Word Processing Skills

NET Standards National Educational Technology Standards for Students
•Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity and promote creativity.

 

Skills

 

K

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

6

 

7

 

8

Opens and Saves Text

 I

R

 R

M

M

M

M

M

M

Uses one space between words

 I

R

 M

M

M

M

M

M

M

Uses one space after a punctuation mark

R

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

Alignment: left justified, center, right justified

 

R

R

M

M

M

M

M

M

Changes font size, type, style, color

 

R

R

 M

 M

M

M

M

M

Inserts and Edits Text

 

R

R

M

M

 M

M

M

M

Inserts graphics

 

I

R

 R

M

M

M

M

Uses Spell checker and thesaurus

 

 

 I

 R

 M

 M

M

M

Uses cut, copy & paste

 

 

 I

 R

 R

 M

M

M

Prints Text

 

 

 

 I

R

 M

M

M

M

Knows the difference between & Uses Save & Save As

 

 

 

 I

R

M

 M

M

M

Saves file generically ( .txt,.rtf, .pdf)

 

 

 

 

 

I

R

M

Inserts headers and footers
including page numbering and how to format

 

 

 

 

I

R

M

M

Formats document margins

 

 

 

 

 

I

R

M

M

Uses Find and Replace

 

 

 

 

I

R

M

M

 I

Introduce the Skill

R

Reinforce the Skill

M

 Mastery


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