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We start using Word and typing documents today. You will work on your own today. Remember to upload when you leave and check your email for results.

Note: This week's lessons are due by Thursday evening, next week.

MICROSOFT WORD 2003: You are required to have Microsoft Word 2003 to complete documents at home. If you have Word 2002, you should upgrade. If you choose not to upgrade, you may use Word 2002 but your tests will all be taken using Word 2003 and the manual in your kit is for Word 2003. Click here for FAQs on Word 2003 and Word 2002. Contact the software hotline for technical support if you have Word 2003 and you are having trouble. Their number is 800-331-5094. They are available 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. our time, M-F.

SKILLBUILDING AND MAP: Now that you have finished learning the keyboard, it is time to begin serious skillbuilding. GDP is designed to make skillbuilding easy but you need to understand how skillbuilding drills work. Click here to see recommendations on how to use the variety of skillbuilding routines available in GDP from the Skillbuilding button to help you improve speed and accuracy. Routines are listed in alphabetical order.

View "Orientation to Word Processing" This orientation will help you get started with the Word manual, practice exercises, document processing jobs, the Reference Manual, Proofreading Viewer, and proofreading checks.   To view "Orientation to Word Processing," click here. This PowerPoint presentation may take a few minutes to start. If you want to print this presentation, right-click the desired link and choose Print Target.

Lesson 21-D+, Language Arts

Click here to go to the Gregg College Keyboarding and Document Processing training site. Click Exercise Types in the left pane, and then click Language Arts in the bottom pane to view a training video explaining in depth how Language Arts exercises work. Enjoy!

You must repeat a language arts exercise until you have ONE ERROR MAXIMUM as follows:

Language Arts exercises are indicated with a + sign on the assignment sheet. Make sure you work through the tutorials first before attempting the Language Arts exercise.

• Click the Lessons button to return to the lesson menu.
• Click Lesson 21-D, Commas and Sentences, repeat the tutorials and the language arts exercises until you have one error maximum.

The dialog box shown on p. 6 to begin a practice exercise in GDP using either Create or Edit will not appear until Lesson 23. Lessons 21 and 22 will launch automatically after the introductory software screens.

Lesson 22-D, 3-Minute Timed Writing
TW Goal: 28/5e

Lesson 23-D+, Language Arts
Repeat this drill until you have two errors maximum.

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Lesson 24-G, 3-Minute Timed Writing
TW Goal: 29/5e

Lesson 25-C, MAP

Lesson 25-d, Proofreading Your Documents

Lesson 25-E+, Language Arts
Repeat this drill until you have two errors maximum.

Lesson 25, Document Processing

Click here to go to the Gregg College Keyboarding and Document Processing training site. Click Exercise Types in the left pane, and then click Formatting in the bottom pane to view a training video explaining in depth how Formatting exercises work. Enjoy!

Click here to go to a Gregg College Keyboarding and Document Processing training site. Click Exercise Types in the left pane, and then click Document Processing in the bottom pane to view a training video explaining in depth how Document Processing exercises work. This video focuses on Lesson 26, but the same approach is used in Lesson 25 and in all lessons with document processing exercises. Enjoy!

The Formatting icon in the textbook is followed by instructions and rules to help you format the document that follows.

Lesson 25-f, Basic Parts of an E-Mail Message

From now on, any lessons that include the formatting of a new document will usually begin with an illustration. Study these illustrations carefully before typing a document.

Lesson 25-g, Formatting and Composing an E-Mail Message

From now on, any lessons that include the formatting of a new document will usually including information on the basic steps to format that document. Read the information carefully.

GDP Reference Manual:

You will find a great deal of valuable, detailed information in GDP's Reference Manual.  

• In GDP, click Reference Manual. 

• In the GDP Reference Manual window, click the Contents tab, and click the book icon to expand the list. 

• Scroll down and click E-mail Message in Microsoft Outlook/Internet Explorer and E-mail Message in Yahoo.

• Click each numbered blue callout and read the detailed formatting information. 

• Click the Index tab and type a keyword in the box to search for a particular feature in any document.

• Press Alt-Tab to cycle back and forth between your Word document or GDP and the Reference Manual.

• Click the Close button (the "X" in the upper-right hand corner of the window) to close the Reference Manual.

Lesson 25-H, Word Processing: E-Mail a Document

Lesson 25, Correspondence 25-1, Email Message

When you reach your first Document Processing exercise in Lesson 25, select Correspondence 25-1 from the GDP Lesson menu. The introductory screens occasionally give you special directions for a document. After you read the introductory screens, click the Create Correspondence 25-1 button. Word will be launched automatically. In the title bar, note that the file has automatically been named Correspondence 25-1.doc.

Before you type any document in Word, change these settings:

• Turn on Show/Hide: On the Word toolbar, click the Show/Hide button. This will allow you to see hard returns and spaces so that you can format your document more easily. Turn this feature off and use the Zoom button to zoom in to proofread.

Type the document following the steps and formatting rules presented in Lesson 25F and G. Right-click any words that have a wavy red or green underline to check for possible typos. You will not use Word to actually send this e-mail message. Therefore, when you are finished creating the document and you have corrected all typos and formatting errors, click GDP, Return to GDP. Click Yes when you are asked if you want to save the changes you made to the document.

Word Wrap

Do not press Enter in the middle of a sentence within a paragraph. Some students do this because they see the lines ending in a certain place in the textbook copy and they try to match those endings by pressing Enter. Lines in a paragraph will end on their own as you type when you approach the right margin. This automatic wrapping feature is known as word wrap.

Scoring a Document

You will now have to decide whether to score or not score the document. If you are sure you have proofread your document and corrected all errors, click Yes to score the document.

• Extra Credit for Proofreading, First Scored Attempt. You can earn from 0.5 up to 1.5% point of extra credit on any document that you score that has zero errors on the first scoring attempt. This means that you found and corrected all your errors without the help of GDP. These extra credit points are valuable and make a significant difference in your final grade, so you always want to work for them. Proofreading Check documents begin in Lesson 26 and you must be able to proofread perfectly on the first scored attempt to earn a proofreading check point.

The GDP software scores typos only. It does not recognize or score formatting errors. Press F1,click the Index tab, type Error Marking, and click the Display button. Read about the color coding on scoring.

If you have scoring errors, you need to return to the document, reselect it, and edit it. When you click the Edit button, the Proofreading Viewer feature will open your document and split it into two window panes. The top pane will display your scored copy to help you find your typos, and the bottom pane will display the document for editing. Edit the document in the bottom window for both typos and formatting errors. Then click GDP, Return to GDP, and rescore the document.

If you wish to make the document window for editing full size, click GDP, Hide Proofreading Viewer. To restore the split window, click GDP, Show Proofreading Viewer.

Note: If the Proofreading Viewer does not open automatically, exit the document. From the menu, click Options, Settings, to open the Settings dialog box. Check Use Proofreading Viewer. Click Save.