Honorary president: Judith Butcher Honorary vice-president: David Crystal OBE
Prerequisites for On-screen editing 2
Essential skills
You must understand:
- how to use a PC or Mac, mouse and pull-down menus with confidence
- how to create folders and manage files
- the concept of styling
- the concept of document templates
- how to use Find & Replace
- how to format characters to be bold, italic, subscript, superscript, small caps, etc.
- what macros are.
You must have all the skills above, otherwise you should acquire them before the course or enrol on On-screen editing 1.
Strongly recommended skill
You should understand the basic concept of how characters are represented by ASCII codes.
Recommended skills (Microsoft Word)
You understand:
- adding and attaching templates
- creating and applying styles
- recording and using macros
- using features such as:
- show/hide
- shortcut keys
- the Help too
- borders
- inserting en rules and en spaces.
Remember that, although the OSE courses are based on Microsoft Word on an IBM-compatible PC, the principles are, in general, portable to other word processors (e.g. WordPerfect) and operating systems (e.g. Macintosh). However, because OSE 2 follows on from OSE 1, familiarity with Word is recommended (but not essential) in order to get the most out of the day. This familiarity can be gained on a PC or a Macintosh.
If you have any questions about these requirements, please contact the appropriate tutor:
- London and Bristol: Anne Waddingham
- Edinburgh and York: David MacDonald
