MS Word Course Contents, Workings, Policies

Course Contents

In this course, you learn and practice intermediate and advanced Word tasks related to building PDF books such as using AutoText; using, creating, and modifying character and paragraph styles; determining page page layout including headers, footers, and page numbers; and building multi-chapter books with automated tables of contents, automated figure and table numbering, and automated index creation. Basic Word skills are assumed, but resources are available in the course, including help from the instructor.

In this course, you learn how to:

• create, use, modify, export AutoTexts for rapid insertion of often-used text
• create, use, modify, export character and paragraph styles for rapid and consistent formatting
• adjust page size, margins, headers, footers, page numbers, and pagination
• save character and paragraph styles, page-layout characteristics in Word templates
• build multi-chapter books in Word
• add properly formatted and positioned images and tables with titles, captions, and labels as necessary
• enable numbering streams such as those in chapters, figures and tables to increment throughout the chapters of the book
• design the book with an attractive title page and graphics on the first page of chapters
• enable chapters and related sections such as the index and glossary to start on odd pages and end on even.

You use videos and transcripts of those videos to learn these tasks, e-mail your instructor when you have questions, and send your work to the instructor for review.

Course Workings

1. Once we receive your payment for this course, we send you a link in which you select a start date. Your schedule is then set up for you with due dates starting 3 days from the start date you selected.
2. For each unit:
   1. you do some reading, watch some videos to learn concepts and procedures for that unit. (You can skip units for whatever reason, but if you need a recommendation, your instructor will mention those omissions.)
   2. you then practice the concepts and procedures of that unit. The videos show you step by step how to do the practice work for that unit.
   3. you send the FrameMaker practice work to your instructor, who reviews and comments, and if necessary explains revisions needed. You repeat the revision–review cycle until your instructor signs off. (You can choose not to revise—it's youur course, your money.)
3. Toward the end of the course, you build a complete, standard book in Microsoft Word and revise as necessary.

Policies

• You have 84 days to complete this course. If you foresee needing extra time, contact admin@mcmassociates.io
• You can take a much shorter course if you wish. Four or five units can be deleted. Discuss this with admin@mcmassociates.io
• You can choose whether to take this course for a letter grade or pass–fail.
• No refunds will be granted after the third day that you have access to this course.
• Unless results are automatic, your instructor will review, comment on, and return your work within three days of receipt. Expect an e-mail confirmation that your instructor has received your work.
• Your instructor is available many hours per week to answer your questions and provide other help. Setting up an appointment works best.
• Your instructor will gladly provide you with a letter describing the quality of your work in this course.
• Request that your instructor provide suggestions for employment involving training videos and Camtasia in particular.
• Your instructor will make reasonable efforts to ensure your success in this course but can make no guarantees concerning your writing or career success outside of this course.

Grades

You can have your performance in this course evaluated in one of the following ways:

Confirmation letter:

Your instructor can write a document confirming which units you completed and evaluating any original project creation and writing you did in the course. In addition to sending you this document, your instuctor can send this document to your current or prospective employers.

Letter grades:

• A: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor.
• B: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor except for the final project.
• C: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor, except for the final project and one of the units.
  
• D: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor, but not the final project and two of the units.
  
• F: Anything less than the above.
  

Pass–fail:

• Pass: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor.
• Pass: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor except for the final project.
• Pass: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor, except for the final project and two of the units.
  
• Fail: Anything less than the above.
  

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