OTEC 150 Word Processing I is designed to teach students basic functions of a word processing program as well as how to properly format business documents including letters and memorandums. Business standards in all documents are upheld throughout the course. Microsoft Word software is utilized as the learning platform; however, skills can be transferred to most word processing programs.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: None
Crosslisted: None
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 8 |
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| Total Credits | |
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| Total Hours | 45 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Other | 45 |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- create, save, print, close, open, and edit a Word document.
- enhance documents with character formatting including all caps, bold, underlining, italics, borders and shading, and fonts.
- format paragraphs with text alignment; indenting text, and changing line spacing; display non-printing characters.
- insert special symbols, bullets and numbers, and headers and footers.
- adjust page breaks and section breaks, control text flow, change margins and page orientation, create custom tab settings.
- insert objects, images, page borders, and watermarks.
- create and format WordArt and SmartArt graphics.
- copy, move, rename, and print multiple documents including labels and envelopes.
- proof business documents with the spelling and grammar checks.
- utilize special features in Word documents such as AutoText, spacing between paragraphs, date and time, and dropped capital letters.
- professionally format a standard business letter and memorandum.
Grading Table
| Percentage |
Letter Grade |
GPA |
| 90-100 |
A+ |
4.33 |
| 85-89 |
A |
4.00 |
| 80-84 |
A- |
3.67 |
| 76-79 |
B+ |
3.33 |
| 72-75 |
B |
3.00 |
| 68-71 |
B- |
2.67 |
| 64-67 |
C+ |
2.33 |
| 60-63 |
C |
2.00 |
| 55-59 |
C- |
1.67 |
| 50-54 |
P |
1.00 |
| 0-49 |
F |
0.00 |
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DNW |
0.00 |
See the Academic Calendar for General Information including how to withdraw from course(s) and other regulations.
Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.