Transcript Keyboarding with Microsoft Word 2010 Jane Phelan, Sr. Acquisitions Editor Cengage Learning

Keyboarding with Microsoft Word 2010
Jane Phelan, Sr. Acquisitions Editor
Cengage Learning
Agenda
1. Giving students a competitive edge!
2. Using Word 2010 productivity tools from
the beginning
3. Keyboarding Pro DELUXE 2: Tools That
Work
4. Tools for Online Keyboarding
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Why a Competitive Edge for Students?
Timeline is critical—can’t wait two years to get word processing skills!
Average
student
debt range
$10,000 to
$24,000
Students need
jobs to pay tuition
and living
expenses
50–75% of college
students work; range
depends on
geographic area and
size of community
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Word and document
formatting skills
provide a competitive
edge in part-time office
job market
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Job Competition for Students
Gray Hair Syndrome
Unemployment Consequences
 40+ year olds compete for
jobs previously held by
students
 Advantages—relevant work
experience and attitude
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Employers Expect Employees to:
Be able to format
documents,
worksheets,
presentations,
publications, etc.
effectively
Be able to
monitor the
quality of their
own work
Be able to be
productive and
solve business
problems
effectively
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Productivity in Keyboarding—What Does It Mean?
Cover the basics from the get go
Integrate word processing with formatting
Utilize Microsoft 2010 defaults
Use color
Capitalize on the power of Word 2010 from the
beginning
College Keyboarding, 18e
Combined Essentials and Certified approach into one series
Features the best of both series
Resized books to meet instructor needs
(1–25)
(1–55)
(56 – 110)
(1–120)
Keyboarding Pro DELUXE 2 fully integrated and enhanced
It just keeps getting better!
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Let’s Get Started
1. Open Test Student: Password student
2. Skills Assessment
Edit menu
Skills Assessment
3. Review Student’s Completed Work
Reports Menu
o Summary Lessons 1-25
o Timed Writing (best,
last 40)
o Skill Building
o Cumulative Error
Diagnostics
o Document and
Production Tests
Next
Keyboarding Pedagogy
Proper key reach
techniques
• Illustration—text and
software
• Demonstration—instructor
and software
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Build speed
Develop accuracy
• Speed and accuracy –
separate skills
• Teach separately
• Build fluency with drills
• Establish good techniques
• Build fluency and speed
• Drop back for control
• Early errors – random
• Error diagnostics – after
touch keyboarding
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Critical Visual Technique Cues
Laptops create a
special challenge
for proper
techniques
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4. Skill Building
Forget the failures—record the successes
Results: Prompt, Specific, Detailed
Errors: Symptom or Problems?
Speed/Accuracy “Battle”
Keyboarding Course
Build Strong Foundation
o Lessons 1-25
Build Confidence
o Skill Builders 1-3 (29 pages)
o Skill Building (20 lessons + more)
Applications
o Numeric Keypad Practice
o Proofreading, Composition, & other
Communication skills
o Word Processing
o Personal Business Letter
o Web Computing (Cloud, Web 2.0)
Lessons 1-55: Essentials
Keyboarding (L1-25)
Word Processing Basics
Memos & Letters
Tables
Reports
Graphics
Document Review
Project
Document Formats
Readability
 Font size and 1.15 spacing effective
on screen and in print
 White space created by space
after paragraph enhances
readability
 Styles and document theme
 Compelling visual impact
 Consistent format
 Color provides emphasis
 Modern appearance
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Model Documents
•
Always the first application
•
Productivity features
integrated
Productivity Tools: Lessons 1-55
 Fonts (Lesson 26)
 Format Painter (Lesson 30)
 Preformatted Table Styles (Lesson 40)
 Styles (L43, Reports)
 Cover Page with Report (Lesson 43)
 Themes (Lesson 44, Leftbound report)
 Section Break (Lesson 47)
 SmartArt (Lesson 50, Graphics)
 Columns (Lesson 52, Graphics)
Document Formats: Lessons 26-55
1
Module
Lessons
Documents
3
WP Basics
6
Paragraphs
4
Memos & Letters
6
Block, Modified Block, Envelopes
Enclosures, copy notation
Agenda with tabs, right alignment
5
Tables
6
Resume
Tables in letter and memos
6
Reports
6
Unbound, Leftbound, Cover page
Academic Report w/Reference Page
Multiple-Page Report with Footnotes/Endnotes,
Page numbers
7
Graphics
5
Announcements
Newsletters
Columns
8
Document Review
2
Memos & Letters; Reports
9
Project
7 documents
Word Processing, L26-55
3. Word Processing Basics, L26-31
Fonts
Paragraph Commands, Quick Access Toolbar
Reviewing Documents: Navigation, Proofreading
Clipboard: Cut/Copy/Paste, Format Painter,
Page Commands: Margins, Orientation, Center
4. Memos & Letters, L32-37
Date & Time
Remove Space After
Tabs
Envelopes
5. Tables, L38-42
Create
Table Layout
Table Design
6. Reports, L43-48
Styles, Bullets
Document Themes
Footnotes, Page numbering
Cover page
Section breaks
7. Graphics, L49-53
Shapes, ClipArt
SmartArt
WordArt, Borders & Shading, Symbols
8. Document Review, L54-55
9. Project 1
Make Learning Visual
Follow the Path
Apply Immediately
Teach Logic of the Ribbon
Learn related
commands
Paragraph:
Alignment
Line spacing
Show Hide
Indent
Software Pedagogy
New Command
Path highlighted
Drill that applies
New in Word 2010
Increased focus on productivity
Increased focus on visual impact
 Backstage
 Navigation pane
 More built-in building
blocks
 Enhanced collaboration
tools
 Customize the ribbon
 More SmartArt graphics
 WordArt revamped
 More themes
 Enhanced picture editing
 Formatting effects (images
and text)
“Skills taught in this text make it possible for our average and below students to be more productive and
* create better-quality documents than our star performers of just a few years ago could!” Susie VanHuss
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5. Hands On with Keyboarding Pro DELUXE 2 . . .
Using the New Productivity Tools
o Creating, Editing, Checking Documents
o Using the Productivity Tools of Word 2010
o Styles, Cover Page, Themes, TOC
o SmartArt and Graphics
o Building Blocks, Merge, & More
o Tools to Get Students Started
o Instructor Tools for Creating and Managing Classes
New to Keyboarding Pro DELUXE 2
 Launches Word 2010 or Word 2007
 Format checking option
 “Next” to bypasses closing Word
 Handles all document in Lessons 26-110
 Easy flash drive solution
 Videos to get students started
 Gradebook improvements
Word Basics—
Lesson 27
Backstage
Save
Create New
Folder
Close
New
Print
Keyboarding 2: Lessons 56-110
 Emphasizes preparing complex and specialized
documents
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
memos and letters
advanced reports
mail merge
graphics
meeting, travel, and news documents
medical and legal documents
employment documents
 New commands enhance visual impact, productivity,
and collaboration—all critical in the workplace
o Comments, track changes, quick parts, merge, citations,
header/footer, text boxes, and more
“Skills taught in this text make it possible for our average and below students to be more productive and
create better-quality documents than our star performers of just a few years ago could!” Susie VanHuss
What Else Is New?
KEYBOARDING PRO DELUXE
ONLINE SOLUTIONS
Questions?
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