Monday, February 26, 2007

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

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