This course is a Project Based Learning course (PBL). This course is for students who wish to learn core skills in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Students work through real-world, hands-on projects to hone skills in formatting text, page layout, images, charts, and a vast variety of commonly used word processing and presentation tools.

This course prepares students for the Microsoft Word 2019 Associate and Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 Associate certifications.

Software Requirements

· Microsoft® Windows 7® or higher, or Mac® OS 10.3 Mavericks® or over operating system; 400 MHz or faster processor; 512 MB of memory (RAM); at least 2 GB of hard drive space; Adobe® Reader®

· Microsoft Word 2019 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2019

Limitations of Office for the Web

It is possible to learn most skills required for the Microsoft Word and PowerPoint 2019 Specialist Certifications using online versions of each application e.g. Office 365. Each skill will be taught with step-by-step instructions and an instructional video.

Features not available online, but required for the certification are:

Microsoft Word

· Create a table of contents

· Create a bibliography

· Create citations

Microsoft PowerPoint

· Create, insert, and modify charts

· View or change the slide master

· Present in Presenter view

Course Outline

Project 1: A Healthy Start

1.1 Project Launch

· Apply decision making and planning, organizing, and/or management techniques in the development of a project.

· Describe the resources needed for a project.

1.2 Plan Your Publication

· Install a Microsoft Office application.

· Start an Office application.

· Identify elements of an Office application window.

· Use the program interface.

· Arrange program windows.

· Analyze software packages for word processing tools.

· Create a blank document in Microsoft Word.

· Apply font formatting in a document.

· Close a document.

· Explain the use of various document types.

· Change the document view.

· Open an existing document.

· Copy and move a selection.

· Check grammar and spelling in a document.

· Use Undo, Redo, and Undo History.

· Locate a previous version of a document.

· Print and preview a document.

1.3 Lay It Out

· Show or hide formatting symbols.

· Insert a paragraph, symbols, special characters, or text in a document.

· Format paragraphs as a numbered or bulleted list.

· Restart, continue, or set a value in a numbered list.

· Modify text in a text box in a document.

· Increase or decrease a list level.

· Change and define bullet and number formats.

· Find and replace text in a document.

· Apply formatting by using Format Painter.

· Apply built-in styles.

· Clear formatting.

· Apply a text effect in a document.

· Set line or paragraph spacing and apply indents to paragraphs.

· Explain the use of tabs.

· Apply horizontal alignment to paragraphs.

· Select pagination options.

· Apply a style set and/or theme to a document.

· Configure a document page background element.

· Set up a document page.

· Insert and modify a document header or footer.

· Insert the time and date in a document.

· Format text in multiple columns.

· Insert a page, section, or column break.

1.4 Develop Your Draft

· Insert a shape and/or text box in a document.

· Insert a picture, 3D model, and SmartArt graphic in a document.

· Insert a screenshot or screen clipping in a document.

· Apply an artistic effect to a graphic in a document.

· Apply a picture effect and/or style to a graphic in a document.

· Remove a picture background.

· Format a graphic element, 3D model, and SmartArt graphic in a document.

· Resize and position a graphic in a document.

· Wrap text around a graphic in a document.

· Add alternative text to a graphic for accessibility in a document.

· Add and modify text in a text box or shape.

· Add and modify SmartArt graphic content to a document.

· Apply a border, line, or shading to a paragraph.

· Insert WordArt.

· Insert a drop cap.

· Insert a caption.

· Save a document as a Web page or as an alternative file format.

1.5 Submit Your Project

Project 2: Be Part of the Solution

2.1 Project Launch

2.2 Gather Information

· Apply decision making and planning, organizing, and/or management techniques in the development of a project.

· Describe the resources needed for a project.

2.3 Organize Your Thoughts

· Create and edit an outline.

· Use the Navigation pane to go to a heading, page, or search for text.

· Use Go To.

· Create a bookmark and hyperlink within a document.

· Insert and modify footnotes and endnotes in a document.

· Insert, create, or modify a citation for a bibliography.

· Insert a bibliography.

2.4 Draft Your Proposal

· Convert a table to text and text to a table in a document.

· Create a table in a document by specifying rows and columns.

· Add or delete table rows and/or columns.

· Sort table data.

· Configure cell margins or spacing.

· Merge or split table cells.

· Resize a table component.

· Split a table.

· Apply a table style, border, and/or shading to a table.

· Configure a repeating row header.

· Insert and customize a table of contents.

2.5 Fresh Perspectives

· Send a document as an e-mail attachment.

· Add, review, reply, resolve, and/or delete comments in a document.

· Use the Track Changes feature in a document in Microsoft Word.

· Accept or reject tracked changes in a document.

· Lock or unlock change tracking.

· Show or hide hidden text.

· Save a document as a Web page or as an alternative file format.

· Modify a basic document property and/or print setting.

· Locate and remove hidden properties or personal information.

· Locate and correct accessibility issues.

· Locate and correct compatibility issues.

2.6 Submit Your Project

Project 3: Compelling Selling

3.1 Project Launch

· Apply decision making and planning, organizing, and/or management techniques in the development of a project.

· Describe the resources needed for a project.

3.2 Develop Your Idea

· Open and close an existing presentation.

· Create and save a presentation file.

· Create a presentation based on a template.

· Differentiate between the Save and Save As commands.

· Set a basic file property.

· Create and modify a slide layout.

· Insert or delete a slide.

· Change the presentation view.

· Reorder slides.

· Create and rename sections in a presentation.

· Import a Word document outline to create a presentation.

· Insert a slide from another presentation.

· Duplicate a slide.

· Insert a Summary Zoom slide.

· Select a slide layout for a new slide.

· Change slide size.

· Apply a presentation theme or design.

3.3 The Art of Typography

· Enter text on a slide.

· Copy, edit, and move text or text selection.

· Apply font formatting in a presentation.

· Apply a built-in style on a slide.

· Format text in multiple columns on a slide.

· Create bulleted or numbered lists on a slide.

3.4 Say It with Pictures

· Explain the use of design theory and color theory to create dynamic and appealing visuals.

· Insert an image on a slide.

· Resize and position an image on a slide.

· Crop an image on a slide.

· Resize a graphic using precise dimensions and/or sizing handles.

· Insert and change a shape on a slide.

· Draw on a slide by using digital ink.

· Add text to a shape on a slide.

· Add text to a text box on a slide.

· Apply a built-in style to a graphic.

· Apply a fill to a graphic.

· Apply an effect to a graphic.

· Apply an outline to a graphic.

· Apply a built-in style or effect to an image on a slide.

· Align Objects on a slide.

· Display alignment tools in a presentation.

· Group Objects on a slide.

· Insert a screenshot or screen clipping on a slide.

· Order Objects on a slide.

· Add alternative text to a graphic element for accessibility on a slide.

3.5 Visualization Tools

· Insert a SmartArt graphic on a slide.

· Convert a list to a SmartArt graphic on a slide.

· Add text, change the color, and modify the shape of a SmartArt graphic on a slide.

· Add a shape to SmartArt on a slide.

· Promote, demote, or reorder SmartArt content.

· Select a SmartArt style.

· Insert a 3D model on a slide.

· Apply a 3D effect on a slide.

· Adjust the view of a 3D model e.g. camera position, pan and zoom, and rotation.

· Configure 3D model size and properties on a slide.

· Create a chart on a slide.

· Change the chart style or type on a slide.

· Add a legend to a chart on a slide.

· Create a table on a slide.

· Insert and delete a table row or column on a slide.

· Insert an audio clip on a slide.

· Configure media playback options for audio.

· Insert a video clip on a slide.

· Configure media playback options for video.

· Create and insert a screen recording.

3.6 Special Effects

· Identify a guideline for using special effects in a presentation.

· Animate content and 3D models on a slide.

· Configure animation effects and paths.

· Reorder animations on a slide.

· Preserve presentation content by compressing media.

· Preserve presentation content by embedding fonts.

· Apply a transition to a slide.

· Configure transition effects.

· Configure transition start and finish options.

· Set transition effect duration.

3.7 Prepare to Present

· Insert a hyperlink on a slide.

· Insert a Section Zoom and/or Slide Zoom link in a presentation.

· Change the slide master theme and background.

· Create presentation handouts.

· Modify the notes and/or handout master.

· Hide or unhide a slide.

· Modify the slide master title, footer, and/or placeholders.

· Modify the background of a slide.

· Insert a header, footer, or page number on a slide.

· Add, delete, review, or reply to a comment on a slide.

· Locate and remove hidden properties and personal information in a presentation.

· Locate and correct accessibility issues in a presentation.

· Locate and correct compatibility issues in a presentation.

· Mark a presentation as final and restrict editing.

· Protect a presentation by using a password.

· Create and configure a custom slide show.

· Rehearse slide show timing.

· Present a slide show by using Presenter View.

· Set up slide show recording options.

· Select to print an entire presentation, a selection, a slide range, and/or a specific slide.

· Print in color, gray scale, or black and white.

· Select a print layout for slides, handouts, notes, and/or an outline.

· Preserve presentation content by compressing media and/or embedding fonts.

· Export a presentation to PDF or XPS.

· Preview and present a slideshow.

3.8 Submit Your Project