Syllabus - Bishop Ireton High School

VII. Syllabus
A. Using Computer Technology at Bishop Ireton – Students Responsibilities and Teacher Expectations
B. Learning Microsoft Office 2010
1. Office Basics: The Interface (Window, Ribbon, Tabs, Backstage view), Saving, Printing, and
Closing Office files. Working with Existing Files. Using Command Options. Managing Program
Windows. Using Office Help. Managing Information Technology Projects. Business
Documents (including letters, memos, mission statements, reports, newsletters, envelopes)
2. Microsoft Word: Word Window, Headers and Footers, Nonprinting characters, Splitting a
Word Window, applying Styles and Themes, Overtype, Selecting and Replacing Text,
Commands, Undo, Redo, and Repeat, Aligning Text Horizontally, Aligning a Document
Vertically, Line and Paragraph Spacing, Tabs, Inserting Date and Time, Fonts, Font Styles and
Effects, Underlines, Bulleted and Numbered Lists, Sorting Paragraphs, Pictures, Text Boxes,
Shapes, Objects, SmartArt, Text Effects, Page and paragraph borders, Checking Spelling and
Grammar, Thesaurus, Hyphenation, Non-Breaking Space, Moving Text (Cut, Copy, Paste,
Drag and Drop Editing), Paste Options, Paste Special, Tables, Formatting Tables, Addition in
a Table, Number Formats, Sorting rows in a table, Using Find and Replace, the Navigation
Pane, Browsing by Object, AutoCorrect, File Types, Compatibility, Saving Word documents
as Web Pages or PDF files, Templates, Change Case, Document Properties, Margins, Breaks
(Section, Column, Page), Footnotes and Endnotes, Pagination, Citations,
Reference/Bibliography/Works Cited Page, basic newsletters with columns, sections,
dropped capitals, paragraphs with borders, copying formatting, Highlighting text, Inserting
and Formatting Symbols.
3. Microsoft Excel: Excel Window, Navigating Excel workbook Window, Views,, Entering and
Editing Text and Labels, Clearing Cell Contents, Headers and Footers, Preview and Print
worksheet(s), Numeric Labels and Values, AutoComplete, AutoCorrect, Spell Check, Themes,
Cell Styles, Font Formats, Merge Cells, Number Formats, Series, Align Data in Cell, Wrap
Text, Column Width and Row Height, Ranges, Formulas, Arithmetic Operators, Copying
Formulas, Functions (SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MIN, MAX), Copy and Paste Data, Cut and
Paste Data, Copy Formats, Relative and Absolute Cell Reference, Insert and Delete Columns
and Rows, Drag and Drop Editing, Resolve #### Errors, Scale to Fit, Insert worksheet, Delete
Worksheet, Copy Worksheet, Moving Worksheet, Renaming Worksheet, Group Worksheets,
Select Chart Data, Create Column, Bar, Line, and Pie Charts, Changing Chart Types, Selecting
Chart, Format Charts, Calculating Percentages, Chart Sheets, Format Chart Area, Format Plot
Area, Add and Delete Chart Elements, Data Series, Format Category and Value Axes, Use
Parentheses in a Formula, Pasting pictures of Charts, Embed Chart in Word Document, Link
a Chart, Editing a Linked or Embedded Chart, Organization Charts, SmartArt.
4. Microsoft PowerPoint: PowerPoint Window and Interface, Placeholders, Themes, Spell
Check, Slide Layout, Navigation, Lists, Printing, Reuse Slides, Speaker Notes, Orientation,
Headers and Footers, Insert Pictures, Styles and Effects, Fonts, Styles, Colors, Undo and
Redo, Clear Formatting, Align Text, Line Spacing, Paragraph Spacing, Move and Copy Text,
AutoFit Options, Outline, Views, Copy Slides, Duplicate Slides, Delete Slides, Rearrange
Slides, Graphics, Fonts, Transitions, Animations, Advance Slides, Clip Art, Charts, Symbols,
Tables, Shapes, Objects, WordArt, SmartArt, Background Styles, Backgrounds, Creating
slides from an Outline, Using Effects and Animations, Creating Multimedia Presentations,
Working with Tables and Charts.
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