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Microsoft Word
IT ACADEMY LESSON PLAN
Lesson 2
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LESSON PLAN: MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 // Microsoft Word 2010
Lesson 2: Editing a Document
Learning Objectives
Learning Goals // The goal of this lesson is for the students to successfully open, navigate, and modify a document. The student will save the document, with a new name or in a different format, and properly organize a storage location for future reference. On completion of this lesson, students will be able to do the following: • • • • • • • • Open a file. Navigate through a document. Scroll through text. Insert text in a document. Select text. Edit a document by deleting and restoring text. Create a folder. Save a file with a different name.
Lesson Notes
To effectively teach students how to use Microsoft Office Word 2010, show examples of the following documents that incorporate the tasks discussed in the lesson. • Memos • Faxes • Letters • Charts • Newsletters Give examples of the need to be flexible in the workplace and offer documents in various formats to satisfy the needs of all users. Explain situations where items that are deleted from a document may need to be restored within the same work session. Examples of completed word processing projects such as letters, memos, newsletters, or flyers may be helpful with the introduction. Instructors should do the following: • • • Describe the difference between opening a previously created document and opening a new document. Explain that Word 2010 will display a list of the most recently opened documents in the right pane of the Office menu list. Clicking on the file name will open the file from the location in which it is saved. Demonstrate and describe the Open dialog box. Point out the following areas of the dialog box: + Previous locations drop-down list. + Navigation pane. + Look-in list. + Change View button. + New Folder button. + Open
Links: Microsoft Office Online provides online training, demonstrations, and quizzes that include detailed explanations, preferred methods, and lesson tutorials for each Microsoft Office program. These resources are suggested to engage students in hands-on experience, self-paced lesson participation, and lesson reinforcement. Microsoft Office ELearning Course Course 10294: Beginner Skills in Microsoft Word 2010 Show the class the information for this course and explain that the course is designed to help you use the Microsoft Word 2010 interface, commands, and features to create, enhance, and share documents. Online Training Resources Use the Navigation Pane to search and move around in your document Show the class the information for this video and point out that the video will explain how the Navigation Pane enables you to view all of your document’s headings and pages in a clear, top-to-bottom format; locate and restructure chunks of content just by dragging headings; and find all instances of specific words, phrases, or items such as figures and tables – without having to scroll through the search results. IT Academy Program LESSON PLAN: MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 // Microsoft Word 2010 Create your first Word document I Show the class the information for this video and point out that the video will explain how to create your first document in Word: type where you want to on a page, fix spelling errors, make a list, change page margins, add emphasis to some words, quickly add some style, and save your work. Microsoft Office Online Help Microsoft Office Online provides access to help using the latest information available from Microsoft. Each Microsoft Office program has its own help resource list and step-by-step instructions that can be accessed by searching for a specific subject or command.