Page 193 of Antelope Valley College 1996-1997 Catalog by Antelope Valley Community College Lancaster California

192 Office Technology This course is designed for students who wish to develop advanced skills in creating and editing business documents. Topics include documents with multi-column layouts, macros, style sheets, headers/ footers, footnotes/endnotes, table of contents, indexes, and basic desktop publishing techniques. BEFORE ENROLLING students should have a thorough understanding of WordPerfects editing and formatting features, file and directory management, block operations, fonts, and tabs. They must be able to type at least 35 NWAM. Students also need good business English skills to originate business documents and proofread. (CSU, AVC) OT 73A *WORD PROCESSING-MICROSOFT WORD Same course as CA 43. 3 units 4 hours weekly Advisory: Completion of CA 30 and Beginning Typing, or Ability to type 35 wpm, and Eligibility for ENGL 50BR4 and ENGL 51BR2. Instructional materials fee required for this course and must be paid at registration. This course covers the concepts of word processing emphasizing Microsoft Word from beginning through intermediate level. Topics covered include basic text editing and formatting, management of files and directories, block operations, printing, fonts, tabs, tables, merging, sorting, utilizing standard letter and report styles, and punctuation styles. BEFORE ENROLLING students should have used a word processing program to save, retrieve, edit, and print. An understanding of how PCs, software, and peripherals work together is important. (CSU, AVC) OT 80 *OFFICE TECHNOLOGY SEMINARS Short courses of varying duration on specialized topics in Office Tech. (AVC)

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