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- Louise Nolan
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CLAIT Level 2 - Manage and Integrate Files with Windows and Office XP
Course Aims
This course is designed to help you to obtain the skills and knowledge required for CLAIT Level 2 Unit 1 "Create, Manage, and Integrate Files". You will learn to use Office 2002 to create a document incorporating different types of data. You will learn to manage files using Windows and to use Word to create documents incorporating tables, imported pictures and workbook data, and page layouts with headers/footers. You will also learn to create basic worksheets and charts using Excel. |
Assumed Knowledge
Basic experience of using a personal computer, mouse, and keyboard to create a file and enter and edit data will be useful but is not required. |
Course Audience
People pursuing the CLAIT qualification and seeking basic skills in word processing and spreadsheets. |
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Table of Contents
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Windows XP - File and Folder Management
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Understand basic principles of effective file management
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Create a folder or subfolder
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Delete a folder and its contents and delete a file
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Use the Recycle Bin to restore deleted data
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Use drag-and-drop to work with data
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Windows XP - Creating and Editing Files
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Understand file naming rules and appreciate an effective file naming scheme
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Understand how to display and hide file extensions
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Describe the software used to edit common file types
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Create a new file from Windows
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Choose an application to use to open a file
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Word 2002 - Creating a Document
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Change page display modes (Print Layout, Normal, Full Screen)
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Use zoom to view a document at different magnification
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Office 2002 - Managing Office Files
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Use Save to create a file with a specified name and location
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Use Save As to create a copy of a file with a different name and location
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Create a new folder in which to save a file
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Locate and open an existing file
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Switch between file windows
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Close or save all open documents
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Word 2002 - Editing a Document
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Use the Undo, Redo, and Repeat commands
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Insert symbols and special characters
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Use the automatic spelling checker
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Word 2002 - Using a Template
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Use a template to create a new document
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Create a new document using a wizard
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Work within a document created from a template
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Word 2002 - Moving and Copying Data
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Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Windows Clipboard using the menu, toolbar, and keyboard
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Move and copy text from one document to another
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Use the Paste Options smart tag to change the format of pasted text
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Use drag-and-drop to move and copy text
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Use Paste Special to choose different formats for data
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Word 2002 - Page Setup
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Set the default measurement units
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Set page orientation and paper size
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Word 2002 - Paragraph Layout
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Set left, right, hanging, and first line indents
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Align paragraphs relative to the margins
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Control automatic hyphenation of words
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Set line and paragraph spacing options
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Word 2002 - Proofing Tools
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Use the Spelling and Grammar Checker to correct errors in a document
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Add unrecognised words to the custom dictionary
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Use the Browse Selector and Go To to locate specific elements in a document
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Word 2002 - Applying a Style
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Use the Styles and Formatting pane
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Word 2002 - Printing a Document
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Print the current page, selected text, or a range of pages
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Print multiple copies of a document
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Word 2002 - Headers and Footers
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Create and modify headers and footers
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Insert fields in headers and footers to show variable data (page number, date, file location, author, document title, file name)
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Word 2002 - Creating a Table
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Draw or create a table using the Draw Table tool or Insert Table command
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Apply AutoFormatting to a table
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Move the insertion point around in a table
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Insert and delete columns and rows
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Change the height and width of rows and columns
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Add borders and shading to a table
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Word 2002 - Formatting a Simple List
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Start a bulleted or numbered list automatically
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Add bullets and numbering to a list
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Change the appearance of bullet characters
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Word 2002 - Distributing a Document
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Save a document as a plain text file
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Save a document for a different application or as a Rich Text File
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Save a document as a template
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Excel 2002 - Creating a Workbook
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Move around the worksheet using the mouse and keyboard
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Select cells using the mouse and the keyboard
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Use zoom to view a worksheet at different magnification
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Excel 2002 - Entering and Editing Data
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Enter text, values, and dates in cells
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Excel 2002 - Moving and Copying Data
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Use Drag-and-Drop to move or copy cell contents
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Move, copy, and paste data using the Windows Clipboard
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Excel 2002 - Creating a Chart
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Use the Chart Wizard to create different chart types
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Reposition, resize, and delete a chart
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Preview and print a chart
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Office 2002 - Inserting Pictures and Clip Art
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Understand Object Linking and Embedding
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Insert a picture from a file
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Insert a Print Screen graphic
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Insert an image from a scanner or digital camera
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Modify a picture using the Picture toolbar
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Word 2002 - Object Linking and Embedding
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Link or embed an OLE object (Excel worksheet or chart)
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Import Excel data as a Word table
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Update or unlink a linked data object
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Create a chart from existing data (worksheet, table, delimited text)
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Append text from another document
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Convert existing text into a table
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Build and edit an equation
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