 3. The CD-ROM that came with your book (copy files to your computer) You should copy/download the student files either to your hard drive or to a USB storage drive. Submitting Assignments This course is paperless. You will submit your assignments via or USB flash drive Complete homework assignment 1 (see following pages) 2. completed assignment files to me as attachments (see Submit list) 3. I will an evaluation sheet back to you. 4. Repeat steps 1 & 2 for each tutorial. USB Storage Drive: 1. Complete homework assignment 1 (see following pages). 2. Make sure all the files are on the USB drive (see Submit list). 3. Bring the USB drive to me. I will copy the appropriate files to my computer and immediately return the USB drive to you. 4. I will you the evaluation. 5. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each assignment. You will make a contract with your instructor to determine when you plan to complete each unit of the course. Stick to the schedule and pace yourself to complete the work. If you get into trouble, get help quickly. GOOD LUCK!

Mid-State Technical College Course Syllabus Textbook Microsoft Word 2010 - Introductory by Zimmerman, Zimmerman, Shaffer (Course Technology, 2011) Course Title Word - Intermediate Independent Study

3 Mid-State Technical College Course Syllabus Textbook Microsoft Word Introductory by Zimmerman, Zimmerman, Shaffer (Course Technology, 2011) Course Title Word - Intermediate Independent Study Course Number Credits 1 Instructor Volker F. Gaul Stevens Point Business Office Office Phone: Volker.Gaul@mstc.edu Course Prerequisites Word - Beginning ( ) Challenge Exam Available? Yes No Articulated Course? Yes No Required Student Materials USB Storage Drive (Optional) Course Description Students will learn how to create more complex documents using Microsoft Word. Students will learn to customize the Word environment. Students will learn to automate word processing tasks using macros. Course Competencies Students will learn to: 1. add clip art, pictures, WordArt and text boxes to documents 2. format documents using columns 3. customize tab settings 4. create templates 5. customize document themes 6. create and update a table of contents 7. create merge files and merge forms (including labels) 8. create and execute macros Mid-State Technical College An Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator, Functioning Under an Affirmative Action Plan

4 Course Outline I. Inserting and Modifying Graphic Objects a. Inserting and formatting clip art and pictures b. Inserting and formatting WordArt c. Adding textboxes d. Adding Drop Caps e. Inserting Symbols II. Formatting Text in Columns III. Customizing Tabs a. Setting left, right, center and decimal tabs b. Setting evenly spaced tabs c. Adding leader characters IV. Creating Templates, Customizing Themes, Table of Contents a. Creating and using a template b. Customizing theme fonts, colors and styles c. Creating and updating a table of contents V. Using Mail Merge a. Creating a data file b. Creating a main document c. Merging a main document and data file d. Selecting and sorting data e. Creating mailing labels f. Creating directories g. Using fill-in fields V. Automating tasks with Macros a. Recording macros b. Running macros c. Editing macros Student Assignments Read textbook assignments Follow class exercises/examples closely Complete end-of-chapter assignments Mid-State Technical College An Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator, Functioning Under an Affirmative Action Plan

5 Course Grading I will assign a letter grade for the course based on the following overall percentages: A % A % B % B 88-89% B % C % C 80-82% C % D % D 72-74% D % F Below 70% Core Abilities In addition to the material required in this course, the course will also further develop your skills in the following MSTC Core Abilities: Act with integrity Communicate effectively Demonstrate effective critical and creative thinking Demonstrate global and social awareness Academic Integrity Policy The Mid-State Technical College Board, administration, faculty, and staff believe that academic honesty and integrity are fundamental to the mission of higher education. All students are expected to maintain and promote the highest standards of personal honesty and professional integrity. These standards apply to all examinations, assigned work, and projects. Therefore, a student who is found to have been dishonest, fraudulent, or deceptive in the completion of work or willing to help others to be so or who is found to have plagiarized (presented the work of others as his or her own) is subject to disciplinary action up to and including suspension. Volker's clarification of the above: Homework assignments for this course are completed entirely on disks which unfortunately are easy to copy. If I determine that two assignments are identical, I will interview both students in an attempt to determine who did the copying. If I can determine who copied, I will give that student a zero on the assignment and let other instructors know of the infraction. If I determine a student has copied a second time, I will immediately fail (fail, not withdraw) that student in this course. Mid-State Technical College An Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator, Functioning Under an Affirmative Action Plan

6 Course Expectations I will take attendance only for record keeping purposes--your grade is not affected by your attendance. On the other hand, I will not repeat a lecture for someone who misses a class. It is your responsibility to make up the work you missed. Get to know your classmates and ask them to help you catch up. Review the notes on the web site. After each unit, I will give you class time to work on the end-of-chapter assignments. You are not required to show up/stay for these lab hours; however, I prefer you work in the lab so I can monitor your progress and help you past the rough spots. Use this time wisely. If you decide you no longer wish to attend this class, it is your responsibility to drop the class. I will not drop students who are no longer attending. If you don t drop the course, you will receive a grade of F. Classroom Environment I attempt to create a classroom environment that is comfortable for learning. If I inadvertently say or do something that offends or hurts you, please tell me (preferably after class) so I can correct the problem. If another student offends you, tell that student how you feel as well. If that doesn t solve the problem, tell me. Learning can be difficult enough as it is. Help me ensure the classroom and lab is an untroubled place to learn. Special Needs If you know you have a recognized disability, or suspect that you might have one, it is your responsibility to identify yourself as soon as possible to the Disability Services staff in Student Affairs. Course standards will not be lowered but various kinds of accommodations are available to you. Adequate and reasonable time will be required to develop and provide appropriate accommodations, so contact Disability Services as soon as possible. It is MSTC's goal to assist you in your individual educational plan. If you have other circumstances (family, job, etc) that might affect your performance in this class, please let me know. We might be able to make accommodations to help ensure your success. Mid-State Technical College An Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator, Functioning Under an Affirmative Action Plan

7 Homework Assignments This is a paperless course. To reduce the amount of wasted paper at Mid-State Technical College, all your assignments will be submitted via , the Submitted Assignments folder on the server, or on a USB flash drive. Change any requests in the text to print to SAVE. Label your submittals clearly with the tutorial number so I know which assignment I am grading. Unit 1 Desktop Publishing If you already completed these assignments in Word Beginning or Office 2010 Introduction, me. Ask me to transfer your score from the previous class if I was your instructor. If I was not your instructor, me the evaluation sheet you received from your instructor or simply the Submit files to me again. Read and Follow Pages WD 161 WD 206 Review Graphics Instructors Notes (web page) Review Word-Intermediate Unit 1 Recorded Lectures (web page)(optional) Review Word-Beginning Book Videos (see Instructor Notes) (optional) Assignments Review Assignments, Parts 1-22 Pages WD 207 WD 208 Case Problem 1 Pages WD 208 WD 209 Case Problem 2 Page WD 209 Tip: Resize and move the WordArt until Golf Team Wins Third Place starts the 2nd page. Case Problem 3 Pages WD 210 WD 211 Consider printing the back-to-back brochure. You do NOT need to submit the print. Submit: Eating Well Sunflower Audio (Case Problem 1) Flannery Newsletter (Case Problem 2) Hill Star Brochure (Case Problem 3)

8 Unit 2: Tabs Review Pages WD 132 WD 134, WD 157 Review Tabs Instructors Notes (web page) Review Word-Intermediate Unit 2 Recorded Lectures (web page)(optional) Assignments Tabs Assignment (web page) Submit: Tab Homework.docx Unit 3 Templates & Outlines Read and Follow Pages WD217 WD262 Review Customization Instructors Notes (web page) Assignments Review Assignments Pages WD263 WD264 Case Problem 3 Pages WD266 WD267 Part 12: Repeat the process for the Heading 2 style (Keep with next) Additional Problem Described Below Submit: Water Testing DWU Theme DWU Report (template) New Wells Translation AllSecure Plan (Case 3) APA Template APA Test Additional Problem Additional Problem

9 Additional Problem Word does not come with an APA document template, so you ll create one. 1. Create a new Word document. Save it as APA Template.dotx (template). 2. On the first line of the new document, enter your name and press Enter. 3. Select just the first line and format the text as Times New Roman, size Remove the extra paragraph spacing from the line. 5. Set the line spacing to double space. 6. Highlight the text and modify the Normal style to match it. 7. Center the line 8. Define a new style called Title Page based on this line. Set the style type to linked. Set the style based on to no style. This will keep our header from being affected by changes we make to the Normal style later. Set the paragraph line spacing to double. 9. On the second line (should already exist), insert a plain text content control (see Instructor s Notes). Change the control title to Paper Title. Do not allow the user to delete the control. In design mode, change the prompt to Insert the paper s title. (Always exit Design Mode when you re done with it). 10. Press Enter to start a new line and enter Mid-State Technical College 11. Format the content control and the college name using the Title Page style. 12. After the college name, insert a Next Page section break. 13. Return to the title page and center the page vertically. 14. Copy the content control for the paper s title to the clipboard. 15. Access the title page header. 16. Enter Running head: in the header and then paste the content control. 17. Format the header using the Header style. 18. Modify the Header style so it is based on no style. 19. Using the content control design mode, change the control prompt to All Caps (Font dialog box). 20. Tab to the right margin and enter a plain page number (Header & Footer Tools Design tab). 21. Switch to the Section 2 header and remove the link to previous. 22. Delete the Running head: text in the Section 2 header but leave the content control. 23. This would be a good time to save your work. 24. In the first paragraph of second page, add the word Abstract. Ensure this line is centered. 25. Change the Title style to match this text. 26. Start a new paragraph. Change the paragraph s style to Normal if needed. 27. Create a new style called Abstract Paragraph based on the formatting of this paragraph. Ensure the style type is set to Paragraph. 28. Insert a plain text content control. Change its title to Abstract and using design mode, enter the prompt, Click here to type the abstract. 29. Since the abstract might be more than one paragraph, allow the user to enter carriage returns in this control. However, after experimenting with this feature, I discovered Word doesn t really allow multiple paragraphs in a control. It allows you to press Enter, but inserts a manual line break, not a new paragraph. This is not appropriate for our template. A better plan here is to set the Remove content control when contents are edited option. This will allow you to enter multiple paragraphs in your paper based on this template. 30. After the control, insert a manual page break.

10 31. At the top of the third page, paste the title control again (if it is not still on your clipboard, copy it from the title page again). 32. Format this title using the Title style. Though the appearance doesn t change, this gives your template the flexibility to allow for future APA changes where the title page style may not match the title on the third page. 33. In the paragraph under the title, insert another plain text content control titled Body. Set the Remove content control when contents are edited option. Using design mode, change the prompt to Click here to enter the paper s text. 34. Format this entire line (including the control) using the Normal style. 35. Indent the first line of the paragraph ½ inch. (Tip: Select the entire paragraph). 36. Highlight the paragraph and change the Normal style to match its formatting (includes the ½ inch indent). 37. Return to the paragraph in the abstract. Because it is based on the Normal style, it is also indented ½ inch and it shouldn t be. Remove the ½ inch indent and update the Abstract Paragraph style. 38. Return to the paragraph on page 3 and note it is still indented. Now, all paragraphs in your paper will have a first line indent as you create them. You won t have to go back and indent them all later. 39. Add a new line after the paragraph. 40. Type the text Sample Section Header and format it using the Title style. 41. According to the APA style, section headers should be bold. Make this text bold. 42. Select the sample section header and create a new style called Section Header. Change the style type to Linked. Change the style for following paragraph to Normal. The primary reason we did this is to define the Section Header style. You may want to delete the section header from your template in the future, but leave it in for this assignment. 43. Copy the Body content control below the section header. 44. After the content control, enter a manual page break. 45. At the top of page 4, enter References and format it using the Title style. 46. Insert a new paragraph after the References title and format it using the Abstract Paragraph style (we don t want the ½ inch indent in the bibliography). 47. Type the text Replace this text with your bibliography. 48. Save your template. 49. Close Word. 50. Create a new document called APA Test using the APA Template. 51. In the middle of the title page enter My First APA Paper in the Paper Title content control. Note that even though all the Paper Title content controls have the same Title, they are not linked. You ll have to enter the title in three more content controls. Linking the controls is beyond the scope of this course. 52. Enter the title in the content controls in the section 1 header, section 2 header, and title of page 3. Note: if you paste the title into the header content controls, the All Caps formatting is initially removed. Click the Paste Options button and use the option to restore the All Caps or simply highlight the text and set All Caps manually. 53. Enter some sample text that is at least two lines long (in one paragraph) in the Abstract control on page 2. Ensure the paragraph s first line is aligned at the left margin. If not, update your template. 54. Copy the sample text (note there is no content control) to the clipboard. 55. Paste the sample text into the first Body content control on page 3. Then press Enter to start a new paragraph. Note the new paragraph is automatically indented (first line). 56. If you are not able to enter a new paragraph or the paragraphs are don t have a first line indent, update your template and try again. 57. Save APA Test

11 Unit 4 Mail Merge Read and Follow Pages WD 269 WD 315 Review Merging Instructors Notes (web page) Assignments Review Assignments Pages WD 316 WD 317 Case Problem 1 Pages WD 318 WD 319 Modification: Step 13: Save document as Gallery Directory Main Document Extra Credit (1 Point) (optional) Step 13 (add): In the main document, add the column labels Name and above the data. Be sure the column labels align properly with the data and only appear once on a page, not once for each record. Case Problem 2 Page WD 319 Modification: Step 10: Save document as Mortgage Labels Main Document Case Problem 3 Page WD 320 Case Problem 4 Page WD 321 Hint: Step 4: Type the outline using multi-list format, then switch to Heading

12 Submit: Bonus Main Document Bonus Data Merged Bonus Letters Merged Massage Letters Labels Main Document Merged Labels Directory Main Document Merged Directory More Bonus Data Contacts Info Outline Gallery Main Document (Case 1) Gallery Data (Case 1) Merged Gallery Letters (Case 1) Gallery Envelopes (Case 1) Merged Gallery Envelopes (Case 1) Gallery Directory Main Document (Case 1) Merged Gallery Directory (Case 1) Mortgage Main Document (Case 2) Merged Mortgage Letters (Case 2) Mortgage Labels Main Document (Case 2) Merged Mortgage Labels (Case 2) Mortgage Filtered (Case 2) Merged Fort Myers (Case 2) Pasta Data (Case 3) Pasta Main Document (Case 3) Merged Pasta Letters (Case 3) MAPH Outline (Case 4) MAPH Report (Case 4)

13 Unit 5 Macros Review Macros Instructors Notes (web page) Read and Follow Pages WD424 WD440 (if you have the Comprehensive edition of the book) Assignments Additional Assignment 1 Additional Assignment 2 Extra Credit 5 points (optional) Additional Assignment 3 (see below) (see below) (see below) Submit: Journal.docm (Additional Assignment 1) Memo Template.dotm (Additional Assignment 2) Extra Credit.docm (optional) (Additional Assignment 3)

14 Additional Assignment 1 Create a new macro-enabled document named Journal.docm At the top of the document create a title for the document using WordArt (wrapping top and bottom). Use your name followed by the word Journal (e.g. Volker s Journal). Format the WordArt however you wish, but you must use a WordArt transform. Remove all extra spacing above and below paragraphs in the document. Under the WordArt, start your journal by making the first entry: June 20, 2011 (use the current date) Today I worked very hard on my Macros Assignment. That extra credit problem was particular challenging, but through diligence and hard work, I solved it. (put a blank line here) Save your document and close it. Open the Journal again. Note the cursor is at the beginning of the document. Every time you open this document, you ll want to jump to the end of the document to make a new journal entry. Let s automate that process using macros. o This macro should execute automatically when you open this document. o The macro should be saved in this document o Move the cursor to the end of the document o Insert the current date (don t use the Update automatically option) o Move to the next line (after the date) o End the macro, allowing you to enter the journal entry. The user of the journal, will have to remember to leave a blank line after every entry. Test your macro by closing your journal and opening it again.

15 Additional Assignment 2 Create new template named Memo Template.dotm New blank document Save As (Macro-Enabled Word Template) The template should include the text shown below. Do not include the instructional notes (italics). You may format the WordArt however you wish. Include an appropriate business graphic (Clip Art or Picture) Include a macro in the template that automatically moves the text insertion point to the end of the document (blank line after the Subject line) when a new document is created using this template. Be sure to save the macro in this template. Save and close your document. Test it by opening it again. You should get two fill-in prompts and the cursor should appear at the end of the document. If this is not what you get, edit your template. WordArt Note tab alignment and position Date: insert system date field here From: insert your name here To: fill-in field Subject: fill-in field macro should place the cursor here automatically (note paragraph indentation)

16 Additional Assignment 3 Extra Credit: 5 Points (optional) Depending on your needs, this macro would be effective stored in a template, Normal.dotm or even in a document. For the purposes of this assignment, store the macro in a document named Extra Credit. Create a macro named WeeklyStatusReport that generates the table below and places the cursor in the cell for Monday of the first week. Hint: Learn to move around in a table using the keyboard (Word Help. Weekly Status Report is the first row of the table. The cells are merged and the borders turned off. Font: Times New Roman 16 To center the table between the margins, access the table properties. Set the column widths to approximately ¾ of an inch. When you submit this document, it should be blank. I ll run your macro to insert the table in the blank document. Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Weekly Status Report Mon Tue Wed Thr Fri

Portage Northern High School Computer Applications * Microsoft Office 2010 Course Syllabus Mrs. Meyer

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