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• How To Master Business Writing
• How To Master Presentation Skills
• How To Master Time Management
• Time Management Using Microsoft Outlook 2002

Description:

Business Writing using Word provides students with a review of the skills needed to write successful, effective letters, memos, minutes, proposals, reports, and press releases. It also reviews basic spelling, punctuation, and grammar rules. It teaches students teh importance of pre-writing activities, such as audience analysis, brainstorming, outlining, and first drafts. It covers sentence and word choice so the students will be able to determine the most effective and appropriate words to use and sentence length. The course warns the students of common pitfalls, such as wordiness, cliches, active vs. passive voice, misplaced modifiers, and formal vs. informal tone. These skills are taught by using text, examples, exercises and quizzes.

• Evaluate Tone And Voice
• Use Tone And Voice
• Choose Your Words
• Evaluate Words
• Look At Sentences
• Create Appropriate Sentences
• Understand Punctuation Basics
• Understand Grammar Basics
• Look At Spelling, Grammar, and Readability
• Correct Grammar and Spelling Errors
• Analyze Your Audience
• Overcome Writer's Block
• Organize Your Ideas
• Create An Outline
• Use A First Draft
• Examine Fonts And Bullets
• Understand Margins And Paragraph Alignment
• Improve Legibility
• Understand Business Letters
• Review Types Of Business Letters
• Look At Complaint Letters
• Understand Envelopes
• Examine Meeting Minutes
• Understand Faxes
• Master Memos
• Understand Proposals
• Review Proposals
• Look At Reports
• Review Reports
• Use Graphics
• Create A Title Page
• Generate A Table Of Contents
• Examine Press Releases
• Create A Press Release