The Documents module covers the main concepts and skills needed for common word processing tasks, such as creating, formatting, and finishing letters and other everyday documents.
With so many job roles now using essential ICT skills, workers need to demonstrate their ability to use word processing applications to produce workplace documents effectively. This module covers the knowledge and skills needed to create clearly presented, well-structured documents.
This module is suitable for a wide range of candidates who want to be able to work with documents effectively using a range of word processing applications.
Successful candidates will be able to use word processing applications to create, edit, and output everyday documents. After passing the certification test for this module, candidates will feel confident enhancing their documents with text formatting and by inserting common features such as tables or images. They will be able to:
understand the key concepts of word processing
identify the different file formats and how to save them
recognise good practice applying formatting options
understand the different elements, objects, and data that can be added to a document
know how to finalise a document and prepare it for printing
prepare and create documents using mail merge
Module Overview
Category
Skill set
Using the application
Working with documents
Enhancing productivity
Document creation
Enter text
Select, edit
Formatting
Text
Paragraphs
Styles
Objects
Table creation
Table formatting
Graphical objects
Mail merge
Preparation
Outputs
Prepare outputs
Setup
Check and print
Module Resources
This module includes the following resources:
Access to an online eLearning platform
eLearning content
An eBook
Two diagnostic assessments
One online certification test (that may be retaken once, if necessary)
Module Versions
This module is available in the following versions:
