Contents:

Welcome to the Western Region Education Service Alliance Online.

Module 1: Starting Word: options

Module 2: Getting oriented: views, menus, toolbars

Module 3: Opening an existing document; saving options

Module 4: Cursors and Pointer Appearances

Module 5: Navigation; selecting, editing, and formatting text

Module 6:  Entering text; spell-checking; grammar

Module 7: Formatting options: styles, manual and Autoformat

Module 8: Graphics: ClipArt and pictures; The Drawing Toolbar: shapes, lines, arrows, text boxes, WordArt (Assignment  1 Due)  

Module 9: Previewing and printing

Module 10: Word Project  (Assignment 2 Due)

This is an Introductory level online course consisting of activities and tutorials designed for Word XP. If you have an earlier version of Word, you may notice a few differences in the views and toolbars. The basics however, are the same. 

CEU Credit: To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you must register, receive confirmation,  complete and submit  all course assignments. Upon completion of the course you will be given a certificate which you may send to your Central Office for the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some LEAs require prior approval of workshops and courses to be submitted for CEUs.

Course Requirements: Basic familiarity with computers and the Windows operating system, Word installed on your computer, Javascript enabled,  the ability to send and receive email (including attachments),  and completion of all course assignments.

Course Contents: To the left you find a list of course modules.

Time needed to complete this course: 10 hours

CEUs awarded by LEA: 1 (One)

Assignments to be submitted: 2

What’s New in Office XP

What’s New in Word XP

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