Word Processing 1

For this lesson it may be useful to have examples of student papers.

Goals

Students will learn rudimentary word processing skills. Students will be able to:

• Explain the benefits of Word Processing
• Explain the concept and benefits of touch typing
• Copy, Cut & Paste
• Search & replace
• Describe the concept of white space, and list 3 ways to control it
• Use tabs
• Use tables

Why Use Word Processors ?

Cut & Paste

Search, Search & Replace

File Operations: Save, Open, Save As

(Review)

¶ Button / White Space

Space

Tab

Paragraph

Line Break

Page Break

Tabs

Left, Right, Center

Tables

Spell Check

Help

Goals

Students will be able to...

• Use styles to format documents, and describe the benefits of using styles
• Use font modification
• Use sections, headers & footers

Document Components, Styles

Font Modification

Typeface

Point Size

Decoration

Bold

Italic

Underline

(etc.)

Paragraph Modification

Spacing

Alignment: Left, Center, Right, Justify

Page Wrap Control

Headers & Footers

Page Layout

Margins

Portrait / Landscape

Sections

Images

Views: Normal, Page Layout, Outline

Diagrams (Word Drawing

Headings/Levels/Numbering

Bullet Lists

File Formats: RTF, HTML

Copy Style

Track Changes

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