Word Processing Skills

Welcome to the Word Processing skills lesson! We aren't going to focus on a particular application, though screen shots and the like will probably be from Google Docs & Spreadsheets, so the lessons you learn here will be applicable to any word processing program you find yourself using.

Syllabus:

• Word processing basics - terms and concepts
• Basic interfaces
• Google Docs in depth
• Word/Open Office
  
• Basic Skills
• Create a new document
• Edit a document
• Select, copy/cut/paste, line spacing, lists, insert pictures/clip art, spell check
  
• Print a document
• Save a document
• Navigate the file system/storage system to find and open a document
• Specific Skills
• Publish/Share a Google Doc
• Blog a Google Doc
• Use Templates in Word/Open Office
• Fake Templates in Google Docs
• Google Docs features and future plans