Word processing is the use of computers to create, revise, and save documents for printing and future retrieval. This course is the first in a series of two Corel® WordPerfect® X4 courses. It will provide you with the basic concepts required to produce basic business documents.
Course Objectives
You will create and enhance standard business documents using WordPerfect X4.
Prerequisites
Users should have basic PC/Windows skills and knowledge; no word processing skills or knowledge are required.
Target Student
This course is intended for any business, government, law office, small business, or home office user of WordPerfect X4.
Hardware Requirements
- Personal computer with Pentium 166 MHz processor or equivalent.
- Minimum of 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended).
- 330 MB of free hard-disk space. Space requirement may vary
by configuration.
- Either a local CD-ROM drive or access to a networked CD-ROM
drive.
- A two-button mouse, an IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing
device.
- Super VGA, 16-bit color monitor supporting 800 x 600 or higher
resolution.
Platform Requirements
- Windows XP Professional. This course was written using the Windows
XP Professional operating system with SP1 installed. WordPerfect X4 will run
on Windows 2000 with SP3, Windows NT 4 with SP6a, Windows 98 SE or Windows
ME. However, using this course with other operating systems or configurations
may affect how the activities work.
Software Requirements
- A Custom Setup of WordPerfect Office X4. See the Class Setup
section for details.
- An installed printer driver. (Printers are not required; however,
each PC must have an installed printer driver to use Print Preview.)
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- describe the basic concepts of word processing in Corel®
WordPerfect® X4.
- identify the basic concepts of modifying a document in
Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- format a document using the fonts and font styles available
in Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- format the appearance of paragraphs of text using the paragraph
formatting available in Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- organize information by using the tabs and tables available
in Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- change the appearance of a document at the page level in
Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- examine a document and check it for potential errors in
Corel® WordPerfect® X4.
- view a Corel® WordPerfect® X4 document in different
modes and view a print preview.
- work with other file formats in Corel® WordPerfect®
X4.
Delivery Method
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities
Course duration
1 Day
Course outline
- Lesson 1: Getting Started with WordPerfect
- Topic 1A: Explore the WordPerfect Environment
- Topic 1B: Enter Text
- Topic 1C: Save a Document
- Lesson 2: Modifying a Document
- Topic 2A: Edit a Document
- Topic 2B: Navigate in a Document
- Topic 2C: Find and Replace Text
- Topic 2D: Undo and Redo Changes
- Topic 2E: Move and Copy Text
- Lesson 3: Formatting Text
- Topic 3A: Change the Appearance of Text
- Topic 3B: Copy Formats with QuickFormat
- Lesson 4: Formatting Paragraphs
- Topic 4A: Indent Text
- Topic 4B: Create Lists
- Topic 4C: Align Paragraphs
- Topic 4D: Set Line Spacing
- Lesson 5: Using Tabs and Tables
- Topic 5A: Set Tabs
- Topic 5B: Create a Table
- Topic 5C: Modify a Table
- Topic 5D: Format a Table
- Lesson 6: Controlling Page Appearance
- Topic 6A: Set Margins
- Topic 6B: Control Page Breaks
- Topic 6C: Center Text Vertically on the Page
- Topic 6D: Create Headers and Footers
- Lesson 7: Proofing a Document
- Topic 7A: Check Spelling
- Topic 7B: Check Grammar
- Topic 7C: Look Up Words in the Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Topic 7D: Create Shortcuts with QuickCorrect and QuickWords
- Lesson 8: Finalizing a Document
- Topic 8A: Change the View of a Document
- Topic 8B: Print a Document
- Lesson 9: Working with Other Formats
- Topic 9A: Save WordPerfect Files in Other Formats
- Topic 9B: Work with Microsoft Word Files
- Topic 9C: Publish a Document to HTML
- Topic 9D: Publish a PDF File
