Business Writing with MS Office 2003 Level One

This full-day class is designed to cover Microsoft Word’s various editing features, and a review of English grammar rules and exceptions.

Pre-Requisites

In order to take this class, all potential students should have attended the following classes:

· Microsoft Word 2003 Introduction

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

· examine nouns, pronouns, and verbs

· identify adjectives and adverbs

· identify prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections

· identify some important rules of grammar and some commonly made grammatical errors

· identify grammar rules regarding correct punctuation

· identify problematic sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, as well as effective methods of rewriting sentences so that they are clear and complete

· identify methods for improving word choices

· identify methods for building effective sentences

· identify methods for editing text effectively

· identify methods for avoiding some common errors made by overzealous writers who create hypercorrections in their own work

Business Writing with MS Office Level One Course Content

Introduction: English as a Growing Language

Lesson 1: Identifying Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs

· Topic 1A: Identify Nouns

· Topic 1B: Identify Pronouns

· Topic 1C: Identify Verbs

Lesson 2: Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs

· Topic 2A: Use Adjectives

· Topic 2B: Use Adverbs

Lesson 3: Identifying Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

· Topic 3A: Use Prepositions

· Topic 3B: Use Conjunctions

· Topic 3C: Use Interjections

Lesson 4: Identifying Rules

· Topic 4A: Monitor Sentences

· Topic 4B: Monitor Modifiers

· Topic 4C: Avoid Common Errors

Lesson 5: Identifying Correct Punctuation

· Topic 5A: Use Parentheses Correctly

· Topic 5B: Use Commas, Semicolons, and Quotation Marks

· Topic 5C: Use Numbers, Symbols, and Capitalization Correctly

Lesson 6: Identifying Sentence Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

· Topic 6A: Identify Sentence Fragments

· Topic 6B: Identify Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Solutions

Lesson 7: Improving Word Choices

· Topic 7A: Identify Commonly Misused Words

· Topic 7B: Identify Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms

Lesson 8: Building Effective Sentences

· Topic 8A: Identify the Goal

· Topic 8B: Consider the Audience

· Topic 8C: Consider the Context

Lesson 9: Editing Effectively

· Topic 9A: Use Correct Spelling

· Topic 9B: Achieve Clarity

Lesson 10: Avoiding Hypercorrections

· Topic 10A: Avoid Hypercorrections

· Topic 10B: Achieve Simplicity

Using MS Office with Your Word Documents

· Best Practices with Spell Check

· Best Practices with Autocorrect