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COMP1900, Australian National University, Semester 1, 1999
Introduction to Information Technology Applications
Module 1

Word Processing

Resources

Help
- On-line Help
- Wizards & Templates
Each-other
Manuals
- Capron (ed 5) chapter 9 (or ed 4 ch 13)
- From your brick, Microsoft Office 97 Introduction
- "Companion manuals" — none particularly impress
Short-loan (Chifley)
- Microsoft Word 97 Introduction/Intermediate
- Microsoft Word 97 Advanced
- Student Consultants
Web
- http://www.microsoft. com/education/curric/office98/ — focuses on new features
- Geography/Forestry site (more details when available) — Basic introduction
Tutors

Lecture 1 & 2 — Have some style — introduction to basic concepts of using Microsoft Word, aiming at an understanding of styles and their usefulness.
Lecture 3 — Professional Output — introducing some of the more advanced formatting features available in Word, including some desktop publishing techniques and ways of managing large documents (such as a thesis), especially the concept of an outline.
Lecture 4a — Utilities: Let Word do the work for you — looking at some of the productivity tools available in Word and how to avoid doing work that the computer can do for you.
Lecture 4b — Word Processors a little more generally — a look at a few different word processors and other common file formats, especially to understand which different products can read each others files and the sorts of things that might change in the process.
Lecture 5 — Recap, Q&A

What is a style and why would I use it?

Programs and Files (a)
- Running the Program
- Opening and closing files
- New files (and templates)
Objects
- Entering text
- Cut, copy paste
- Moving around
- Selecting
- Objects
- Commands
Programs and files (b)
- Saving
- Printing
- Quitting
Word Processing vs Typing

Views
- What’s on the screen
- Windows and Toolbars
- Different views
Format
- Characters
- Paragraphs
- Page Layout (See also "Sections" in lecture 2)
Styles
- What is a Style?
- Why would I use them?
- How to define/apply
- The "Organiser"

What is an Outline and why would I use it?

Simple Utilities
- Undo/redo
- Find/replace
- Word-count
Word, the expert
- Spelling
- Grammar
- Thesaurus
I’m sure you really meant …
- Auto correct
- Auto insert
- Bullets and Numbers
When is a Word Processor more like a spread sheet?
- Sorting
- Tables (and equations!)
- Mail merge
Keeping track
- "Meta-data"
- Revisions
- Fields

Files
- What does Word save when
- Fast-saves, auto-saves, back-ups and corruptions
File Formats
- Versions
- Platforms
- Packages
Look at a couple of File types
- Word Binary
- RTF
- HTML (Word to Web)
- PDF
Check out a couple of other Word Processors
- (Depending what you can get hold of)
- Claris Works
- Microsoft works
- Nisus Writer
- Word Perfect
- Star Office
- Netscape Composer

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