Skills inventory for Word 2003: Intermediate

Use the following form to gauge students’ skill level entering the class (students have copies in the introductions of their student manuals). For each skill listed, have students rate their familiarity from 1 to 5, with five being the most familiar. Emphasize that this is not a test. Rather, it’s intended to provide students with an idea of where they’re starting from at the beginning of class. If a student is wholly unfamiliar with all the skills, he or she might not be ready for the class. A student who seems to understand every skill, on the other hand, might need to move on to the next course in the series.

 

Skill

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5

Inserting section breaks

 

 

 

 

 

Formatting sections

 

 

 

 

 

Formatting text into columns

 

 

 

 

 

Inserting and deleting column breaks

 

 

 

 

 

Adding text and headings to columns

 

 

 

 

 

Sorting text in a column

 

 

 

 

 

Merging cells

 

 

 

 

 

Changing text orientation and row height

 

 

 

 

 

Distributing columns evenly across a table

 

 

 

 

 

Adding borders and shading to cells

 

 

 

 

 

Setting the default table format

 

 

 

 

 

Importing data from an Excel worksheet

 

 

 

 

 

Formatting data in a table

 

 

 

 

 

Creating and modifying a chart

 

 

 

 

 

Creating formulas to perform calculations on table data

 

 

 

 

 

Embedding Excel data in Word

 

 

 

 

 

Linking Excel data in Word

 

 

 

 

 

Creating and applying styles

 

 

 

 

 

Creating a document outline

 

 

 

 

 

Using the Document Map pane and thumbnails

 

 

 

 

 

Creating odd and even headers and footers

 

 

 

 

 

Creating section headers and footers

 

 

 

 

 

Formatting page numbers

 

 

 

 

 

Adding page numbers with chapter numbers

 

 

 

 

 

Printing single labels and envelopes

 

 

 

 

 

Inserting graphic files and Clip Art

 

 

 

 

 

Inserting WordArt

 

 

 

 

 

Adding background colors and fill effects

 

 

 

 

 

Adding watermarks

 

 

 

 

 

Applying themes

 

 

 

 

 

Using the drawing canvas and drawing tools

 

 

 

 

 

Inserting a conceptual diagram

 

 

 

 

 

Using a template to create a document

 

 

 

 

 

Creating and protecting templates

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing and editing document properties

 

 

 

 

 

Creating a custom template

 

 

 

 

 

Adding and modifying template fields

 

 

 

 

 

Applying formatting restrictions

 

 

 

 

 

Tracking changes while editing

 

 

 

 

 

Reviewing revision marks and changes

 

 

 

 

 

Restricting edits to tracked changes

 

 

 

 

 

Merging revisions

 

 

 

 

 

Inserting comments

 

 

 

 

 

Printing comments

 

 

 

 

 

Comparing document versions