OISE/UT Survival Kit Workshop FOUR: WORD program (word processing)
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1. Overview 5. Summary/Review
2. Learning Outcomes 6. Resources for Workshop One
3. Terminology 7. Self Test/Quiz
4. Class Activities Handouts 8. Suggested Homework
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1. Overview: In this session you become familiar with features of the MS WORD word processing program.

2. Learning Outcomes
1. Understand the options of the formatting toolbars available in the WORD program
2. Know the differences in the following items: Menu, Standard, Formatting and Web toolbars.
3. How to work with Tools and Automated Features of WORD by changing formatting features in order to circumvent problems when writing according to thesis guidelines.
4. What options may be selected in order to have settings that work best with thesis guidelines.
5. How to set the formatting options for a document.
6. How to create a table for a WORD document.

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3. Terminology
Much of the terminology used in this workshop is specifically in reference to the MS WORD program but may also apply to other word processing programs like Corel's Word Perfect.

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4. Class Activities

A. View

B. Tools and Automatic Features

C. Tools (Options)

D. Formatting Documents

E. Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me

F. Creating Tables

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5. Summary/Review

This workshop is specifically for becoming familiar with the many layers of options available in the WORD program. The notes for this workshop will need to be kept by participants for future reference when they begin working on their thesis. The numerous details given here are essential in preparing to take the more advanced workshops for writing the thesis.

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6. Resources for Workshop Four

Websites that may be helpful references:


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7. Self Test/Quiz

1. To Show/Hide paragraphs, click the:  a. ? symbol on the standard toolbar b. symbol on the standard toolbar c. I symbol on the formatting toolbar

2. You must check the tools options every time you use WORD:  a.  if you're sharing a computer  b. if you're writing a thesis  c. if you shut the computer down

3. What is the default line spacing in WORD:  a. single  b. 1.5  c. double?

4. What menu item is used to change line spacing from single to 1.5: a. Insert  b. Format  c. Tools

5. To make a numbered list it is always easier to number each item as you type it:  True or False?

6. When you exit WORD, if you have changed the default font and want to retain this new default font, click:  a. Yes,  b. No or  c. Cancel.

7. The default margins are 1" for the top, bottom, left and right:  True or False?

8. View is:  a. How you see what's on your screen  b. a menu item  c. both

9. From the following list of WORD window parts, print the part number in the appropriate part of the window:
(a) Header
(b) Margins
(c) Page Number
(d) Paragraph
(e) Space
(f) Tab

10. In the foregoing window, are the paragraphs:  a. Left  b. Centered  c. Right  d. Justified

11. The tab key is on my keyboard and the tab stop is a default every half inch between the margins:  True or False?

12. To start a new page within a document:  a. you hold down Ctrl and tap the Enter/Return key  b. click Insert, then Break  c. either a or b

13. To sort a list alphabetically, click:  a. Edit  b.  Tools  c. Table

14. WORD will change lower case to title case but leave prepositions, conjunctions and articles in lower case: True or False?

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8. Suggested Homework in preparation for Session Five
Visit the tutorial and resource sites given for the WORD workshop. Try at least two of the lessons in two of the tutorials and decide which one is the best style of guidance for your learning style. Be ready to defend your choice in the next class.

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