The course focuses on word processing functions including creating, saving, and retrieving documents, formatting, using tabs, spell check and thesaurus, block operations, printing, page numbering, split screen, search and replace, file maintenance, fonts, special print features and selected Microsoft Word desktop publishing theory and features. This course is especially appropriate for those with no previous computer experience. Completion of this course will prepare the student to continue with CAO 112, Advanced Word Processing. Basic transcription procedures for producing acceptable transcripts are presented. Note-taking skills are introduced.
Emphasis is placed in the inter- action of people, procedures, and equipment.
This is a capstone course for the CAO major. Topics presented will incorporate and expand skills learned in CAO 161 and other courses that are needed to perform in a variety of office environments. Emphasis is placed on the inter- action of people, procedures, and equipment. The course requires a minimum of 15 hours per week which is supervised and coordinated by a faculty member. Students are rated on their job performance by the employer.