Word Processing Skills

Beginner

Intermediate

Set margins. Align (center, right, left, or proportional) text using ruler Change fonts and styles of text Use page break option to force material to new page Create a header and footer Use current date & time in header or footer Use title page option (not print header or footer on first page) Use automatic page numbering in header or footer Turn automatic formatting options off and on Use indent markers to create hanging indent format, and indented quote format Apply spacing and alignment with ruler options and with formatting palette and toolbar options Set tabs for columns of data Use tab markers and type tabbed columns of data appropriately Use Leader Tabs Use Outline options Create columns then add text; format existing text into columns Use column break to force text to a new column Use section break to allow part of a page or one part of a document to have a different type of formatting from another (as varied number of columns, different margins, restarted page numbers) Create Tables using the menu bar and toolbar, with and without pre-selected text Use Tables Toolbar and menu to change the size of a table or merge or split cells Use convert text to table and table to text, using Table Menu and various text/table formats Save and organize document files and backups Use spell checking, thesaurus, and word count Use borders and shading around text Insert a graphic from clip art or a file Use text wrapping options on a graphic Use highlighting (not selection) Use Comments Zoom in and out Mail Merge with a word-processed document (a table in MS Word), a spreadsheet (in MS Word), or a database Use Track Changes Copy (Paint) text and paragraph formats

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Advanced

Advanced: Create and use Styles Total # = 33 Spreadsheet Skills

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Beginner
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Intermediate

Enter data in a cell Align cell data (center, justify, etc.) Format cell data (as number, date, etc.) Enter a formula in a cell Use relative references to cells in a formula Use absolute references to cells in a formula Use functions (Sum, Average, If, etc.) Use Fill Down (Fill Right, etc.) Use Fill Series Create charts from data in cells Edit chart components Use options for copying and inserting charts into Word documents, so that data can/cannot be changed in the Word document to change the chart Total # = 12

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Advanced

Graphic Skills Create a drawing using draw tools Hide and show Drawing toolbar Add pages to document (AppleWorks only) Use a variety of the Drawing Tools 7/3 Create layers of objects and move objects to different layers Group and ungroup objects Change Fill Pattern, Color, and Gradient Change Line/Pen Pattern, Color, and Gradient Change Line/Pen width Wrap text around graphic/make graphic in-line with text Create Text Objects for selected text (note: this is different from borders) and before text is typed. Advanced: Link text boxes Total # = 12 1 Slide Presentation Skills Create slides of different types Apply a background design

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Use transitions between slides Use build effects and custom animation within a slide Add a graphic you created to a slide Change bullets on the Slide Master Change colors of background Add a text object to a slide

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Total # = 8 2 Database Skills Beginner

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Search for a specific record Sort records by two fields Edit records Add and delete records Change the layout of the record Add and delete fields Change the format of a field (as increase decimal places in a number field) Merge the file with a word processing document Total # = 8

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Intermediate
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Advanced

E-mail Send and receive messages Create mailboxes/organizational divisions Store addresses and use them to send mail Send an attachment Receive an attachment Open an attachment that doesnt open automatically (if the application is on your computer) Edit and spell check your mail Total # = 7 0 Total all Categories # = 80; Count of items by column 15

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At least 80% accomplished at intermediate level Self-Report Checklist is congruent with and adequately supported by class work

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