Lesson Description: Word

LAST CHANCE THIS AND NEXT WEEK TO ANSWER YOUR ASSIGNMENTS, AS OF WEEK 8 NO MORE ANSWERS ACCEPTED

....Microsoft Word 2003 (check for online tutorial by yourself, we will cover Word in one single week, this will demand your own learning additionally to what we do in class. Word combines a powerful word processing application with the atmosphere of other Office applications. Students will learn how to create and edit documents, format text, print a document, format documents and use advanced page setup techniques.

FOR NEXT CLASS

go to SecondLife and sign up with a name and a lastname (must be selected from a list) so that you have a user ready for next monday's class! just follow the steps for a FREE account and you then must confirm the sign up through your email. if possible download the program from there to your computer or then use the computers in the computerlab, you may have to download first the latest update and install it to use it. Once installed, you have to create a user/ avatar for yourself and then test out the system. You can as well then enjoy a well done online tutorial here

Objectives for week 6:

1
Word Formats - Click here to copy - paste special the non formatted text of your Wordformatting exercise . After you apply the needed formatting your document should look approximately like this one .This exercise will be started in class. Try to do with the help of the online tutorial as much as you can. Part of this weeks objective is to
A - learn yourself with a online tutorial (find out about advantages and disadvantages in such new method of learning)
B - if ever you cannot answer or find a solution through the online tutorial, you must be able to ask me during next class for the 'missing' pieces. (this as well is part of your objectives, asking the right questions is important for any future manager. Make sure that you apply formatting to the document and do NEVER just use the Enter or the Space to get to the result.

The finished and perfected file must be send to me before Tuesday night of week 7 2400!

2
Continue from what you started in class: how to use templates and wizards - This specific week will be in coordination with Mr T Tompsett who will as well cover CV content in his class with Term1
Send me your own professional CV until Friday week 6 night 2400 by mail - BUT make sure you ask questions about your CV in your next class. To create a professional CV its best done in Word with the help of the pre-installed Template/ Wizard feature. More about CV's read here!

The finished and perfected file must be send to me before Thursday night of week 7 2400!

3
Can you find me some real cool 3 website designs for Wellness hotels: Explain me in Word document what you like about it on design, structure, features. Check on where it links too and what metatags are used. Prepare all this in a well formatted Worddocument using the table feature with text and visuals.

The finished and perfected file must be send to me before Saturday night of week 7 2400!

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of these lessons, the student will be able to:

1. Using Word to write reports, business correspondance and other professional writings as well as using simple mail merging
2. Looking at the world of Domain names, Hosting companies, Corporate Websites, Private Blogpages like Blogger, MSN Spaces, Vlogs and ImageBlogs
3. Learn basics on free language translations through webservices

Upon completion of this weeks lesson, the student will be able to:

1. Creating and Editing Documents (Starting Documents - Starting Word - Identifying Components of the Word Screen - Using Toolbars - Displaying and Hiding the Office Assistant - Creating and Opening Documents - Moving the Insertion Point - Building and Editing Documents - Selecting Text - Replacing and Deleting Blocks of Text - Moving and Copying Text - Modifying Page Breaks - Finishing Documents - Previewing Documents - Printing Documents - Closing Documents - Assignment)
2. Formatting Text & Printing a Document (Enhancing Text - Applying Text Formatting Effects - Removing Text Formatting - Using Undo and Redo - Using the Repeat Command to Apply Formatting - Viewing and Copying Formatting - Using Format Painter - Using Bullets and Numbers - Applying Bullets and Numbers as You Type - Assignment)
3. Formatting Documents (Formatting Paragraphs - Changing Line or Paragraph Spacing - Indenting Paragraphs - Setting Tabs Using the Tabs Dialog Box - Setting Tabs Using the Ruler - Formatting Pages and Sections - Setting Margins - Inserting Page Numbers - Inserting and Deleting Section Breaks - Using the Go To Command - Applying Page Setup Formatting to Sections - Changing a Section’s Page Numbering - Assignment)

For your CV it would be preferable to setup a more professional kind of email. Better than cutiecute@hotmail.com would be a free email from ehotelier.com >> check it for sign up here
ehotelier.com is your link to the Hotelier's World. Browse over 23,500 pre-selected and categorized hotel-industry website links that are growing daily. Fast, practical, and frequently updated. No need to spend endless hours on the net searching.

If you are not sure on how to do, go to the Website of the University of Reading, who has put together a very nice online learning site on how to use the template/ wizard features in Word to create a professional CV. (mine is lritzel@ehotelier.com)

CV's are very important for you to have a chance and getting a good position or even a good internship place during your stay in Switzerland. Many websites give you loads of good and not so good tips about it, check out one of the better ones here to get inspired!

.Additional reading : 

• Pls prepare all needed data on yourself and your education for this weeks lesson to work on a new CV for yourself using the Word CV wizard
• Pls make sure that you have understand all the Word related formatting done in class and online
• More Word online tutorials are available online (from Microsoft, Lester university, JMU on version Word 2000)
• A specific online tutorial on mail merge is available here (a quick reference card for print - click here)

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