WORD PROCESSING I

SABETHA HIGH SCHOOL

COURSE LENGTH: 45 class meetings each semester…83 minutes in length…(63 class hours each semester) 1 year class

GRADE LEVEL: 9-10

PREREQUISTE: None

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Word Processing I will teach students proper typing techniques, memorization of keyboard, and proper format when typing memos, letters, reports, tables, envelopes, special forms, templates, etc. Concepts of making documents visually appealing (Desktop Publishing), Spreadsheet (Excel), Database (Access) will be introduced.

TEACHING STRATEGIES: SHS will reinforce keyboarding fundamentals along with the software (Office 2000, Word) to all students. by the end of their freshman, sophomore year, all Sabetha High School Students will know a word processing program.

COMPUTER: Pentium III 450 Mhz, 512 Cache; Logitech PS2 mouse; Midtower case w.240 Watt Power Supply; Fan cooler; Windows 98; ASUS P3B-F 440BX P3 ATX w1AG/4PC/1IS/1SH/4DIMM motherboard; 64 MB SDRAM; Panasonic 1.44 floppy drive; Acer 50x CDROM; 15” .28 dot, NI, SVGA Monitor; 3 year on site warranty on PC and monitor; Creative Labs SB 16; Keytronic 104 Keyboard; 8.4 GB hard drive Quantum or Seagate; 3COM 10/100 network card; ATI XPERTY 98 AGP 8 MB SDRAM Graphics card

OTHER HARDWARE: 1 Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5 Printer; 1 Cannon BJC 1000 Printer; 1 IBM Color JetPrinter PS 4079; 1 Hewlett Packard ScanJet 4200C Scanner

TEXTBOOKS: Glencoe Keyboarding with Computer Applications

(Copyright 2000 by McGraw Hill Companies Inc),

Johnson, Chiri, Cotton, Stanly.

Century 21, Fourth Edition, Keyboarding, Formatting

and Document Processing…Crawford, Erickson,

Beaumont, Robinson, Ownby 1987.

SOFTWARE: Office 2000 Pro

NETWORK: Novell/4.5

OTHER SUPLEMENTARY MATERIAL:

Zoorific (designing templates and doing jobs)

OUTLINE:

  1. Proper Keyboarding Techniques
  1. Proper use of home row and space bar
  2. Use proper keyboarding techniques for touch control of alphabet, numbers, and symbol keys
  3. Use proper posture and had placement position with proper placement and of fingers
  1. Proper Personal Documents, Business Documents, Regrets, Templates and Tables
  1. Format Different letter styles
  2. Format different memo styles
  3. Format different report styles
  4. Format, design, and use templates
  5. Format and work with tables
  1. Make visually appealing word processing documents.
  1. Proper use of borders, fonts, colors, lines, art, and column use Desktop Publishing
  1. Proper Spreadsheet (Excel 2000) Technique
  1. Set up a spreadsheet
  2. Use basic formula
  3. Use tools of spreadsheets (word processing, full, borders, etc.)
  4. Create graphs
  1. Proper Database (Access 2000) Technique
  1. Create database table
  2. Revise records
  3. Work with fields
  4. Sort and query, make reports and use formulas
  1. Proper Spreadsheet (Excel 2000) Technique
  1. Set up a spreadsheet
  2. Use basic formula
  3. Use tools of spreadsheets (copy, full, borders, etc)
  4. Create graphs
  1. Proper database (Access 2000) Technique
  1. Create database labels
  2. Reverse records
  3. Work with fields
  4. Sort and query, make reports and use formulas
  1. Business Stimulation…using Office 2000 Processing
  1. Format term paper on correct form
  2. Create and design template
  3. Create and design family letter

WORD PROCESSING I