Commonwealth Computer Navigator's Certificate/Milestone 3/Curriculum mapping/Module 3 mapping

Module 3: mapping

Use the ECDL syllabus V4.0 document for the detailed explanation of the knowledge requirements for each knowledge area listed below. The mapping information below is taken directly from ECDL Syllabus Version 4.0.

Under each syllabus item please list and create links to the materials within the Open ICDL content or indicate if there is a 'gap'.

Module 3 Word Processing requires the candidate to demonstrate the ability to use a word processing application on a computer. The candidate shall be able to accomplish everyday tasks associated with creating, formatting and finishing small sized word processing documents ready for distribution. He or she shall also be able to duplicate and move text within and between documents. The candidate shall demonstrate competence in using some of the features associated with word processing applications such as creating standard tables, using pictures and images within a document, and using mail merge tools.

Module 3 mapping completed with cross reference of ICDL to CCNC with software feature confirmation using OO.o v2.0 Writer -- Peter Rawsthorne 08:16, 20 September 2007 (CEST)

First Steps with Word Processing

• Open (and close) a word processing application:
  • Notes: For beginners, we need to define or create a brief introduction on what Mandrake 9.2, KDE 3.1 and Red Hat means. Creating glossary or providing brief introduction for these terms would certainly help the students in familiarising them with software. In addition, some minor resizing of the image need to be done so that all the important menus/bars/toolbars can be seen clearly on the screen.
  • Notes: More attention should be given to adding screenshots for things as simple as starting the application, pressing buttons on toolbars and using menus. Learning through pictures (screenshots) can be very helpful.
• Open one, several documents:
  • Notes: Will probably need to change to "Opening documents". Will also need to put bold words on the terms to remind the user about the different terminology used between file and document based on their respective operating systems.
  • Notes: remove references to Windows OS.
• Open multiple documents:
  • Notes:
• Create a new document (based on default, other available template):
  • Notes:The header "based on default, other available template" is not suitable to be put here. Besides, you already have the header "Template" on its own
  • do not create cross links within CCNC this could be problematic later.
• Save a document to a location on a drive:
  • Notes: Need to probably include menu screen capture on how to save a document.
• Save a document under another name:
  • Notes: Provide more screen shots with a couple of examples. Reinforce document management approaches.
• Save a document in another file type such as: text file, Rile Text Format, HTML, template, software specific file extension, version number:
  • Notes: Probably we could add that files/documents could be saved anywhere from desktop to my documents as long as the users remember where the files are stored.
  • Notes: Versions is not suitable to be put in the common file type table as it is not a type of file. Suggest to put it as a note.
  • Notes: provide screen shot of saving as PDF
• Switch between open documents:
  • Notes:OK
• Use available Help functions:
  • Notes: Need to rearrange the bullets on how to use bookmarks or rewrite that a brief explanation for that particular section.
• Close a document:
  • Notes: screen shots of close with dialog of save prompt

Adjust Settings

• Change between page view modes:
  • Notes: screen shots are important here as they provide a visual que. show the exit full screen button.
  • Notes: show the different methods to exit preview; button and menu.
• Use magnification/zoom tools:
  • Notes:OK
• Display, hide built-in toolbars:
  • Notes:show the turning on and off of toolbars with screen shots
• Display, hide non-printing characters:
  • Notes:OK
• Modify basic options/preferences in the applications: user name, default directory/folder to open, save documents:
  • Notes: "user name, default directory/folder to open, save documents" is not suitable as a title.
  • Notes: explore more of the options; autorecovery, HTML, mail-merge, web, others TBD.

Main Operations

3.2.1 Insert Data

• Insert text:
  • Notes: Provide screen shot of editing text.
• Paragraphs:
  • Notes:Have to add the difference between the technical meaning of a paragraph in Writer's terminology and that of ordinary usage.
• Deleting text:
  • Notes: Make reference to selecting text
  • Notes: Screen shot of highlighted text before the delete
• the keyboard to navigate around a document:
  • Notes:OK
• Insert special characters,symbols:
  • Notes:OK

3.2.2 Select Data

• Select character, word line, sentence, paragraph, entire body text:
  • Notes: Provide screen shots of selected text. Include selecting text learning activity.

3.2.3 Edit Data

• Edit content by inserting new characters, words within existing text,over-typing to replace existing text:
  • Notes: show status bar toggle between INSRT and OVER
• use the undo, redo command:
  • Notes:Will have to add the undo icon

3.2.4 Duplicate, Move, Delete

• Duplicate text within document, between open documents :
  • Notes: Would probably need to insert a snapshot of the menu bar for some of the steps.
• Move text within a document, between open documents:
  • Notes:Also include toolbar buttons for Cut, Copy and Paste
• Delete text:
  • Notes:OK

3.2.5 Search and Replace

• Use search command for a specific word, phrase:
  • Notes:OK
• Use a simple replace command for a specific word, phrase:
  • Notes:OK

Formatting

Notes: break these sections into multiple pages of learning

Text Formatting

• Change text appearance: font sizes, font types:
  • Notes: get new screen shot for Tools->Options Basic Fonts
• Apply text formatting such as: bold, italic, underline:
  • Notes:OK
• Apply subscript, superscript to text:
  • Notes: Would probably need to insert a snapshot of the menu bar for some of the steps. Verify the keyboard stroks for subscript and superscript.
  • Notes: the dialog box for Tools->Options has changed, provide update.
• Apply case changes to text:
  • Notes: Manu structure has changed.
• Apply different colours to text:
  • Notes: Dialog has chnaged Tools->Options Format Font
• Copy formatting from a piece of text to another piece of text :3
  • Notes:Will have to explain the effect when 'Default' is chosen in the list of styles. Besides that, it is not mentioned in the steps given when do you define the style
• Apply an existing style to a word, a line, a paragraph:
  • Notes:OK
• Paragraph styles:
  • Notes:OK
• Use automatic hyphenation:
  • Notes:OK
• Apply hyphenation using styles: Modify the style:
  • Notes:OK
• Apply the style:
  • Notes:OK
• Apply styles using the object bar:
  • Notes:OK

Paragraph Formatting

• Insert, remove paragraphs marks:
  • Notes: There is a minor repetition on this sub-section compared with the next sub-section. So, probably we would need to rewrite or removed one of the sub-sections.
• Insert a paragraph mark:
  • Notes:OK
• Remove paragraph marks :
  • Notes:OK
• Insert, remove soft carriage return (line break) marks:
  • Notes: Confirm all Menu->Submenu commands during migration to WikiEducator
• Align text left, centre, right, justified:
  • Notes:Suggest to just simplify the title to "Align text"
• Set paragraph alignment :
  • Notes:Will need to change the table to vertical so it will be clearer and easier to understand
• Set alignment in styles:
  • Notes:OK
• Indent paragraphs: left, right, first, line hanging:
  • Notes:Suggest to just simplify the title to "Indent paragraphs"
• Apply single, double line spacing within paragraphs:
  • Notes:OK
• Apply spacing above, below paragraphs:
  • Notes:OK
• Set, remove and use tabs: left, centre, right, decimal:
  • Notes:OK
• Apply bullets, numbers to a single level list. Remove bullets, numbers from a single level list:
  • Notes: Confirm all Menu->Submenu commands during migration to WikiEducator
• Bullet an existing list: Quick method:
  • Notes:OK
• Bullet an existing list using Format:
  • Notes:OK
• Bullet a list using the Stylist:
  • Notes:OK
• Create a new bullet list:
  • Notes:OK
• Turn bullets off:
  • Notes:OK
• Create a numbered list: Quick method:.
  • Notes:OK
• Number a list: Format method:
  • Notes:OK
• Number of list using the Stylist:
  • Notes:OK
• Create a numbered list:
  • Notes:OK
• Change between the style of bullets, numbers in a single level list from built-in standard options:
  • Notes:OK
• Add a top and bottom border box, border shading to a paragraph:
  • Notes:The five options for line arrangement is not really necessary to be explained.

Document Formatting

• Change paper size:
  • Notes: Screen shot of Format->Page dialog Page
• Change orientation and paper size of current page layout:
  • Notes:OK
• Change the page orientation and paper size in a style:
  • Notes:OK
• Change margins of entire document, top, bottom, left, right:
  • Notes: Screen shot of Format->Page dialog Header & Footer
• Insert, delete a page break in a document:
  • Notes:OK
• Add, modify text in Headers and Footers:
  • Notes: Would probably need to insert a snapshot of the menu bar for some of the steps.
• Add fields in Headers, Footers: date, page number information, file location:
  • Notes:Need to redo the explanation on "Insert page numbers with an offset".
• Apply automatic page numbering to a document:
  • Notes:OK

Objects

Tables

Notes: Include screen shots of toolbar buttons where appropriate. Also show table menu...

• Create a table ready for text insertion:
  • Notes: Also show toolbar method
• Insert, edit data in a table:
  • Notes:OK
• Select rows, columns, cells, entire table:
  • Notes:OK
• Insert, delete, rows and columns:
  • Notes: Change menu structure to Table->Insert-Row...
• Modify column width, row height:
  • Notes: Change menu structure... and provide right click method
• Modify cell border width, style, colour:
  • Notes: Change menu structure to Table->TableFormat
• Set the border of individual cells or blocks of cells:
  • Notes: Change menu structure to Table->Submenu
• Add shading to cells:
  • Notes: Change menu structure to Table->Submenu
• Put a shadow on the table:
  • Notes: Change menu structure to Table->Submenu
• Some other important table functions:
  • Notes:Needs to add information on each radio button in Split Table option window.

Pictures Images, charts

Notes: remove references to windows approaches

• Insert a picture, an image, a chart into a document:
  • Notes:OK
• Select a picture, image, a chart into a document:
  • Notes:Will need to delete some repetition in this section
• Duplicate a picture, image, a chart within a document, between open documents:
  • Notes:OK
• Move a picture, an image, a chart within a document, to another document:
  • Notes:OK
• Resize a picture, an image, a chart:
  • Notes: Change menu structure to Format->Picture... also use screen shot
• Delete a picture, an image, a chart into a document:
  • Notes:OK

Mail Merge

Notes: revisting whole mail merge section for correctness. Otherwise good use of graphics and text. Include sub-section on mail merge wizard. 3.5.1 Concept and Practice

• Template document:
  • Notes:OK
• Data source:
  • Notes:OK
• Merging:
  • Notes:OK
• Open, prepare a main document for a mail merge by inserting data fields:
  • Notes: Brief explanation on why commas create a problem if they are placed within the fields.
• Open, prepare a mailing list, other data file for use in a mail merge:
  • Notes:OK
• Merge a mailing list with a letter, label document:
  • Notes:OK
• Output to printer:
  • Notes:OK
• Output to file:
  • Notes:OK

Prepare Outputs

3.6.1 Preparation

• Understand the importance of proofing your document such as: checking the layout, presentation (margins, appropriate font sizes and formats) and spelling:
  • Notes: re-align content with new Tools->Options dialog
• Spell-check a document and make changes such as correcting spelling errors, deletinf repeated words:
  • Notes: Change menu structure to Tools->SpellCheck...
• Check spelling as you type:
  • Notes:OK
• Check spelling of document:
  • Notes:OK
• Spellcheck selected text or single word:
  • Notes:OK
• Thesaurus:
  • Notes:OK
• Add words to built-in custom dictionary:
  • Notes:OK
• Preview a document:
  • Notes:OK

3.6.2 Printing

• Choose print output options such as: entire document, specific pages, number of copies :
  • Notes:OK
• Print a document from an installed printer using defined options, default settings:
  • Notes:OK