This document outlines a lesson on developing word processing skills. It lists objectives of understanding when to use a word processor, changing font size and style, and copying, cutting, pasting, and rearranging text. The lesson will involve practicing entering text, changing font size and style, and copying, cutting, pasting, inserting, and deleting text through tasks that take 45 minutes to complete.

1. Word Processing

2. Starter Activity: Subfolders
In your functional skills folder create the following
subfolders folders:
1. Word Processing
2. Spreadsheets
3. Desktop Publishing
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3. In this lesson you will develop your word
processing skills. You will start with entering text
and formatting fonts; moving onto copying,
pasting, cutting, inserting and deleting text.
Lesson
Objectives
 Understand when to use a word processor program
 Be able to change font size and font style
 Be able to copy, cut and paste text
 Be able to rearrange text in a document
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4. Skills, Knowledge and Understanding
In this lesson you are going to practise:
1.Entering Text
2.Changing Font Size
3.Changing Font Style
4.Copying and Pasting
5.Cutting and Pasting
6.Inserting / Deleting
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5. Tasks: 1 – 7
•You have 45 minutes to read and complete the
tasks
•Some of the tasks will required you to open files in
the ‘Groupwork’ folder
•If you complete all of the tasks have a go at
completing the extension activity
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6. Word Processing

7. Plenary: Banned Words
Describe to your partner what skills you have
practised today. You are not allowed to use the
words: copy, paste, cut, font(s), insert or delete.
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8. Keywords
 Understand when to use a word processing program
 Be able to change font size and font style
 Be able to copy, cut and paste text
 Be able to rearrange text in a document
Objectives
 Fonts
 Formatting
 Copy
 Paste
 Cut
 Insert
 Delete
 Font Style
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