
COURSE OVERVIEW
Office Applications I is a semester-length, high school elective that explores the use of application skills in Microsoft® Word®, Publisher®, and PowerPoint® 2013. Students will use these applications to design, develop, create, edit, and share business documents, publications, and presentations. This course provides key knowledge and skills in the following Microsoft Office® applications:
- Microsoft Word: Students are provided with an introduction to advanced skills in Microsoft Word that range from simply developing an understanding of the various uses of Word to more complex explorations of mail merge, tab stops, reference resources, and additional features available in backstage view.
- Microsoft Publisher: Students learn to create publications, insert and edit publication items, and view, review, and share those publications.
- Microsoft PowerPoint: Students will learn how to create presentations, enter and modify content, modify and deliver presentations, and collaborate and share PowerPoint presentations.
Objectives
- Create, modify, save, and format styles, text, font, pages, and folders in Microsoft Word.
- Demonstrate use of the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands and the Show/Hide button while editing documents.
- Show how to use Spell Check, Find and Replace, and AutoCorrect in the Word application.
- Know how to track changes and add comments in a document.
- Demonstrate how to insert, format, modify, and edit elements of a Word document.
- Demonstrate knowledge of Microsoft Word advanced skills.
- Understand the basics of references in Word.
- Modify document properties including templates.
- Recognize how to navigate, modify, edit, and review elements of the Microsoft Publisher application.
- Recall how to print and share a publication electronically.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to open, modify, insert, create, present, and save elements of a PowerPoint presentation.
Office Applications 1 Course Requirements
Students must be computer literate and have Internet access. Students should have basic research skills, as well as the ability to conduct online searches and access recommended websites. Word processing and presentation software is required to produce projects.
Office Applications 1 Course Outline
Unit 1: Microsoft® Word®, PowerPoint®, and Publisher®, Microsoft® Word® Beginning Skills
Chapter 1: Word Introduction
- Microsoft Word and the Documents It Can Create
- Navigating the Word Screen
- Open, Enter Text, Save and Print
Chapter 2: Formatting Font
- Font: Basic Editing Features
- Font: Styles and the Clipboard
- Project: Simulation
Chapter 3: Formatting Paragraphs and Pages
- Paragraph Formatting Features
- Page Setup Features
- Backgrounds and Themes
- Project: Simulation
- Project: Supplemental Lesson
Unit 2: Microsoft® Word®, PowerPoint®, and Publisher®, Microsoft® Word® Intermediate Skills
Chapter 1: Word Intermediate Skills
- Inserting Images into Documents
- Inserting Shapes, SmartArt and Text Boxes
- Special Parts in the Word Application
- Project: Inserting and Modifying Content
Chapter 2: Working with Tables
- Inserting Tables
- Organizing Content in Table
- Project: Tables
Chapter 3: Autocorrect Options
- Spell Check and Find and Replace
- Insert Comments and Track Changes
- Autocorrect Options
- Project: Review Tab Skills
- Project: Collaborating on a Word Document
Unit 3: Microsoft® Word®, PowerPoint®, and Publisher®, Microsoft® Word® Advanced Skills
Chapter 1: Word Advanced Skills
- Recording a Macro
- Project: Creating a Merge
- Merging to Create Labels
- Merging to Create Letters
- Project: Creating a Merge
Chapter 2: References
- Endnotes and Footnotes
- Citations and Captions
- Hyperlinks
- Table of Contents
- Project: Inserting Special Report Features
Chapter 3: Backstage View
- Share, Protect, and Modify Document Properties
- Using and Creating a Template
- Project: Creating a Document Template
- Project: Unit Simulation
- Project: Supplemental Materials
Unit 4: Microsoft® Word®, PowerPoint®, and Publisher®, Microsoft® Publisher® Application
Chapter 1: Publisher
- Opening and Navigation Publisher
- Designing Pages
- Inserting Text
- Project: Open Publisher, Browse, and Select a Template
Chapter 2: Publications
- Graphics
- Tables and Building Blocks
- Project: Inserting Enhancements
- Viewing a Publication
- Reviewing a Publication
- Sharing and Printing Publications
- Project: Inserting Enhancements
- Project: Modify and Share a Publication
- Project: Design, Edit, and Share a Publication
- Project: Supplemental Activities
Unit 5: Microsoft® Word®, PowerPoint®, and Publisher®, MICROSOFT® POWERPOINT® APPLICATION
Chapter 1: PowerPoint Layout and Views
- PowerPoint Layout and Modifying Views
- Entering Text and Formatting Slides
Chapter 2: Charts and Tables
- Images, WordArt, and SmartArt
- Charts and Tables
- Project: Simulation: Creating a Presentation
Chapter 3: Modify, Share, Deliver a Show
- Transitions and Animations
- Set up Show and Timings
- Presentation Tools
- Saving, Printing, Sharing, and Protecting a Presentation
- Project: Simulation: Modify, Share, and Deliver a Show
- Project: Simulation: Design and Create a Presentation
- Project: Supplemental Activities