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Microsoft Office 2007 Course Syllabus Course # 29243 Instructor: Barbara Pappas Email: [email protected] Text: Microsoft Office 2007: Essentials Course By Russel Stolins, Alec Fehl, Trish Hakola, Jill Murphy and Pam Toliver, ISBN = 1-59136-109-5 Other Required Materials: One USB Flash Drive or CD-RW Length of Class: 40 Hours. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed for students who want to learn Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Topics covered will enable students to create and edit word documents, create powerful presentations using PowerPoint, and customize spreadsheets using Excel. Prerequisite: Introduction to Personal Computers and keyboarding or equivalent experience. COURSE GOAL: The course goal is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the basics of Word, PowerPoint and Excel. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion the students will be able to demonstrate the following: 1. Create a business letter, a memorandum, and a simple report. 2. Create a presentation including clip art, transitions and animation. 3. Create several spreadsheets with charts. Grading: Successful completion of this course requires 90% attendance and satisfactory class participation (i.e., be able to demonstrate proficiency in all concepts taught). If a student has extenuating circumstances causing absences of greater than 10% of the class time, the student must make arrangements with the instructor to provide evidence of keeping up with the class material and making up the work, exercises, and projects missed; or demonstrate competency in the course objectives. Students with irregular attendance, less than 90% attendance, or those unable to demonstrate competency will receive a grade of NG (no grade). Labs: Lab exercises, when applicable, are due on the date assigned by the instructor. Late assignments may be accepted only at the instructor’s discretion.

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WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATTENDANCE: It is not possible to this course without regular attendance. College policy requires attendance of at least 90% of all class meetings to receive a ing grade. Any exceptions to this policy for unavoidable absences must be arranged in advance with the instructor. It is the student’s responsibility to arrange completion of make-up work in a timely manner.

COURSE SCHEDULE NOTE: Instructors may change the course schedule to better serve the students in the class. CLASS MEETING 1

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ITEMS COVERED: Introduction Working with Word Basics Class Assignment Review Creating and Editing Business Letters Creating a Memorandum and a Press Release Class Assignment Review Creating a Simple Report Class Assignment Review Working with Tables Creating and Delivering a Presentation Class Assignment Review Creating and Delivering a Presentation Deg the Presentation Class Assignment Review Adding Clip Art, Sound, and Animation Class Assignment Review Exploring Excel 2007 Editing, Viewing, and Printing Worksheets Class Assignment Review Working with Formulas and Functions Class Assignment Review Formatting the Contents of Cells Changing the Appearance of Worksheets Class Assignment Review Discovering the Magic of Excel Charting Class Assignment

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