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What We Did Last Week

We had our orientation last week and went over our course Web site, course syllabus, and learned to set up your myWebCT account. Most of you have posted your biography on WebCT. You can go to Meet Your Classmates page and find their pictures and biographies.

You should have obtained the SAM²⁰⁰³ CD and your username/password to access SAM at the orientation. You will need your username and password to take your tests. If you did not get the CD or your username and password, you can pick them up from the booth in computer lab located in Building 21 any day between Monday and Thursday (from 8 am to 9 pm), or on Saturday (from 8 am to 4 pm). Just tell the staff who you are and you are there to pick up the CD. I also left the Interactive Lab CD with the staff in the booth. You can bring a blank CD to the lab and make a copy of the CD to do your assignment #1.

You have to have an account with http://sam2003.course.com to use SAM in this course and take your exams. Here is how:

1. Install the SAM²⁰⁰³ CD you received at the orientation.
2. Click on the SAM²⁰⁰³ icon on the desktop to go to http://sam2003.course.com.
3. Enter your username (pjc followed by three digits) and password (your section number followed by two digits) to login. Do not login as a new user.  Please contact me if you don't have your username and password.
4. Select any Training from the assignment list to launch training.
5. You will see a list of 5 exams at the beginning of the listing. Do not select any exam. They are the actual exams you are going to take for this term. Click on Exam only when you are ready to take the tests on Windows XP, Word,  Excel, Access, and PowerPoint at the test center.

In Training, you can access Prepare, Observe, Practice, and Apply at any time, moving among them in any order to create the learning program that best suits you. You can also access any learning mode as many times as you like. The real test is very much similar to the test you take using Apply mode in Training.

You will need your SAM username and password to login to SAM Web site. Once you login, practice test is located under Training. You need to remember your username and password because you will also need them to take your online exams. Please email me if you don't have your username and password.

Again, I want to emphasize that you have to have access to Windows XP and Office 2003 to take this class. If you don't have Office 2003 and would like to get Office 2003, you can go to Circuit City, Best Buy, Office Max, Office Depot, or Wal-Mart to buy one for $149.99.

For those of you don't have Office 2003 and don't plan to purchase one, You can download your free 60-day Office 2003 Standard Edition Trial Software at http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/standardtrial.mspx. The trial software download is 228 megabytes (MB), and approximately 500MB of free hard disk space is required to install the trial after download. It is strongly recommended that you have a reliable broadband Internet connection to download this trial—download times will vary depending upon the speed of your Internet connection. You can also use the computer in the computer lab to work on your assignments.

You are scheduled to take your test #1 this week. You can either take it at any one of the test centers on Pensacola (484-1987), Warrington (484-2200 or 484-2309) or Milton (484-4410) campus between Monday and Thursday or come to classroom 2146 in Building 21 at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Please make appointments 24 hours in advance if you are going to take the test at the test center.

Please do not hesitate to call or email me if you have any questions.  Meanwhile, have fun discovering your computer!

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What You Will Learn This Week

• Lesson 3: Word 2003: Creating and Editing a Word Document

Project 1 will introduce you to starting Word and creating a document.  Before entering any text in the document, you will learn how to change the font size.  You also will learn how to save and print a document.  You will use Word's check spelling as you type feature.  Once you save the document, you will learn how to format its paragraphs and characters.  Then, you will insert and resize a clip art image.  You will learn how to insert, delete, and modify text.  Finally, you will learn one way to use the Word Help system.

• Lesson 4: Word 2003: Creating a Research Paper

• Lesson 5: Word 2003: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table

Project 3 will introduce you to creating a resume using a wizard and creating a cover letter with a letterhead, a bulleted list, and a table. You will use the Resume Wizard to create a resume and then use several formatting techniques to personalize the resume.  You will view and print the resume in print preview. You will create a letterhead and then the cover letter. While creating the letterhead, you will learn how to add color to characters, set custom tab stops, collect and paste between documents, and add a border to a paragraph.  You will create an AutoText entry, which you will use when you personalize the cover letter. Finally, you will address and print an envelope.

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Lesson Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Use Word to create and edit a document

• Manage file, document, folder, and Windows XP Explorer
• Start Word
• Describe the Word Window
• Describe the speech recognition capabilities of word
• Zooming page width
• Change the default font size of all text
• Enter text into a document
• Scroll through a document
• Check spelling as you type
• Save a document
• Select text
• Change the font size of selected text
• Change the font of selected text
• Right-align a paragraph
• Center a paragraph
• Undo commands or actions
• Italicize selected text
• Underline selected text
• Bold selected text
• Insert clip art into a document
• Resize a graphic
• Print a document
• Open a document
• Correct errors in a document
• Use Help
• Quit Word

• Use Word to create a research paper

  • Describe the MLA documentation style for research papers
  • Changing the margins
  • Adjust line spacing in a document
  • Use a header to number pages of a document
  • Enter text using Click and Type
  • Apply formatting using shortcut keys
  • Indent paragraphs
  • Use Word's AutoCorrect feature
  • Add a footnote to a research paper
  • Modify a style
  • Count the words in a document
  • Insert a manual page break
  • Create a hanging indent
  • Insert a symbol automatically
  • Create a hyperlink
  • Sort selected paragraphs
  • Go to a specific location in a document
  • Move text
  • Find and replace text
  • Use the Paste Option button
  • Understand how smart tags work
  • Find a synonym for a word
  • Check spelling and grammar at once
  • Display the web page associated with a hyperlink
  • E-mail a copy of a document

• Create a resume using a wizard and a cover letter with a table.

  • Create a resume using Word's Resume wizard
  • Identify the Word screen in print layout view
  • Zoom text width
  • Identify styles in a document
  • Replace selected text with new text
  • Insert a line break
  • AutoFormat text as you type
  • Use print preview to view and print a document
  • Open a new document window
  • Add color to characters
  • Set and use tab stops
  • Switch from one open Word document to another
  • Collect and paste using the Clipboard task pane
  • Add a bottom border to a paragraph
  • Clear formatting
  • Convert a hyperlink to regular text
  • Identify the components of a business letter
  • Insert the current date
  • Create an AutoText entry
  • Insert a nonbreaking space
  • Insert an AutoText entry
  • Insert a Word table
  • Enter data into a Word table
  • Format a Word table
  • Create a bulleted list as you type
  • Address and print an envelope
  • Use the Smart Tags Action button

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Activities for This Week

• Test #1 (Concepts, Windows XP and Office 2003) - Thursday, 7/6/06 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 2146, Pensacola Campus.

• Reading Assignment - Projects 1, 2 and 3 in Microsoft Word 2003 section in your textbook.

• Assignment #2 - Use Word to create documents

  Email your completed assignment to your instructor at llemley@pjc.edu as an attachment. Remember to type "Your Section #, Assignment 2, Your Name" in the Subject.

• Assignment #3 - Use Word to create a research paper

Email your completed assignment to your instructor at llemley@pjc.edu as an attachment. Remember to type "Your Section #, Assignment 3, Your Name" in the Subject.

• Assignment #4 -  Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table.

  Email your completed assignment to your instructor at llemley@pjc.edu as an attachment. Remember to type "Your Section #, Assignment 4, Your Name" in the Subject.

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Conclusion

  At the end of this lesson, you have learned:

       To use Word to create and edit a document.

       To use Word to create a research paper

       To create a resume using a wizard and a cover letter with a table.

  Assignments

• Test #1 - Thursday, 7/6/06 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 2146, Pensacola Campus.

• Reading Assignment - Read Projects 1, 2 and 3 in Microsoft Word 2003 of your book.

• Assignments #2, #3, and #4 and email them as attachments.

  What we will do next week: Microsoft Excel 2003

• Test #2 (Word 2003) - Tuesday/Thursday, 7/11 or 7/13, at 6:00 p.m. in Building 21, Room 2146
• Complete Assignments #5 and #6.

 

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Last updated: 06/27/06