Application Management:

1. Describe a typical word processing application in terms of common uses, and features including – text manipulation, document formatting, graphics, tabs, tables, mail merge and label printing.

• Open a Word processing package.

• Discuss common uses and features, including text manipulation, document formatting, graphics, tabs, tables, mail merge and label printing.

Text Processing:

1. Identify frequently-used toolbar icons and related functions associated with file handling and text formatting.

• Input given text into a new Microsoft Word document.

• Copy and paste a specific piece of text to a new location in a document.

• Apply bold, underline, italics, font type, font size and font colour to a specific piece of text.

Word Processing Features:

• Save a file as a Microsoft Word document, a text file and a web page.

 

1. Create documents applying a range of text processing features including – margins and line spacing, indenting text and paragraphs, borders and shading, numbering and bullets, copying and pasting text, enhancing text.

• Apply different indentation settings to a specific piece of text and paragraph.

• Change margin size settings to a specific size.

• Apply different alignment settings to specific pieces of text.

• Apply different border settings to a specific piece of text.

• Apply different shading settings to a specific piece of text.

• Apply bullets and numbering to specific pieces of text.

 

Word Processing Features:

1. Perform initial document configuration using page setup features to include – headers and footers, page numbering, paper size and orientation.

• Create a header and footer containing specific text and fields, and insert page numbers.

• Change the paper size used in a document and change the orientation (portrait, landscape).

1. Use a range of proofing tools including – spell check, thesaurus, search and replace.

• Spell-check a document using the Spelling and Grammar feature and Thesaurus to replace a word.

• Replace a word using the Fine and Replace feature.

 

Application Management:

1. Apply file management facilities, including – creating files and folders, saving files in different formats, copying files and folders, renaming files, accessing file details, finding files using search facility.

• Create a new file in Microsoft Word.

• Create a new folder structure with specific folder names.

• Create sub-folder structure with specific sub-folder names.

• Copy a file from one folder to another.

• Copy a subfolder from one folder to another.

• Rename a file with a given name.

• Find the size, type and date modified of a specific file.

• Find a specific file within a subfolder structure.

• Close Word Processing package.

 

Tables:

1. Apply a range of table features including – creating tables, resizing, merging cells, inserting or deleting columns and rows, aligning text, applying borders and shading to tables and sorting table content.

• Insert a table with specific number of rows and columns in a document.

• Resize the entire table.

• Resize specific rows and columns to specific heights and widths.

• Merge specific cells within a table.

• Insert new rows and columns in specific position in a table.

• Delete specific rows and columns in a table.

• Use different alignment options in a cell, including align left, centre and align right.

• Apply different borders settings to a table.

• Apply shading settings to a table.

• Sort the contents of a table alphabetically and numerically.

 

Mail Merge and Labels:

1. Create mail merge and labels.

• Set up and save an address list as a data source.

• Create a letter and insert merge fields.

• Merge the address list with the letter and save merged document.

 

Word Processing Features:

1. Use markup capabilities to make track changes to documents.

• Use the track changes feature while making changes to a document.

1. Produce a range of different types of documents using common word processing features including – manual text formatting, applying styles, creating tables, inserting and manipulating graphics.

• Create a new style and apply it to a specific piece of text.

• Insert a picture, a piece of clip art and shapes into a document and manipulate graphics.

1. Print mailable documents and labels using a range of print features, to include – print preview, single and multiple copies, printing specific pages, selecting parameters and adjusting the appearance and positioning of text and graphics.

• Create labels using the address list.

• Adjust the positioning of text in the document before printing.

• Select parameters in the document before printing.

• View a print preview before printing.

• Print single and multiple copies of the document.

• Print specific pages of the document.

• Printing specific pages of labels.

 

Word Processing Features:

1. Use a word processing application to create a file from a document template by performing all required steps including creating and storing the template, entering data, and printing and storing the file appropriately for subsequent retrieval.

• Create a file and save it as a template, then use the template to create a new document.

1. Improve personal performance by using additional resources such as the help facility to solve familiar and unfamiliar word processing problems.

• Find a solution to a problem using the Help facility.

 

Feedback/Assessment:

Carry out Formative Assessment (assessment for learning – written or oral feedback – Individual and/or Group) throughout course duration and carry out Summative Assessment (assessment of learning as per Assessment Briefs) and in accordance with QA.Adm.1 Policy and Procedure manual on Assessment.