Computer Information Science American River College
Courses

CISA 305: Beginning Word Processing

Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: CISC 300 (Computer Familiarization)
Hours: 27 hours lecture, 27 hours laboratory
Description: This course introduces word processing operations, such as creating, editing, file management techniques, and printing text. Emphasis is on formatting and document production techniques to produce professional business documents used in today's workplace. The course culminates with the study of intermediate level features such as merge, sort, graphics, macros, style, and templates.

Section 3: Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • analyze document requirements
  • create business documents that require the integration of text, charts, and/or graphics for distribution or presentation
  • design strategies for merging and integrating source data from different applications
  • plan and execute strategies for working with multiple documents, templates, macros, and techniques for using and editing pre-designed styles from the Style Gallery
  • analyze appropriate layout and design of documents for specific audiences
  • solve errors in document formatting and printer faults by changing options and preferences
Certificates requiring this course: