Conroe Independent School District Technology Competencies
Description: This class is designed for teachers who want to learn how to navigate through and work with documents; manipulate text; change formatting and page layout; and preview and print a document in Word. Prerequisite Skills: Introduction to Basic Operations
Outline
A. Creating and Saving Documents
Creating Word Documents
Making Simple Editing Changes
Moving Around in a Document
Selecting and Deleting Text
Inserting or Typing Over Text
Inserting the Date and Time
Saving: save and save as
Closing a document
Exiting Word B. Editing and Revising Documents
Cutting, Copying, Pasting and Moving Techniques
Selecting text: characters, words, lines, paragraphs, and entire document
Finding and Replacing Text
Correcting Spelling and Grammar
Using the Thesaurus
Using Undo and Redo C. Formatting Pages
Changing the Page Layout
Inserting a Page Break
Setting the Page Margins
Displaying the ruler
Displaying the toolbars
Specifying the Paper Size
Page Setup: Landscape and Portrait
Controlling Line Breaks
Changing the Page View
Show/Hide nonprinting characters
Insert page numbers
D. Formatting Paragraphs
Indenting Paragraphs and Changing Line Spacing
Using and Setting Tabs
Text Alignment and Justification: Left, Center, Right, and Full E. Formatting Text
Changing the Color of Text
Changing the Font, Size, and Style
Using Underline Options
Changing the Effects of Text
Adding Bullets or Numbering to Text F. Enhancing Documents
Inserting Clip Art G. File Management
Open and Save Dialog boxes
Locate documents
Manage files
Create folders
Display Office Assistant H. Previewing and Printing a Document
Printing a complete document, specific pages, or selection
