Word Processing Series -

Word Processing I

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1. Typewriters vs. Computers
1. Advantages
1. Speed
2. Easy to correct (e.g. spell and grammar check)
3. Letters, envelopes, fliers, brochures, tables, labels, etc…
2. Major Differences
1. The concept of creating space and its problems
2. Mouse
3. 16,000 features
4. Auto-everything can be a pain
2. Typing Speed and how to improve it
3. The choices
1. Microsoft Word
2. Corel WordPerfect
3. Lotus Word Pro
4. Sun Writer
5. Adobe Acrobat
6. Microsoft Write, Works, NotePad and WordPad
4. Typing Documents
5. The screen layout and moving around
1. Scroll bar, percentage, views…
2. "Page setup" and "Format paragraph"
3. Mouse vs. keyboard
4. Delete versus Backspace
5. Inserting and correcting
6. The Red and Green Lines and how to correct them
6. Saving and Opening
7. Word Processing Reader and File Conversion
8. Selecting Text and applying Basic Formatting
1. BIU
2. Fonts and Font Size
3. Alignment
4. Bulleted and Numbered Lists
5. Indenting
6. Borders
7. Highlighting
8. Font Color
9. Dragging and Dropping
10. Copy/Cut/Paste