Computer Tech 2- Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat :: Business and Information Technology

Computer Tech 2 -
Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat

This year long class is introductory and will cover basic and intermediate word processing – utilizing all aspects of Microsoft Word, with possible Microsoft certification. Business and personal documents are used to provide wide range of experiences. Responsible for updating the THS Course Catalogue and THS Student Handbook, Also utilizes the program Adobe Acrobat in creating secure documents in the Portable Document Format (PDF). Utilizes: Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat*.

Week 1	Introduction – PowerPoint on Computer Tech2 Begin intro to Word, Toolbars and workspace Create a simple fax Create a simple letter
Week 2	Vocabulary Edit a document Saving and printing Assignment - Researching references on the web (grammar, style and usage)
Week 3	Continue to research on the web Selecting Text Using the mini tool bar Using templates
Week 4	Viewing documents Skill review - Create a Fax and Memo Formal letter Edit documents – cut/paste/copy
Week 5	Using the clip board Find and replace text Spelling and grammar – word count/ status bar Hyperlinks Distribute a document
Week 6	Skills review - Press Release Format with fonts Using the Format Painter Line and paragraph spacing Alignment
Week 7	Test Working with tabs Working with indents Bullets, numbering –edits Borders and shading
Week 8	Footnotes and endnotes Skill review – Franklin Report Assignment – Membership Drive Letter head Daily Café assignment
Week 9	Format documents Margins Page breaks Columns Headers and footers
Week 10	Tables Clip Art Skill Review – Greenwood Fitness Book Mark assignment (columns) Sample Parking Permit (tables)
Week 11	Assignment – Gardner’s Corner Creating and formatting Tables Inserting tables Rows and columns Sort data
Week 12	Split and merge cells Table Calculations Table Styles Table formats Skills Review – Mutual Fund Table
Week 13	Calendar Inserting a graphic Assignment – Hiking Summit Calendar Size and scales of graphics Position of graphics
Week 14	Text boxes Word Art Drawing Shapes Charts Page Layouts
Week 15	Assignment – Stone Barn (Skills Assessment) Assignment - Surf Safe Assignment – Run of the Murray
Week 16	Menu – assignment Brochure –assignment (Castle tours)
Week 17	Quick Styles/ Quick parts/Building blocks Themes Sidebars Cover Pages
Week 18	Skills Assignment – Green Home Assignment - Triathlon Flyer
Week 19	Introduce Mail Merge

Spring Semester 2009-10

Week 1 1/4-1/8	Create a first resume Mail Merge – create a main document Design a data source/Enter and edit records Add merge fields/merge data/filters/Sort and filter records Create labels/cards - Mail Merge
Week 2 1/11-1/15	Skill Review – New England Humanities Council Skill Review – New England Humanities Council Assignment - create post cards – mail merge Styles and templates/Style inspector/ create and modify Assignment -Weaverville Arts Council News
Week 3 1/19-1/22	Assignment -Weaverville Arts Council News Quick Style set Manage styles Create template/Revise/attach template
Week 4 1/25-1/29	Skills Review – Shaped Jigsaw Puzzles Skills Review – Shaped Jigsaw Puzzles - Continue Assignment - Winter Menu Assignment - winter menu Multi page documents
Week 5 2/1-2/5	Create an outline Create a table of contents/Create an index Headers and footers Master document
Week 6 2/8-2/12	Assignment – Skills Review – Partnership Agreement Continue with Skills Review Continue Skills Review Introduce Project assignment - Book Work on book project
President's Week
Week 7 2/22 - 2/26	Project assignment - Book
Week 8 3/1-3/5	Project assignment - Book
Week 9 3/8-3/12	Creating a document Flash fun
Week 10 3/15-3/19	Visual – Geometric Equations Explore advanced graphics Smart art Watermarks/page borders Skills Review – Island Trading Report
Week 11 3/22-3/26	Skill Review finish Web Launch Target - Smart Art Building Forms TForm Templates Drop-down content
Week 12 3/29 -4/2	Legacy forms/Forms as user Format the final form Skills Review - Change of grade notification change of Grade notification Photo Day form
Spring Break
Week 13 4/12- 4/16	Photo Day form Read Books Read Books Event Form - Create Golf Etiquette Report -Create
Week 14	Collaboration Changes/Tracking Reviewers Digital signatures Skills Review – Company Description
Week 15	Macros
Week 16	Introducing Acrobat Workspace Create a document Navigate the workspace/menus/buttons/toolbars Understand PDF
Week 17	Create navigation/interactive
Week 18	Edit documents
Week 19	Finals
* Subject to change based on class considerations and just-in-time evaluations